The Closed Mind & The Chasm that Divides

DIVIDE & CONQUER.

The "DIVISION & SEPARATION" meme is seriously cranked on high right now, and I'm watching movements and groups being torn apart.  Not by by outsiders, but by rabid "believers" who are ready to defend their immovable belief without ever listening or considering anything else that is being put forward. 

There are certain templates that are continuously used to DIVIDE the people, to break up movements and groups, and tear down systems that are not part of the "Plans" of the Controllers.  "They" have used these same templates over and over again, wielding them with repeated precision time after time... and yet, people STILL fall for it.

It is amazing to me that so many people are, or are getting, caught up in  belief systems so strongly that it becomes like a Religion... just without the god stuff. Anytime a person feels the need to defend their beliefs or personal choices with manic bashing and almost virulent denunciation of anything that goes against their belief.... it's time to take a good long look at it to see if you have been sucked into a new belief system that fosters cultish, religious-type control mechanisms.

When people can't move beyond their "Belief" system- regardless of whether its based on religion, spirituality, politics, ethnicity, science, media, advocacy, activism - or any other system that mandates a single approach and a single viewpoint....When people are incapable of even LISTENING to anything outside of their perceived "Truth", then they have shut themselves off to any new information, ideas, perceptions,  facts, or theories. (god forbid someone comes along with a different theory or a new idea within the group!).  When movements and groups are torn apart with dogmatic statements of absolutisms and radical rhetoric, then the PTB have won. At that point, all hope is lost. Because if you are incapable of accepting new ideas, new comprehensions, new information, new perceptions, then you might as well just roll over and give up.

The "Truth" may be "out there", but no ONE person HERE has it. 

There are NO leaders to blindly follow.

NO ONE HAS ALL THE "FACTS" OR "TRUTHS".
NO ONE HAS ALL THE ANSWERS.

The moment you shut yourself off from investigating and researching, the moment you close your mind to anything not within your circle of belief,  and lock yourself up against anything new, you are then missing out on the pieces of the puzzle that you just might need to be able to Comprehend what the fuck is going on.

When you get to the point that you are ready to argue with anything that is outside your accepted group/beliefs/absolutes- Blindly, without even for a single moment being open to other new perspectives and input..... then you have LOST.

When you find yourself in that place where you are vehemently demanding that people accept YOUR "truth" and YOUR "Belief", and when you are willing to insult and rage against anyone who dares to offer an alternative thought or theory, then YOU are now the one perpetuating division and separation, sometimes even while preaching AGAINST division and separation.

.... It literally boggles my mind to see how many brilliant people just keep falling into this trap.

My friends, it is vitally important right now that we all work together. It is vitally important that we drop the division tactics, see the separation template for what it is, and stop following ANYTHING or ANYONE to the EXCLUSION of anything or anyone else.

Let me be very clear here:  The need to focus on UNITY does NOT mean Blindly Following or Agreeing on EVERYTHING.  Believe it or not, you do NOT have to agree on absolutely EVERYTHING in order to have UNITY.  You do NOT have to have a LEADER to have UNITY.  You do NOT need to have a 10 point plan, or a mandate of epic change laid out in a power point presentation to have UNITY.  If anything..... those things are the very basic beginnings of Division.

All we need to have UNITY, is to AGREE to STAND TOGETHER, regardless of beliefs, regardless of whatever group or movement or network we are part of, regardless of leaders, regardless of those perpetuating division & separation.

When we can STAND TOGETHER, Without expectations or demands of beliefs or strict absolutes.....

When we can STAND TOGETHER, Without trying to perpetuate our own personal perceptions over everyone....

When we can STAND TOGETHER Without followers, and without BEing a follower, without leaders, and without BEing a leader....

When we can STAND TOGETHER and Accept, without Judgement....

THAT WE CAN STAND TOGETHER .....

ONLY THEN CAN WE ACHIEVE UNITY

COMMUNITY

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COMMON UNITY

Sunday music: The Stone in My Hand

Everlast: The Stone in my Hand

Ride with the devil, hide with the Lord
I got no pistol, ain't got no sword
I got no army, ain't got no land
Ain't got nothing but the stone that's in my hand

Stone in my hand, stone in my hand
Ain't got nothing but the stone that's in my hand

You say you want a revolution, well, get on board
We'll start a new crusade, we'll start a Holy war
Don't need no orders, don't need no plan
I don't need nothing but the stone that's in my hand

Stone in my hand, stone in my hand
I don't need nothing but the stone that's in my hand
Stone in my hand, stone in my hand
I don't need nothing but the stone that's in my hand

You build your fighter jets, you drop your bombs
You kill our fathers, you kill our moms
Kill our brothers and our sisters, and our uncles and our aunts
Still I'm fighting with the stone that's in my hand

Stone in my hand, stone in my hand
Still I'm fighting with the stone that's in my hand
Stone in my hand, stone in my hand
All the love that's in my heart and the stone that's in my hand

Blood runs the gutters, smoke fills the sky
Every son that suffers, every mother cries
So if you've had enough and you're ready for your stand
I'll be waiting with the stone that's in my hand

Stone in my hand, stone in my hand
I'll be waiting with the stone that's in my hand
Stone in my hand, stone in my hand
All the love that's in my heart and the stone that's in my hand

Oil Elites: The Real Reason Oil Is So Cheap

Well worth 10 minutes of your time.  This is an excellent brief run down of the current OIL situation - history and future plans of the Oil Elites.

Check out the links below the video for more information.




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China, Iran & Saudi, Oh SNAP!

To use the words of my awesome 13 year old daughter:

"Oh SNAP!!!!"

I DO believe that China's official (government run) News Agency, has just delivered a wickedly sharp slap across the face to the US.  I'll just highlight my personal favorite parts of that slap.

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Commentary: China's constructive engagement in Middle East promotes stability, development

Source: Xinhua | 2016-01-18 10:05:12 | Editor: huaxia

by Xinhua writer Luo Jun

BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The choice of the Middle East as the destination for Chinese President Xi Jinping's first overseas visit in 2016 bears great significance, as China seeks to boost constructive engagement with the region to help it reestablish stability.

President Xi is set to put forward China's views on and proposals for the Middle East issue during his visit to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran starting on Tuesday, all of which are representative and influential countries in the region and long-time good friends of China.

Having achieved rapid economic and social development on an independent path with Chinese characteristics and the reform and opening up policy, China has success experiences in peaceful development to share with its Middle East friends.

To China, much is at stake on this historic visit, as more and more regional and global issues, especially terrorism and extremism, have an increasing impact on China. Meanwhile, a Middle East slipping into conflicts, turmoil and instability brings high risk and threat to China's national interests and security.

Beijing is expecting to cooperate with these influential countries to help restore peace and stability in the Middle East, and to elevate regional development through joint construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, as well as through mechanisms such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

Some Western political figures and media reports have misread China's role in the region as a "free rider" or exploiter of oil resources. Such remarks are shallow and short-sighted, missing the big picture of China's long-term presence in the region.

Prophet Mohammed once said, "Seek knowledge, even it's as far away as in China."
In deed, China's shared destiny with the Middle East goes far back beyond the thriving oil business in the 20th century to more than 1,000 years before the birth of the United States.

Over 1,400 years ago, during China's prosperous Tang Dynasty, the ancient Silk Road, filled with merchants and goods, greatly facilitated exchanges among different civilizations and benefited peoples along the routes linking China and the Middle East.

To honor history and to innovate for common prosperity, China has brought up the Belt and Road initiative to revive the mutually beneficial trade corridors.

China's Middle East policy is deeply rooted in its historical interaction and relationship with the region. Whoever compares it with the mindset of Western colonialism is absurd and needs a history lesson.

Peace and stability, key to China's fast growth, is also critical to the healthy development of Middle East countries. President Xi's visit will surely demonstrate China's firm support for its old friends.


Original Article :  http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/18/c_135019122.htm

Obama the Troll, an Oily Economy, and the Ships that Didn't.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!!!

Obama's State of the Union Address: "Anyone who says that the economy is declining is Lying"

really?   Really?   REALLY?!?!

Well.... let's just take a look at that, shall we?  My notes in Blue, as usual.

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International Shipping Shuts Down; Baltic Dry Index Freefalling

January 20, 2016 eClinik Learning 3 Comments

International cargo vessels today are all docked and anchored in most seaports all over the world, and the last trips they may have had were for the December holidays shopping spree.
As of yesterday, the most prominent global indicator for international shipment of physical goods, the London-based Baltic Dry Index, is in free fall.

For the last six months or so, most cargo container ships were already sailing with less than their full capacity.
The physical economy is crashing and all the warnings that’s been relayed to you for the last four years should have prepared you for what’s to come in the interim.
There may be a short disruption on the supply of critical goods and services especially on areas that are fully industrialized.

“Today, Monday, January 18 2016, the Baltic Dry Index decreased by 4 points, reaching 369 points.

Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit a temporary peak on May 20, 2008, when the index hit 11,793. The lowest level ever reached was on Monday, January 18 2016, when the index dropped to 369 points.”

Source: Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide....

......This unfolding event in the physical economy is reminiscent of the event back in the early part of 2012 when CEOs of global banking resigned en masse.

• Massive Resignations Have Started

This is one more proof that the plan to end the Great Con Game perpetrated by the Khazarian Mafia for centuries will be terminated this year as much as possible.
Earlier, China had instructed its banks to stop buying US dollar and instead gradually unload its dollar reserves. The Chinese Central Bank also demanded that the Yuan will be the only currency they will accept and honor from hereon, with the exception only where sovereign currency swap agreements are in effect. This means that those countries which don’t have such similar arrangement with China will suffer financially unless their currencies are proven to be backed up with hard assets.....

.....It’s no coincidence that China is struggling desperately to contain a stock implosion.  Reportedly, banks have been told they are forbidden to buy US dollars and numerous Chinese billionaires have gone missing.  And the markets have just opened on Monday and are again deeply in the red.
Here at The Dollar Vigilante we’ve specialized in explaining the reality of the global faux-economy and why it’s important that you not believe mainstream media lies.
In the meantime, keep your eye on this shipping story!  If it is true and worldwide shipping is disastrously foundering, it’ll only be a matter of days before grocery store shelves will reflect that with increasingly bare shelves.
Are people upset now? Just wait. Interruptions in goods and services, most critically food, almost happened in 2008 during the Great Financial Crisis.  For three days worldwide shipping was stranded due to shipping companies not knowing whether or not the receiver’s bank credit was good.....

.....To confirm reports on the internet of a shipping freeze, this writer called NYK lines, a major international shipping firm, and was told “we cannot speak for the whole world but, as far as our company is concerned, with current shipping prices we will lose money every time we send a ship so we have stopped.” Chinese government sources told this newsletter shipping companies are now demanding to be paid in Chinese yuan and not dollars and that is a major reason for the freeze in shipping worldwide. If this continues, it will lead to empty super-market shelves and social unrest, especially in the US. The announcement last week by Walmart that it is closing 269 stores is just the beginning.”

To read the Entire Article:  http://geopolitics.co/2016/01/20/international-shipping-shuts-down-baltic-dry-index-freefalling/

The North Dakota Crude Oil That's Worth Almost Nothing

... actually, LESS than nothing to be exact.  N Dakota sour crude hit -$0.50 a barrel two days ago.  Yes, that's exactly what it means:  they are now having to PAY people to take their oil fifty cents a barrel!!!

The Oil Crash Of 2016 Has The Big Banks Running Scared

"Since the start of 2015, 42 North American oil companies have filed for bankruptcy, 130,000 good paying energy jobs have been lost in the United States, and at this point 50 percent of all energy junk bonds are “distressed” according to Standard & Poor’s.  As you will see below, some of the big banks have a tremendous amount of loan exposure to the energy industry, and now they are bracing for big losses.  And the longer the price of oil stays this low, the worse the carnage is going to get......

Iran has been carefully planning for its return from the economic penalty box by hoarding tons of oil in tankers at sea.
Now that the U.S. and European Union have lifted some sanctions on Iran, the OPEC country can begin selling its massive stockpile of oil.
The sale of this seaborne oil will allow Iran to get an immediate financial boost before it ramps up production. The onslaught of Iranian oil is coming at a terrible time for the global oil markets, which are already drowning in an epic supply glut.

If you can't blame China, you can now Blame Iran!!!!!   Of course the fact that almost every country around the world and most of the heavy hitters in the financial realms have been hoarding every ship tanker, railroad tanker, truck tanker they can find with OIL for the past year ..... no, just ignore that and point a finger at Iran.   And of course, the fact that just two weeks before the International sanctions against Iran were lifted, Obama lifted a 40 year ban on US oil Exports..... no just ignore that glaring addition to the glut of oil on and already swamped international market.....

​US lifts 40-year ban on oil exports

Just to really hammer the oil issue home......

Big banks are cringing as crude oil is crumbling.

Now that the oil glut has caused prices to crash below $30 a barrel, turmoil is rippling through the energy industry and souring many of those loans. Dozens of oil companies have gone bankrupt and the ones that haven't are feeling enough financial stress to slash spending and cut tens of thousands of jobs.
Three of America's biggest banks warned last week that oil prices will continue to create headaches on Wall Street -- especially if doomsday scenarios of $20 or even $10 oil play out.

A Glimpse Of Things To Come: Bankrupt Shale Producers "Can't Give Their Assets Away"

So in short: the bankruptcies are piling up and the assets securing the sector's financing are essentially worthless now that crude is basically free.

Got it.

But banks and lenders needn't be concerned. After all, America's long list of cash flow negative producers are "only" sitting on $325 billion in debt.

Iran sanctions: Middle East stock crash wipes £27bn off markets as Tehran enters oil war

Prospect of the Islamic Republic pumping an additional 500,000 barrels a day sends stock markets in Dubai and Saudi Arabia into tailspin 

Stock markets across the Middle East saw more than £27bn wiped off their value as the lifting of economic sanctions against Iran threatened to unleash a fresh wave of oil onto global markets that are already drowning in excess supply

 .... and just in case you didn't see this coming:

Is it time to bail out the U.S. oil industry?

.... that would be "Notice" by the way.

Federal Reserve Instructs Banks To Peddle Fiction: Derivatives Imploding!

And here's a little reminder of what we talked about back in December 2015... oh so long ago...

Financial Armageddon Approaches: U.S. Banks Have 247 Trillion Dollars Of Exposure To Derivatives

Citigroup

Total Assets: $1,808,356,000,000 (more than 1.8 trillion dollars)

Total Exposure To Derivatives: $53,042,993,000,000 (more than 53 trillion dollars)

JPMorgan Chase

Total Assets: $2,417,121,000,000 (about 2.4 trillion dollars)

Total Exposure To Derivatives: $51,352,846,000,000 (more than 51 trillion dollars)

Goldman Sachs

Total Assets: $880,607,000,000 (less than a trillion dollars)

Total Exposure To Derivatives: $51,148,095,000,000 (more than 51 trillion dollars)

Bank Of America

Total Assets: $2,154,342,000,000 (a little bit more than 2.1 trillion dollars)

Total Exposure To Derivatives: $45,243,755,000,000 (more than 45 trillion dollars)

Morgan Stanley

Total Assets: $834,113,000,000 (less than a trillion dollars)

Total Exposure To Derivatives: $31,054,323,000,000 (more than 31 trillion dollars)

Wells Fargo

Total Assets: $1,751,265,000,000 (more than 1.7 trillion dollars)

Total Exposure To Derivatives: $6,074,262,000,000 (more than 6 trillion dollars)

... and yet, it has been quite difficult to nail any of these Big Banks down to a precise figure of exactly HOW MUCH of those derivatives are in the Energy Sector and about to implode with the price of oil..... 


And finally, along with the collapse of the oil industry and oil driven economies (ie: all of them), we have the collapse of a huge amount of global currencies.  The demise of Canada's Loonie has been hot on everyone's lips, with multiple articles and news stories about sky rocketing food prices in the land of the Canuck....but the vast majority of the American based articles keep tsk tsk tsking and pointing up north with heavy sighs of "OH what a shame", yet they are seemingly missing the writing on their own wall.  Think that $8 Cauliflowers are just a Canadian problem?  Think that $53.00 for 10kg of flour is just a weird Canadian price anomaly?   Yea..... Think again.

With global shipping all but at a stand still, with a raging drought in California- the US's number one winter produce state- and a Baltex Dry Index that is in free fall (meaning that international shipping has radically dropped and is continuing to drop day after day), and major retail outlets closing left right and center, it's only a matter of time before $8 Cauliflowers are going to be slapping the US consumer right in the pocket as well.

You know, there's an old adage, that when you have a problem with 50 other people.... then YOU are the problem.

When over a hundred and fifty countries are having massive economic problems due to their currencies "collapsing" in comparison to the US dollar.... then the problem is with the US Dollar.


.... What remains to be seen now, is just how long it will be before the other countries realize (Publicly) where the problem exists. .....

... Oh wait!  Would THAT be what we are seeing at the moment?  Countries NOT selling to the US?  Countries NOT using the US Dollar for international trade?
  

OH!  One final article:

Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions

....and my last question:

Does this make Obama the highest paid internet troll on the planet?

Just sayin'

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One People Roundtable Show: The Wild, The Wacky & The Weird

First Show back for 2016, and we once again feel head long down many rabbit holes and wondered at the fantastical weirdness that is the first 2 weeks of the new year..... so much weirdness that Lisa had to question if it was even too weird for our show!!! The Wild, The Wacky, The Weird, & The Wonderful all rolled into a little over the first two weeks of the year!

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From Morocco to OZ: The Transpicuous Relocation Project

There is a bit more to this story than I have put in our Crowdfunding campaign....

In recent weeks, certain information has become clear and the reactions of certain people who are highly connected here in the Highest Places of Morocco, have been clearly seen.  Some of my News coverage has made certain people not happy.  My entire families Skype access has been wiped out.  And through some savvy tech friends, we've learned that skype knows that certain IPs are being Blocked in Morocco..... and not by Skype.  In the past two weeks we've had several "technical" problems with our banking,  Packages that were suppose to be delivered to us have not been delivered, and the most recent and blatant event:  in the past week, local youths have taken to throwing rocks at our house. ....

The 7 puppies that we rescued the first week of December, are all healthy, dewormed, deloused, chubby and glossy and they have all got new homes with awesome families.... that was one of the very last responsibilities we had to tie us here to Morocco.

We are ready to leave.  Literally.

Love d



Welcome to our "Get Dani & Nick and the kids out of Morocco and across the Big Pond to the Land of Oz" Crowd Funding Campaign!!


For those of you who know my work in journalism: Removing the Shackles, Transpicuous News, and the One People's Roundtable Discussions.... well all of you know the story of how a Canadian Family of 6 ended up living in Morocco almost 3 years ago.  For those of you who don't know the background, well, it's long and convoluted....  but basically we came to Morocco looking for a better life for our family and to build a community here. After a lot of ups and downs, happiness and disappointment, we ended up in Morocco alone, with no way to get back to Canada....

But those of you who know me, know that Nick and I are not quitters and are not afraid of digging in and making things work.  So here we were, in a foreign country where we didn't speak the language, but we saw infinite possibilities in a place that had something amazing- Untouched, unpolluted, and almost unknown treasures called Argan Oil, Black seed oil, Barbary fig oil and some of the most amazing essential oils on the planet!!  Now, I have been an Aromatherapist and mixing my own oils, lotions, creams, salves and balms for almost 25 years, so the conclusion we came to was obvious: to start our own Hand made skin care product line!  With the help of a good friend we were able to get the funds together to start our small company here in Morocco, and we launched Our Gaia's Gardens. We have connected with a Berber women's cooperative, right on the edge of the Sahara, and a family cooperative in the Rif mountains, who are making all their own oils,  REAL Truly PURE, untouched, unpolluted Oils- and build a wonderful friendship. Every penny we've made has gone back into our company,  and to the cooperatives to expand our products.


If you'd like to know more about our family and about our vision for moving forward, please visit the "Our Vision" and "About Us" pages on http://www.ourgaiasgardens.com/
This was all wonderful.... until everything really started to blow up (literally) in the Middle East.

Things here in Morocco are getting.... tense, and the situation at the border where we usually cross to get our VISAs stamped, is VERY tense, teeming with military on both sides of the border.  The Universe has been kinda telling us that it might be time to leave this area of the world for the past few months, but this past week, the message has become very clear.  It's time to go!.....


Continue reading HERE: https://www.youcaring.com/dani-nick-mckenny-504938

"The Madaya Crisis": Media LIES & Propaganda

And so it continues....

I'm not surprised.  I mean.... we know that the media is lying to us continuously.  And yet what does shock me, is the constant perpetuation of these lies as "truth" and "fact" by so many people.  How is it that people are STILL falling for these outright lies?  How is it that people are still spreading these "memes" without even questioning their authenticity?

.... I'm seriously gob smacked by this.


Backtrack:  Suddenly, appearing out of seemingly no where, the western Media is reporting on the "critical" situation in the Syrian town of Madaya.  Thousands of people are starving, hundreds are dying..... all being caused by the Syrian Government- because "Assad's Military" have closed off the town and set siege to it, and are deliberately starving the people and killing them......

Right.  So let's look at this, shall we?   "They" used social media to spread their outright lies and propaganda, and it takes off  like wildfire.   People are posting pictures of the "Starving" little girl, the man on the street, starving to death, the young man screaming for food...... and of course they're all labeled as happening in Madaya, to promote the Western propaganda against the Assad regime.

And yet again, all of these pictures have been proven to be lies.  Even more to the point, it's been proven that it's not the Assad Military that has laid siege to the town, but the "Moderate Opposition" Rebels!!!   These US & NATO funded, trained and armed "Moderate Opposition Rebels" are holding the town hostage, stealing the food that has been delivered by the UN and Red Crescent agencies and SELLING it to the people in Madaya at horrifically inflated prices- like $85 per kilo of RICE!!!

My number one rule about social media:  If something is "going viral" there is a very good chance that it's propaganda- so go look for the background story and the spin. So far this rule has been dead on the money about 95% of the time.

The moment social media began running with this "Madaya is Starving" meme I immediately smelled a rat, and it took almost no time to find and a whole lot of people were smelling the same rat and digging up the proof that, yet again, the media was lying.

(I've been dealing with a house fully of head colds and excess snot for the past 10 days.... so I'm a bit late on posting this info, but it is what it is, lol.)

Here are a few of the pieces of Photo evidence:




Lies Lies Lies.   It's the usual story:  The media picks a photo to use to push their current agenda, (apparently without every checking to see if that photo has been used before, lol- or maybe they just think we're that stupid that we won't catch them.) (even though we always do!- seriously, who's the stupid one here?), and then then make sure it goes viral through social media.

The "Starving girl in Madaya" is actually Healthy and Happy in Lebanon.

The "Starving man laying in the street of Madaya" is actually a drug addict in Europe from 2009....

And yet the public are still falling for the same lies, time after time. The Question is WHY?  These major media outlets- like the BBC - have been caught doing this OVER & OVER & OVER again.  yet they are never held accountable in any way, by anyone, and the public just keeps sucking it up.

Remember this story:

Or how about the Moroccan woman who had her picture splashed across the media globally as "Paris Suicide Bomber"?



American News agencies ran with the story.... but never a retraction.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/11/19/woman-who-blew-herself-up-in-paris-raid-had-been-under-police-surveillance-in.html


Her picture was spread by media all over the world, yet when she won $400,000 from the Daily Mail for their lies, no one other than Moroccan media reported on it.  And she wasn't the only one this happened to- a young Palestinian also had his photo used by the media and was called a "Terrorist" in Paris.... yet he'd never left the refugee camp in Jordan where he lives.

http://www.marocpress.com/en/moroccoworldnews/article-45981.html


It's all LIES and Propaganda.  So Please, next time you see a "news story" going viral on social media.... take a step back and REALLY LOOK AT IT. 

Do your OWN Research!!  Don't take anyone's opinion as fact (not even mine).

And remember:  The US, British, and EU governments have ADMITTED to using Social media to run Psyops, and to having paid "trolls" and "shills" all over Facebook and Twitter et al, to do their dirty work!!!

 

More Links:

https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/propaganda-alert-madaya-media-fabrications-recycled-photos/

http://www.globalresearch.ca/syria-analyzing-madayas-starvation-falsification-western-media-propaganda-in-support-of-us-nato-war-crimes/5500559

http://learnthetruth.blog.com/?p=169

Not everything from Hollywood is a Fairy Tale....

I was just re-watching "The Winter Soldier" last night..... 

We like to blame Hollywood for spreading disinformation and propaganda, but sometimes, the "adventure story" shows you pieces of the puzzle even though most people think  it is yet another fanciful flight of fiction....

Operation Paperclip IS FACT. 

Sometimes that which pretends to be "fiction", is actually a commentary of current events......

.... Does any of this sound familiar?

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When the Oceans are empty, Economy's don't float

American, and Western media in General, lately sound a lot like something out of a South Park Movie, except instead of singing "Blame Canada, Blame Canada", the current lyrics of choice are:

                        "Blame China!  Blame China!"

Really, it's become an epic 3 ring circus, except that the clowns are scary, and the acrobats are swinging by shoe strings, the lions have got the whips, and the magicians have disappeared into their own hats. ....

While the US media is keeping people distracted with all sorts of ridiculousness, the global economy is collapsing, the TPP is about to be signed, and the Middle East is at war.  But don't worry I'm sure that Bernie and Donald can save it. ....

buhahahahhaha!!!!!   Oh god, the political rhetoric right now is hysterically funny to those of us outside the brainwash zone.....  or it would be, if I wasn't so freaked out by clowns.

"Blame China" is the clarion call of the US financial Media...... but anyone with half a working brain cell isn't buying the latest US Jobs report, nor the clowns telling Americans that the US Economy is just hunky dory and AOK.

But given the fact that not a ship is shipping anything anywhere, you have to wonder what they are selling in the US that is creating such a "strong economy".... air?  (hopefully not from Los Angeles),  Water?  (hopefully not from Flint Michigan)..... Oh I know!  It's the Stock Market that's buoying up the US economy.....

Oh SNAP!  ....  Well that can't be it.

Anyway, for those of you who are interested, there are a couple of interesting articles  down below, that shed a spotlight on the undercurrent of global economic collapse.

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Live update of marine shipping as of this morning, 1034 gmt Jan 10, 2016- I have found ONE ship in the Pacific that is in transport, and two in the Atlantic in transport. ..... every other ship is docked or anchored.  Strangely, the Mediterranean Sea is PACKED.

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Historic First: North Atlantic EMPTY of Cargo Ships in-transit - ALL anchored along coasts; none moving

Commerce between Europe and North America has literally come to a halt.  For the first time in known history, not one cargo ship is in-transit in the North Atlantic between Europe and North America.  All of them (hundreds) are either anchored offshore or in-port.  NOTHING is moving.
This has never happened before.  It is a horrific economic sign; proof that commerce is literally stopped.
The reason commerce has stopped is simple: People are not buying things.   When people do not buy things, retailers do not sell things, so they do not order more goods for stock.
When retailers do not order goods, manufacturers don't make anything because there are no orders to fill.  When manufacturers do not make goods, they don't order raw materials for manufacturing.
When there are no orders for raw materials, commodities sellers do not sell raw materials. When no raw materials are sold, there is no shipping by large cargo ships, (or railroads or tractor trailers) to move anything.
Put simply, the global economy is LITERALLY stopping.  Right now.  Today.
How things go from this point forward is simple:  Without sales, retailers are not even "turning dollars" so they will have to layoff employees and close stores.  Without orders, manufacturers will have to layoff employees and shut down.  When manufacturing shuts down, suppliers of commodities will have to layoff employees and cease operations.   As all of this economic activity comes to a halt, then the disaster REALLY takes off:

When businesses are not even "turning dollars" they cannot pay back their loans.  Retailers, manufacturers and commodities suppliers will begin defaulting on bank loans within 30 days.  When enough of them default, it begins taking-out banks.  As banks begin to fail, others will run to their banks to withdraw money for fear THEIR bank will fail too; and therein starts "bank runs."

Continue reading here: https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/750


To see the live feed for Ocean/waterways shipping click HERE

"Nowhere To Hide" As Baltic 'Fried' Index Careens To Fresh Record Low

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/07/2016 15:00 -0500

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Another day, another fresh all-time record low in The Baltic Dry Index as Deutsche Bank's "perfect storm" appears ever closer on the horizon. Plunging 4.7% overnight to 445 points, this is 20% lower than the previous record low in 1986 and as one strategist warns, "It’s a brutal start of the year, there’s just nowhere to hide on the market."

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-07/nowhere-hide-baltic-fried-index-careens-fresh-record-low


BUT  That was Jan 6th..... everyone has gone silent on the Baltex Dry Index as of Friday Jan 8th 2016 when just two days later the Baltex has fallen radically again:




http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/BDIY:IND

Federal Reserve’s “net worth” collapses 33% in two weeks

Simon Black

January 8, 2016

In case it weren’t completely obvious how completely screwed up the financial system is, please allow me to introduce Exhibit A: the Federal Reserve’s own balance sheet.....

.....In the US, the Federal Reserve’s assets total $4.486 trillion, including more than $2 TRILLION in US government debt. The Fed also has total capital (i.e. net worth) of $39.5 billion.
That sounds like a lot. Until you realize that it constitutes just 0.88% of its total assets. Not even 1%!
This is a tiny, almost nonexistent level of capital at the Federal Reserve.

Put another way, the issuer of the United States dollar, the most widely used currency on the planet, and the central bank of the largest economy in the world, has almost no margin of safety.
This puts the entire global financial system at a tremendous level of risk....

.....But what’s really astonishing about all of this is how quickly the Fed’s balance sheet deteriorated. And why. Just two weeks ago, the Fed’s total capital was nearly $59 billion. And even that wasn’t very much given the size of its balance sheet.

Today it’s $39.5. This is an incredible 33% drop in just two weeks!....

....It turns out that Congress and the President passed a law last month called the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. We’ve talked about this one before– the FAST Act is supposed to provide funding for America’s highway system. But one of the provisions is that a US citizen can have his passport revoked if the government believes in its sole discretion that he owes too much tax. Crazy. And, buried deep within the nearly 500 pages of legislation is a neat little section demanding that Federal Reserve bank surpluses above a certain amount must be turned over to the United States Department of Treasury.
In other words, the US government is so broke that they’re now confiscating assets from the Fed, putting the entire global financial system at even more risk.......Governments are completely bankrupt. And even central banks now are being pushed into insolvency by the bankrupt governments they support.

 https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/federal-reserves-net-worth-collapses-33-in-two-weeks-18532/

As a final note on this, I'd like to remind everyone about this ISO document that I published last summer and the ramifications of that which coincide with various Vatican announcements..... 

With immediate effect, the following minor corrections are made to “Table A.1 – Currency and funds code list” (as advised by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency):

HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) to
HOLY SEE (THE)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION to 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION (THE)

UNITED KINGDOM to
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND (THE)

UNITED STATES to
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (THE)

Read the article and watch the video report HERE: http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-vatican-jubilee-national-bankruptcy.html

The "Destruction" of US "Wealth", or "All I need to know about stocks I learned from Trading Places"

Well.... lets really take a closer look at this.

Chinese stocks DESTROY 45 billion in US wealth. That can mean a lot of different things, and this article itself is a glaring piece of fluff (Like most of the financial articles this week, lol). Most of the stocks mentioned in this article were pushed up in value at hyper speed since they started trading on the US market. Who made the money off of the inflation of the value of these stocks? Now,  "suddenly", their "value" is plummeting. Why? Because they are being sold off, or "dumped". So, who is making the money off of that? 

Now..... if the hyper inflated "value" of these stocks was bogus to begin with- and we'll use the example of the several "billionaires" that lost their shirts in China over the past 8 months when their companies stocks were hyper inflated and then dropped radically in reflection of their true value-  the questions is the same: who made money off the hyper inflation of the stock prices to begin with? And then who made money off the crashing of those stock "values"? And Note the use of the word "Value" and "wealth" in this article..... not money.

The US financial media is pushing the "China is the problem" envelope as an explanation for all the current apocalyptic crashing that is happening in the western (actually, global)  financial arenas. Yet who were the ones pushing everyone to "Buy buy buy" in the China markets just over a year ago? Who were the ones selling the propaganda that "Investing in the new untouched market is the gold mine of the year!", pushing middle and lower end investors who had already taken a beating in the US markets to "test their luck" in the china markets? Now what has happened?

....basically these guys lost their shirts. But again, the question no one answers is: to whom? If we're talking about actual "money", it doesn't just disappear..... if someone "lost it" then it stands to reason that if was "found" by someone else. The question is: who found it nicely and neatly tucked into their pocket when they walked out of the trading arena?


Buy buy buy low.... Sell sell sell high..... then buy buy buy low again.....

All you ever needed to know about the current bullshit, you can learn simply by watching the movie "Trading Places".  Only......  it's not the "good guys" or the "under dogs" that are winning this one.

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ps:  This also applies to "climate change spending " and "National debts", etc -  If someone has to PAY  a hundred billion in funding climate change policies..... that means someone will MAKE $100 billion.  If countries "owe" Trillions of dollars in "debt"..... who do they owe it TO? ..... Just sayin'

Chinese stocks destroy $45B in U.S. wealth

USA TODAY 5:49 p.m. EST January 7, 2016

There might be one thing tougher for an American than learning to speak Chinese: Owning Chinese stocks.
The 141 Chinese-based companies with shares listed on a major U.S. exchange have shredded $45 billion in market value - just this year, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ. These stocks are already down 5.1% on average this year.
It's a stunning destruction in wealth that seems to only be getting started. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 7.3% Thursday before trading was halted after less than an hour of trading. Investors are braced for more selling to continue. China's pain is also spreading into U.S. markets. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 392 points to 16,514 Thursday and is off 4.8% this year.
Pain is already being felt - in a big way - by investors brave enough to buy into U.S.-listed shares of Chinese stocks.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/01/07/chinese-stocks-destroy-value/78421516/



Please note the bold quote below.... I just about fell of my chair laughing.  But, really.... what do you expect from American Media and Financial "Experts", lol

This isn’t a stock-market crisis; it’s an outright ‘selling stampede’

Published: Jan 7, 2016 2:13 p.m. ET

Jeff Saut says such stampedes tend to last 17 to 25 sessions

 

The market is currently in panic mode. Investors across the globe are wading in a sea of deep red, sparked by concerns about slumping global growth — otherwise known as China.....

Saut told MarketWatch he’s sanguine about the long-term prospects for U.S. stocks in the face of another plunge in China’s Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +1.97%  and the subsequent trading halt. Hours after the market closed, Beijing suspended its so-called circuit breakers (which come into play if the market falls by a certain measure), but it isn’t clear whether that move will serve to calm the markets.....


“The U.S. has solved many of its long-term problems,” Saut said. “Banks are less leveraged, the deficit is under control, balance sheets are strong.” ....

* me.... laughing so hard......*

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-isnt-a-stock-market-crisis-its-an-outright-selling-stampede-2016-01-07?dist=afterbell



Saut is "Sanguine" is he?  Interesting turn of phrase.  One might wonder if his optimism is due to his blood(line)?   Or is he just blushing profusely due to his outrageous lies that not even he can swallow?

sanguine

/ Sæŋɡwɪn /

adjective

1.

cheerful and confident; optimistic

2.

(esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance

3.

blood-red

Middle English: from Old French sanguin(e) 'blood red', from Latin sanguineus 'of blood', from sanguis, sanguin- 'blood'.

OH and here's the only point worth paying attention to in this Zerohedge article- again, note the underlined Bold sentence: 

"It couldn't be worse," exclaims one manager who started his fund mid-year in 2015, blaming China's equity market carnage on its newly-created circuit-breakers (as opposed to the fact that the Chinese market trades at 64x P/E and there are sellers everywhere). "Panic will eventually turn into a buying opportunity," hopes one strategist while another proclaims "poorly-designed" circuit breakers need to be adjusted to 10% (seriously).

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-07/china-suspends-circuit-breaker-rule-insane-we-were-forced-liquidate-all-our-holdings

Lost in the Argument: Questions Unanswered

Lost in the Argument: Questions Unanswered

 

To all the "Flat Earthers" and "Globeists" out there.....

I can NOT believe the amount of energy that is currently being expended on this argument. STILL.

Do you get it? THIS is a DISTRACTION. This is a distraction BECAUSE of the argument. While everyone is arguing "it's flat!" or "It's a globe", they are missing the bigger and more important questions.

..... Besides that, what if the earth is a different shape entirely?  What if the "Planet" isn't a "Planet" at all?

Now, Please do not get mad and close this page.  Please take a moment to read the message- I am asking everyone to put aside your personal beliefs in this, and focus on the QUESTION.

Is this earth a globe? No, I don't think so.
Is it flat? Nope, I don't really gel with that theory either.

(I personally think that BOTH theories are wrong but we'll get back to that...)

But while everyone is arguing "flat vs sphere" most people are so caught up in the actual argument itself that they aren't looking for other answers!! There are HUGE questions that the "flat earth theory" have brought up that are vital pieces of the puzzle, and have opened up a lot of different avenues of investigation and research..... but I think that the basic argument has been pushed as a distraction- to KEEP PEOPLE FROM going down those avenues and continuing their research to the deeper, more important questions that this topic shines a light on.

I am watching literal wars of words raging across social media over this, and 99% of those arguing, aren't discussing the issues brought up BY the question of what shape our planet is- all they are doing is arguing about the shape.

Please let that sink in for a moment..... 

WHY?

Instead of arguing about this, I would LOVE to see people putting the same energy into do their OWN research.

I have seen many many videos posted over the past 6 months or so that push one side of this argument or the other.... that are filled with flawed "science", and poor logical processes to try and prove one side of only TWO theories.  It's a travesty. And I'm shocked at the bullshit "science" that people are swallowing whole, because they have chosen to listen to someone else, instead of doing their own research.  I am shocked at the number of intelligent, aware people who have gotten themselves locked into one side, one BELIEF, and are seemingly incapable of moving beyond and looking at the entire debate rationally.

What this has become, in my opinion, is a religious argument. Like Protestants and Catholics arguing over who is "right". Everyone seems to be caught up in "Beliefs", and are pushing their own unprovable belief system.

Neither side is capable of sitting down and having a rational, logical discussion. Most interactions deteriorate into screaming matches and name calling...... so MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! DIVISION HAS BEEN SET UP PERFECTLY.  NO ONE is moving BEYOND that one stupid argument.

Let me ask this one basic question:

In the greater scheme of things, does the physical shape of the planet change your life at all?   Did your physical existence on this "planet" - where you live, what your job is, your family life, your social life- actually CHANGE when you discovered the "flat earth theory"?   No really!  I want you lo LOOK at what I'm saying:  DID your physical existence in this reality actually CHANGE?

NO.  It did not.

The QUESTIONS brought up BY this "theory", have a massive impact on us- emotionally, mentally, and even "spiritually", and they have the ability to propel us forward into vast new areas of research and comprehension.  But it's the QUESTIONS that do this- NOT THE SHAPE.

I would love to discuss this entire topic, in the open, without all the bullshit.  To really LOOK at the QUESTIONS, and take this entire meme apart and REALLY dig for answers- WITHOUT focusing on what fuckin' shape of the planet is!! 

.... as I said:  What if this "Planet" isn't a planet at all.  That kinda makes the entire argument about what shape it is completely irrelevant, doesn't it?  But in order to even look at that as a possibility, first we have to let go of our "belief" systems and open our minds to the very basic fact that we do not know.....
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One People's Show: Dec 22, 2015

... and finally, here is the video of the very last One People's Discussions for 2015!!

There have been no shows for the past two weeks, but I think that this coming Monday- January 11th, we should be back on track at the regular show time.

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TN Special Report: The Iceland Meme that won't die

Good morning my friends.  After recording last nights Transpicuous News January 4th Report, I continued the session with this special report. 

Distractions are the name of the game these days, and discerning Distraction from Disinfo is sometimes damn difficult.  In this recording I discuss the waves of distractions that keep rolling over us, and a few of the main points I look at when these same ol' stories keep coming back to life.   Case in point: The Iceland Revolution that wasn't.

I've spoken about Iceland's perceived "revolution" for several years now, but when the next "wave" of the meme hit social media again last week, I decided to put together a report to spotlight what did and didn't happen in Iceland, since the financial collapse of 2008.


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The Template Articles:  The Phoenix that wouldn't Rise

http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2014/08/once-more-with-feeling.html 

The truth about the jailed bankers of Iceland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM690iWP-0c

Transpicuous News: Jan 4th.... Welcome to 2016!

Welcome to 2016!  In less than 4 days, the world has gone to hell in a hand basket, with the Middle East exploding (quite literally), and the financial sector plays it's favorite roller coaster tunes, all the while armed men in Oregon take control of a federal building.... but just a little one.

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News Links for January 4th, 2016 Report

Bahrain, Sudan sever ties with Iran, UAE reduces number of diplomats
https://www.rt.com/news/327839-bahrain-iran-ties-saudi/


Saudi Arabia to cut commercial ties, flights to Iran - Foreign Minister
https://www.rt.com/news/327866-iran-saudi-air-commercial/


‘A Wahhabi Muslim Brotherhood’: More escalation ahead in Saudi-Iran crisis
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/327880-iran-saudi-conflict-escalation/


Iraqi official blames IS for bombing Sunni mosques in Shiite city, says group stoking tensions
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-01-04/iraq-official-blames-islamic-state-for-bombing-sunni-mosques


Israeli forces shell Lebanese border town after patrol attacked
https://www.rt.com/news/327861-israel-lebanon-border-fire/


1,000 crack British troops deployed to Libyan oil fields to ‘halt the advance of ISIS’
https://www.rt.com/uk/327846-sas-libya-oil-isis/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3383459/SAS-spearhead-operation-involving-1-000-British-troops-wrest-control-dozen-oil-fields-seized-ISIS-Libya.html


Dozens wounded after Taliban suicide truck targets US convoy in Kabul
https://www.rt.com/news/327863-kabul-blast-airport-injured/


China stocks rout on first market day of 2016 trips national trading halt
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-stocks-trading-halt-idUSKBN0UI0CU20160104


A Close Up Of The Market Ripple Which Stopped Stocks Tumbling At 11:01 am
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-04/close-market-ripple-which-stopped-stocks-tumbling-1101-am