North Korea's Newest Threat ~ a Stratfor Analysis

Stratfor Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker examines the timing of and possible reasoning for the recent increase in aggression in Pyongyang

Vatican & Co.: The Business of the Church Explained

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Michael McKee reports on the many roles of the Pope and looks at the Vatican's three institutions. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." (Source: Bloomberg)

Gun Nation ~ America's Love Affair with Firearms

The USA (for all of its contradictions, faults, hypocrisies, sins, etc) is a federal constitutional republic with a written Constitution that guarantees (not grants) the basic human rights that its people were born with (including the right of self defense).the 2nd amendment is there for when the government becomes corrupt that the people are protected against such tyranny that is happening currently.

2.5 million times per year in the U.S. someone defends their life, their families life or property using a firearm. 99.9% of the time no one is killed. Compare that to 33,000 firearm deaths only about 11,000 being homocides. Are you suggesting that we put 2.5 million Americans at risk to save 11,000 lives?

Prisons for Profit in America

Private Prisons = Giant Money Making Machine, Locking people up

Prison was originally supposed to have 2 main purposes: To "hold" people in confinement for breaking the law and to REHABILITATE offenders to become productive members of society. Obviously the second half of that was eliminated a few decades ago because some greedy "businessmen" saw an opportunity to cash in. So instead of focusing on the underlying problems behind the crimes, it became "well, how much can we make off these criminals?" American greed will be the death of this nation. This is the largest problem facing America today. These slave-drivers have taken more of our personal freedoms than Al-Quaeda ever could. The Prison-Industrial Complex encompasses everything from police brutality on the streets to free labor and overcrowding behind bars. Just keep focusing on stupid wedge issues like abortion and gay marriage while ignoring massive human rights violations. It could easily be you filling 1 of these beds, especially if you're brown to black in skin tone.

The Money System and How to Change It ~ James Corbett

US minimum wage in 1964 was $1.25, if paid in pre-1965 90% silver quarters, the value of those 5 quarters today is $26.44. In the 60's, gas was on average $.20 per gallon, those two pre-1965 90% silver dimes are worth $4.23 today, which will buy you more than a gallon of gas today. Silver is the ultimate form of money in regards to maintaining purchasing power, storing value and being a medium of exchange (except on the internet). There is something definitely wrong with our monetary system!


James Corbett joins Charlie McGrath of Wide Awake News to discuss the latest on the worldwide economic collapse. They talk about the monetary system at the root of the problem and the complementary currencies that will be an integral part of the real solution.

Why Obama is not Closing Down Guantanamo Bay

Inside Story Americas - The failing state of Guantanamo Bay


Amid reports of hunger strikes and deteriorating conditions, we examine why the US has given up on closing the facility. To discuss the future of Guantanamo Bay, Inside Story Americas, with presenter Shihab Rattansi, speaks to guests: Morris Davis, a retired US Air Force Colonel and the former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay; Jennifer Daskal, currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, who has also served as a lawyer at the National Security Division of the US department of justice; and David Remes, one of the attorneys representing Guantanamo detainees. He returned from Guantanamo last week.

Breaking news Russia threatens USA Nuclear attack - end times news 3-12-13

12 March 2013 Russia threatens USA with Nuclear attack - end times news update 3-12-13 MOSCOW — Russia has reported efforts by the West to block weapons exports to Syria. Meanwhile, Sunni rebels in Syria are acquiring Russian-made weapons from Serbia.

A senior official said Western countries were using a range of
means to stop the shipment of Russian weapons to Damascus. The official
said, however, that the Kremlin has still maintained military deliveries to
the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Russian ships are lured into ports and arrested there under various devised pretexts," Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation director Alexander Fomin said. "When the ships are at sea, any insurance is canceled."

In a radio interview on March 2, Fomin did not specify cases in which
Russia failed to complete arms shipments. He said the attempts reflected an organized effort by the international community.

"A real war has been declared against us," Fomin said.

Over the last year, both Britain, Finland and Turkey reported the
interception of Russian defense shipments to Syria, including radars and main battle tank components. Damascus has been one of the two largest Middle East clients of Russia's defense industry.

Meanwhile, Sunni rebels have acquired what they termed a powerful
anti-tank weapon in their war against the regime of Syrian President Bashar
Assad.

Rebels have displayed the RPG-27, a shoulder-fired rocket-propelled
grenade launch system. The Russian-origin RPG was designed to penetrate the
armor of Syrian Army combat armored vehicles, including the T-72 main battle
tank.

In a display in northern Syria, rebels also unveiled the RPG-6 launcher,
another Russian weapon. The rebels said the weapons were
deployed by the so-called Victory Brigade, an Islamist rebel unit that
operates in the Hama province.

Another Islamist rebel militia, Ahrar Al Sham, also displayed the RPG-27
and -6. An Ahrar spokesman said Islamist militias have been sharing these
weapons as part of intensified coordination.

The RPG-6 was said to have been manufactured in Serbia under Russian
license. Earlier, Western reports asserted that Serbia was supplying
weapons to the rebels in a deal financed by Saudi Arabia.

Rebels said additional new heavy weapons were delivered to Islamist
militias in 2013. They said the weapons, which include the Chinese FN-6
surface-to-air missile, were also financed by Qatar.

Russia Warning in St Petersburg against interference in third-party global conflicts, Medvedev said: "At some moment such actions, which undermine sovereignty Syria, Iran, North Korea, can end with a full-fledged regional war, or even, and I don't want to scare anybody, the use of nuclear weapons

NATO Missile Defense Forcing Russia To Take Countermeasures
February 2013 The lack of agreement on missile defense may negatively affect Russia-NATO cooperation in other areas, too, because Russian relations to the Western alliance rely on strategic stability, Russian Ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko said in Brussels yesterday. As reported on Voice of Russia radio this morning, Grushko warned that if the nuclear balance is upset by the realization of NATO-supported U.S. plans for a stage-by-stage deployment of a missile defense system, this would strongly affect the entire range of cooperation in the framework of the Russia-NATO Council.

Russia''s probable retaliation measures to the missile defense system also were on the agenda of talks which Speaker of the State Duma Sergey Naryshkin had with French members of parliament in Paris Naryshkin stressed that Russia needs "guarantees backed by objective technical parameters that this system will not be targeted against Russia.... When someone tells us in words that this system is not targeted against Russia but refuses to sign a legally binding agreement in deeds, this certainly raises doubts in us," he said, insisting that security should be equal for all countries and indivisible. Naryshkin warned that Moscow "cannot twiddle its thumbs while its U.S. partners make decisions on deploying missile defense elements in Europe and putting them into practice.... But this is surely not our choice." Naryshkin said Russia will have to take measures in response to the missile defense system's deployment.


It's common knowledge that, when it comes to protecting us from a nuclear launch by a major power such as Russia or China, missile defense has been found woefully lacking.
Nevertheless, Moscow professes to believe that our installations in Europe are intended as a defense against Russia's nukes.

When it comes to nuclear weapons, you have to keep your eye on the ball.