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Axing the bankers’ money tree: homeowners’ rebellion against Wall Street

Posted by seumasach on August 29, 2010

Ellen Brown

Global Research

19th August, 2010

Over 62 million mortgages are now held in the name of MERS, an electronic recording system devised by and for the convenience of the mortgage industry.  A California bankruptcy court, following landmark cases in other jurisdictions, recently held that this electronic shortcut breaks the chain of title, voiding foreclosure.  The logical result could be 62 million homes that are foreclosure-proof.

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Goldfinger – the sequel

Posted by seumasach on August 29, 2010

The Mogambo Guru

Asia Times

28th August, 2010

I remember the good old days of the Cold War when the Russians were humorless robots who could always manage to catch James Bond, a British secret agent better known by his “License to Kill” number – 007.

But the clumsy, doltish Russians could never hold onto him, and in the process, a lot of Russian secret agents, soldiers, miscellaneous employees, assorted affiliates and innocent bystanders died, usually in a blaze of gunfire or explosions of some kind.

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Personal testimony : electrosensitivity

Posted by seumasach on August 29, 2010

Burgerwelle News

29th August, 2010

As told to me by Barbara Lake and documented by Dr Jonathon Fox, Medical Director, Environmental Health Clinic, Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Wi-Fi could cause birth defects, British scientist warns

Posted by seumasach on August 26, 2010

Ottawa Citizen

25th August, 2010

A British scientist and former naval weapons expert has waded into the debate over the safety of wireless networks in Canadian schools, warning generations could face genetic disorders because of prolonged exposure to low-level microwaves.

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Decoupling Now, Currency Crisis Soon

Posted by seumasach on August 26, 2010

NIA

25th August, 2010

NIA believes that the decoupling we have been predicting of precious metals from the Dow Jones has now officially taken place. A year ago we would consistently see precious metals and stock market prices rise and fall in parallel. We have now seen the Dow Jones decline by 6.1% from its high on August 9th, along with both gold and silver rising by about 3.3% during this same time period.

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GMO Crop Catastrophe in USA a lesson for EU

Posted by seumasach on August 25, 2010

“cloned animals with engineered innate immunity to diseases”.

This sounds like the eugenics/malthusian brethren: and indeed it is! Professor Sir John Beddington ( for it is he!) has called for the British population to be reduced to 18 million and, by the sound of it, it isn’t just empty talk.

F.William Engdahl

Voltairenet

22nd August, 2010

As the European Union moves closer to approving the cultivation of GMOs despite stiff widespread opposition, it ought to be paying urgent attention to the agricultural arms race unfolding in the United States. The gospel of high-tech genetically modified (GM) crops is no longer sounding quite so sweet. Roundup-resistant “superweeds” are plaguing Monsanto crops across southern US states, driving farmers to use more herbicides, abandon their farms or …. return to conventional crops.

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History of Microwaves: From Weapons to Your WiFi

Posted by seumasach on August 22, 2010

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Barrie Trower on Wi-Fi

Posted by seumasach on August 22, 2010

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Late Victorian Holocausts by Mike Davis

Posted by seumasach on August 22, 2010

Book review

Aletho News

Critics of globalization point out with some justice that poor people around the world suffer far more than the citizens of industrialized nations during downturns in the global economy. Peasants in developing countries can find their lives hanging in the balance during a rise in food prices or a decline in the global market value of the goods they produce. Never was this more true than during the hey-day of the European imperialism in the last three decades of the nineteenth century. Aggressive trade practices and the ruthless use of military force effectively subdued nations in Asia, Africa, and South America and brought these countries into a global trade system. By the 1870s, and certainly by the turn of the century, many European countries, above all Great Britain, had created the world’s first global market economy. Financial markets in London, Paris, Amsterdam, and elsewhere were linked by telegraph to places where raw materials were produced for European consumption, while established trade routes were patrolled by European navies (particularly the Royal Navy). The economic power of the extensive British Empire was unparalleled and the inner workings of the global system dominated by London determined the fate of innumerable people around the world.

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The story of Obama: all in the company (Part I)

Posted by seumasach on August 22, 2010

Wayne Madsen

Voltairenet

20th August, 2010

Investigative journalist Wayne Madsen has discovered CIA files that document the agency’s connections to institutions and individuals figuring prominently in the lives of Barack Obama and his mother, father, grandmother, and stepfather. The first part of his report highlights the connections between Barack Obama, Sr. and the CIA-sponsored operations in Kenya to counter rising Soviet and Chinese influence among student circles and, beyond, to create conditions obstructing the emergence of independent African leaders.

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Medvedev’s wishful thinking

Posted by seumasach on August 22, 2010

M.K.Bhadrakumar

Asia Times

21st August, 2010

There was an element of hyperbole when a Moscow news service airily speculated this week that Catherine the Great’s historic dream of gaining access to the warm waters of the Arabian Sea was nearing realization even as Russia was getting ready to propose to Pakistan an “extensive road and rail system being largely bankrolled by Moscow” to connect Central Asia with Pakistan’s sea ports.

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