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July 6, 2011

The Fed Under Fire

h/t ‘The Daily Bail‘

“The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful and secretive institutions in Washington, long considered beyond the reach of lawmakers. But now, as details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out more than a trillion dollars during the financial crisis, a rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable.”

And if that’s not enough to convince you something is seriously wrong w/the Federal Reserve read Matt Taibbi’s article Real Housewives of Wall Street: Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs?

Order Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country.

July 5, 2011

Keiser Report: Robbed and Securitised

This week’s Keiser Report covers –

“This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on ‘no buyers’ at the firesale of Greek national income producing assets and on Ben Bernanke as the Taliban of finance. In the second half of the show, Max talks to economist Yanis Varoufakis about the bailout and austerity packages for Greece.”

June 14, 2011

Keiser Report: Economic Melt-Through

Stacy Herbert and Max Keiser covers economic front throughout the world.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls0IapIGhjg

June 6, 2011

Max Keiser: The Private Federal Reserve Bank, "A Global Mafia Cartel"

Alex talks with film-maker, broadcaster and former broker and options trader Max Keiser about the economy and other topics.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os_ySWiAmPk

 

 

Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V6JU4s2cAE

 

 

 

Well, There’s Your Problem Right There … Insider Trading Rules Don’t Apply To Congress

http://www.maxkeiser.com/
http://www.infowars.com/

May 20, 2011

RT – Taibbi: 'U.S. politics – reality show sponsored by Wall Street'

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hpMEPYzdJ8

By Matt Taibbi
May 11, 2011 9:30 AM ET

They weren’t murderers or anything; they had merely stolen more money than most people can rationally conceive of, from their own customers, in a few blinks of an eye. But then they went one step further. They came to Washington, took an oath before Congress, and lied about it.

Thanks to an extraordinary investigative effort by a Senate subcommittee that unilaterally decided to take up the burden the criminal justice system has repeatedly refused to shoulder, we now know exactly what Goldman Sachs executives like Lloyd Blankfein and Daniel Sparks lied about. We know exactly how they and other top Goldman executives, including David Viniar and Thomas Montag, defrauded their clients. America has been waiting for a case to bring against Wall Street. Here it is, and the evidence has been gift-wrapped and left at the doorstep of federal prosecutors, evidence that doesn’t leave much doubt: Goldman Sachs should stand trial.

Read the rest of Taibbi’s article at Rolling Stone by clicking HERE

March 17, 2011

MARCH 17, 2011 UPDATES – JAPAN AND US

OUR PRAYERS CONTINUE FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS UNFOLDING TRAGEDY.

Prepare folks. This is not a false alarm. This is the real deal. See March 16 Updates, below this post, to learn how you need, must prepare for this fallout. It is not going to be a one-day event, but rather several days if not weeks.

High radiation level detected 30km from nuke plant

Japan’s science ministry says radiation levels of up to 0.17 millisieverts per hour have been detected about 30 kilometers northwest of the quake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Experts say exposure to those levels for 6 hours would result in absorption of the maximum level considered safe for 1 year.

The government has instructed residents living within a 20 to 30 kilometer radius of the plant to stay indoors.

The ministry gauged radiation from 9:20 AM to 3:00 PM on Thursday at 28 spots, in areas 20 to 60 kilometers from the plant.

The ministry also observed radiation levels of 0.0183 to 0.0011 millisieverts per hour at most of the observation points.

It says these levels are higher than normal but pose no immediate threat to health.

Thursday, March 17, 2011 21:20 +0900 (JST)

Some progress being made by on-site workers

US begins to evacuate American’s on a voluntary basis

Big Sis putting all in bound passengers from Japan through radiation screening

Tokyo Government Orders local government to test for radioactive food

Flights from Tokyo into Chicago O’hare show radiation levels

NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY – RESPONDING TO A NUCLEAR EMERGENCY – A HELPFUL GUIDE FOR ALL WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE RADIATION FALLOUT FROM JAPAN

DR. CAROLYN DEAN – RADIATION THERAPIES

Japan Admits Nuclear Problem Is ‘Severe’

4:04pm UK, Thursday March 17, 2011

A spokesman for the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has admitted the situation is now considered to be “severe”.

This is a severe incident that is occurring right now,” the spokesman said at a news conference.”We have vented and used seawater as cooling, followed the accident management plan but this is a very severe operation.”

The admission comes as plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) continues attempts to stop the six-reactor Fukushima 1 complex from going into nuclear meltdown.

“We have to keep cooling the fuel so it doesn’t reach criticality,” the Tepco spokesman said, adding that radiation levels have barely fallen at the site.

Read the rest of the story at Sky News

HUGE RADIATION PLUME TO HIT WEST COAST TOMORROW – FRIDAY

A United Nations forecast of the possible movement of the radioactive plume coming from crippled Japanese reactors shows it churning across the Pacific, and touching the Aleutian Islands on Thursday before hitting Southern California late Friday.Health and nuclear experts emphasize that radiation in the plume will be diluted as it travels and, at worst, would have extremely minor health consequences in the United States, even if hints of it are ultimately detectable. In a similar way, radiation from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 spread around the globe and reached the West Coast of the United States in 10 days, its levels measurable but minuscule.

The projection, by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, an arm of the United Nations in Vienna, gives no information about actual radiation levels but only shows how a radioactive plume would probably move and disperse.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Fq9mMUf2Y

DO NOT TRUST THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO TELL YOU SAFE or NOT SAFE LEVELS OF RADIATION. TRUST THE GEIGER COUNTERS TRACKING THE LEVELS FOR YOURSELF. HERE IS ONE SUCH LINK THAT IS STREAMING LIVE.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-radiation-monitoring-from-west-la#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=http://www.enviroreporter.com/2011/03/enviroreporter-coms-radiation-station/&medium=7558036

HERE IS ANOTHER LINK –

ttp://www.blackcatsystems.com/RadMap/map.html

AND ANOTHER –

http://www.radiationnetwork.com

AND ANOTHER –

http://www.ctbto.org/map/#ims__________________

Radioactivity to High – Aide workers are leaving – Japanese leadership, likely taking direction from the USAID aka CIA propagandists, rather than telling their people the truth –

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRz4SP1EEDE

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Nuclear Specialist calls into the Alex Jones show and details the four different types of radiation –

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1AE6WVBe5g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

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The people of Japan want the truth from their government – here is a video posted by a French man who shows the world what is happening in Japan w/their network news. They want the truth about the very real radiation meltdown occurring in real time in their country. The T-Room stands in solidarity with all citizens of Japan. Excuse the language. Watch this. And spread this far and wide as this gentlemen is asking of us.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzYQS0GV7wM

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Status of quake-stricken reactors at Fukushima nuclear power plants

TOKYO, March 17, Kyodo

The following is the known status as of Thursday night of each of the six reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and the four reactors at the Fukushima No. 2 plant, both in Fukushima Prefecture, which were crippled by Friday’s magnitude 9.0 earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.

Fukushima No. 1 plant

— Reactor No. 1 – Operation suspended after quake, cooling failure, partial melting of core, vapor vented, building housing reactor damaged Saturday by hydrogen explosion, seawater being pumped in.

— Reactor No. 2 – Operation suspended after quake, cooling failure, seawater being pumped in, fuel rods fully exposed temporarily, vapor vented, building housing reactor damaged Monday by blast at reactor No. 3, damage to containment vessel feared, potential meltdown feared.

— Reactor No. 3 – Operation suspended after quake, cooling failure, partial melting of core feared, vapor vented, seawater being pumped in, building housing reactor damaged Monday by hydrogen explosion, high-level radiation measured nearby on Tuesday, plume of smoke observed Wednesday and presumed to have come from spent-fuel storage pool, severe damage to containment vessel unlikely, seawater dumped over pool by helicopter on Thursday, water sprayed at it from ground.

— Reactor No. 4 – Under maintenance when quake struck, fire Tuesday possibly caused by hydrogen explosion at pool holding spent fuel rods, abnormal temperature rise in spent-fuel storage pool, fire observed Wednesday at building housing reactor, pool water level feared receding, renewed nuclear chain reaction feared.

— Reactors No. 5, 6 – Under maintenance when quake struck, water temperatures in spent-fuel storage pools increased to about 64 C on Thursday.

— Spent-fuel storage pools at all reactors — Cooling functions lost, water temperatures or levels unobservable at reactors No. 1 to 4.

Fukushima No. 2 plant

— Reactors No. 1, 2, 4 – Operation suspended after quake, cooling failure, then cold shutdown.

— Reactor No. 3 – Operation suspended after quake, cold shutdown.

==Kyodo

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Attempts to refill fuel ponds
17 March 2011

FIRST PUBLISHED: 4.25am GMT

UPDATE 1: 9.29am GMT Additional temperature, radiation data and context
UPDATE 2: 10.00am GMT Further temperature data
UPDATE 3: 1.41pm GMT Fire trucks in action

A major struggle is underway to maintain cooling of used nuclear fuel at Fukushima Daiichi 3 and 4. Helicopters have made water drops and large fire trucks are showering the buildings.

While unit 3 was in operation when the earthquake struck on 11 March, and has been in trouble since the tsunami took out emergency diesel generators, unit 4 was fully shut down at that time and had appeared to remain safe until 16 March when an explosion led to fires.

The explosion at unit 4 is thought to have been from a build-up of hydrogen in the area near the used nuclear fuel pond. It severely damaged the building, as well as that of adjacent unit 3, with which it shares a central control room.

Read the rest HERE

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Injuries or Contamination at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Based on a press release from the Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary dated 16 March 2011, the IAEA can confirm the following information about human injuries or contamination at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Please note that this list provides a snapshot of the latest information made available to the IAEA by Japanese authorities. Given the fluid situation at the plant, this information is subject to change.

Injuries

* 2 TEPCO employees have minor injuries
* 2 subcontractor employees are injured, one person suffered broken legs and one person whose condition is unknown was transported to the hospital
* 2 people are missing
* 2 people were ’suddenly taken ill’
* 2 TEPCO employees were transported to hospital during the time of donning respiratory protection in the control centre
* 4 people (2 TEPCO employees, 2 subcontractor employees) sustained minor injuries due to the explosion at unit 1 on 11 March and were transported to the hospital
* 11 people (4 TEPCO employees, 3 subcontractor employees and 4 Japanese civil defense workers) were injured due to the explosion at unit 3 on 14 March

Radiological Contamination

* 17 people (9 TEPCO employees, 8 subcontractor employees) suffered from deposition of radioactive material to their faces, but were not taken to the hospital because of low levels of exposure
* One worker suffered from significant exposure during ‘vent work,’ and was transported to an offsite center
* 2 policemen who were exposed to radiation were decontaminated
* Firemen who were exposed to radiation are under investigation

The IAEA continues to seek information from Japanese authorities about all aspects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

IAEA

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NEWS ADVISORY: Japan plans to pour water onto No. 3 reactor on Fri.: Edano – Kyodo News

POSSIBLE FULL SCALE MELTDOWN IN JAPAN’S NUCLEAR FACILITIES – LIVE UPDATES POSTED T/O THE DAY

NUCLEAR PLANT DESIGNER SAYS JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSING SCALE OF CRISIS

FED DEPLOYS MORE RADIATION MONITORS TO THE WEST COAST

PRIVATE COMPANY – RADIATION MONITORING THROUGHOUT THE WEST COAST – CLICK LINK TO FOLLOW GEIGER COUNTERS

March 16, 2011

Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants The no-BS info on Japan's disastrous nuclear operators

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SZC61oMglw&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Part 2/2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf_SW_MXMGE

The Alex Jones Channel

for Truthout/Buzzflash

by Greg Palast

I need to speak to you, not as a reporter, but in my former capacity as lead investigator in several government nuclear plant fraud and racketeering investigations.

I don’t know the law in Japan, so I can’t tell you if Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) can plead insanity to the homicides about to happen.

But what will Obama plead?  The Administration, just months ago, asked Congress to provide a $4 billion loan guarantee for two new nuclear reactors to be built and operated on the Gulf Coast of Texas — by Tokyo Electric Power and local partners.  As if the Gulf hasn’t suffered enough.

Here are the facts about Tokyo Electric and the industry you haven’t heard on CNN:

The failure of emergency systems at Japan’s nuclear plants comes as no surprise to those of us who have worked in the field.

Nuclear plants the world over must be certified for what is called “SQ” or “Seismic Qualification.”  That is, the owners swear that all components are designed for the maximum conceivable shaking event, be it from an earthquake or an exploding Christmas card from Al Qaeda.

The most inexpensive way to meet your SQ is to lie.  The industry does it all the time. The government team I worked with caught them once, in 1988, at the Shoreham plant in New York.  Correcting the SQ problem at Shoreham would have cost a cool billion, so engineers were told to change the tests from ‘failed’ to ‘passed.’

The company that put in the false safety report?  Stone & Webster, now the nuclear unit of Shaw Construction which will work with Tokyo Electric to build the Texas plant, Lord help us.

There’s more.

Read the rest of this outstanding article HERE

March 4, 2011

The Perfidy of Government: Evidence v. Denial

by Paul Craig Roberts

This essay is about three recent books that explain how we lost our economy, the Constitution and our civil liberties, and how peace lost out to war.

Matt Taibbi is the best — certainly the most entertaining — financial/political reporter in the country. There is no better book than Griftopia (2010) to which to turn to understand how stupidity, greed, and criminality, spread evenly among policymakers and Wall Street, created the financial crisis that has left Americans overburdened with both private and public debt. Taibbi walks the reader through the fraudulent financial instruments that littered the American, British, and European financial communities with toxic waste. He has figured it all out, and what in other hands might be an arcane account for MBAs is, in Taibbi’s hands, a highly readable and entertaining story.

For the first 65 pages, Taibbi entertains the reader with the inability of the public and politicians to focus on any reality. The financial story begins on page 65 with Fed chairman Alan Greenspan undermining the Glass-Steagall Act leading to its repeal by three political stooges, Gramm-Leach-Bliley. This set the stage for the banksters to leverage debt upon debt until the house of cards collapsed. When Brooksley Born, head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, attempted to do her regulatory job and regulate derivatives, the Federal Reserve, Treasury, and Securities and Exchange Commission got her bounced out of office. To make certain that no other regulator could protect the financial system and its participants from what was coming, Congress deregulated the derivatives markets by passing the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. [Read more…]

December 21, 2010

Keiser Report – JP Morgue

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sevM5IstFFY

Is JP Morgan Shifting Its Silver And Gold Shorts To Non-US

Domiciled, And Thus Unregulatable, Banks?

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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/20/2010 22:07 -0500

Going through recent bullion bank shorting information, Adrian Douglas has stumbled across a nugget that may explain the sudden willingness of JPM to admit to the FT, via proxies as obviously the bank would never expose itself to even remote market manipulation claims, that it has collapsed its silver short. The reason: even as US bank silver (and gold) shorts by US banks have been gradually declining, those positions established by non-US bank, and thus entities not under the CFTC’s control, have seen their silver shorts surge, increasing by orders of magnitude over the past several months. Is there a stealthy transfer of precious metals market manipulation taking place, one that exonerates the domestic, and therefore regulatable, suspects, while making foreign banks carry the burden of suppressing silver and gold prices? The reason: hand over the silver shorts to entities that would not be subject to the CFTC’s upcoming size limit rules. Per Douglas: “The sudden and massive increase in their short positions in both metals is conspicuous when compared with historical trading patterns. The fact that it occurs at a time when the US banks that are mega-short appear to be covering makes it doubly intriguing. It looks like a strategy to shift suppression and manipulation of the market to banks that are not under the direct supervision of the CFTC. Will these non-US banks be expecting to receive an exemption to position limits where US banks might not be successful?” We hope to get an answer to all these questions soon – Douglas has sent out the following letter to the only honest man at the CFTC, Bart Chilton, which explains Douglas’ findings, and demands an inquiry into just who these foreign banks are that are suddenly shorting silver and gold on the margin at alarming rates.

Read full story HERE

December 2, 2010

Fox: da Judge talks to Wikileak staff, a bombsell Doctor meets TSA in a lovely black bra and panties, AND Max Kaiser's campaign to buy silver to implode JP Morgan hits lamestream media

Wikileaks will survive even with the arrest of Assange. Last night’s State Cable dump focused on Sri Lanka. More leaks to come…

Next up, a mega US Bank. Many are suggesting it to be the Bank of America due to Assange’s assertion last month that Bank of America was in their sights. [Read more…]