[cia-drugs] Re: Fwd: Rev. Moon's Anti-Osama Agit-Prop
i think you mean anti-OBAMA --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, RoadsEnd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Consortiumnews.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: January 22, 2007 8:06:38 PM PST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Rev. Moon's Anti-Osama Agit-Prop Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] As Rev. Sun Myung Moon's media operations have done for two decades, the Korean cult leader's Insight magazine has stepped up to inject an early dose of poison into Campaign 2008. In this case, Moon's weekly magazine was peddling a bogus story suggesting that Barack Obama is a clandestine Islamic agent and that Hillary Clinton's operatives were dishing the dirt. Though the anti-Obama agit-prop was quickly disproved, it revealed again how valuable Moon and his mysterious money have been to the Republicans and especially to the Bush family. For the full story of how Moon's foreign money continues to distort the U.S. political process, go to Consortiumnews.com at http:// www.consortiumnews.com . To remove yourself from this list, click here: http:// www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/consortiumnews/ unsubscribe.jsp?remove
[cia-drugs] Fwd: Appeals Court Tackles Thought Crime by Filmmaker
Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: January 22, 2007 8:37:13 PM PST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Appeals Court Tackles Thought Crime by Filmmaker NY court: FBI might have violated First Amendment in efforts to take down conspiracy film By Larry Neumeister ASSOCIATED PRESS January 19, 2007 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20070119-1617-film-fbi.html NEW YORK – An effort by the FBI and federal prosecutors to remove a short fictional film about a military takeover of New York City from the Internet may have violated the First Amendment, a federal appeals court said Friday. But the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a lower court was still correct to toss out a lawsuit brought against an FBI agent and a federal prosecutor by a web hosting service operator and Michael Zieper, who wrote, directed and produced the film. The appeals court said in a written opinion that the FBI agent, Joseph Metzinger, and the assistant U.S. attorney, Lisa Korologos, were immune from the lawsuit because it would not have been clear to a reasonable officer in their position that they were doing anything wrong. Metzinger and Korologos got involved Nov. 8, 1999, when the New York Police Department faxed information to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force about the film, “Military Takeover of New York City.” The film includes various shots of Times Square as an unseen narrator who purports to be a military officer briefs other members of the military about plans for a military takeover of Times Square on New Year's Eve 1999. The appeals court said Metzinger and Korologos were free to ask filmmaker Zieper and Web site operator Mark Wieger to take the film down – but Metzinger went too far when he said that FBI agents were heading to Zieper's home and he could not stop them. “A reasonable juror could conclude that some of the defendants' actions here did cross the sometimes fine line between an attempt to convince and an attempt to coerce,” the appeals court wrote. While Metzinger spoke in a polite and non-threatening tone, and did not refer to criminal statutes or legal consequences, he never made it clear that Zieper's actions were lawful or that he would not face consequences for making the video public, the court said. It cautioned public officials “to make sure that the totality of their actions do not convey a threat even when their words do not.” Metzinger told Wieger he was worried the film could incite a riot. Wieger blocked web access to the film beginning Nov. 15, 1999, but restored it 11 days later. Yusill Scribner, a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors in New York, said the government had no comment. Aden Fine, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who represented the plaintiffs, said the decision shows that even if “government officials government officials use a polite tone and don't directly issue threats, they can violate an individual's First Amendment rights.”
[cia-drugs] Fw: [GATA] Andy Mukherjee: Petrodollars will test Asia's dollar fixation
- Original Message - From: Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 2:15 AM Subject: [GATA] Andy Mukherjee: Petrodollars will test Asia's dollar fixation Andy Mukherjee: Petrodollars will test Asia's dollar fixation Submitted by cpowell on 12:15AM ET Tuesday, January 23, 2007. Section: Daily Dispatches By Andy Mukherjee Bloomberg News Service Tuesday, January 23, 2007 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039refer=columnist_mukherje... SINGAPORE -- A glance at stock values suggests that lower energy prices are an unalloyed blessing for Asia. That may not be true. Morgan Stanley Capital International's emerging-market equity index for Asia has risen 22 percent since oil began its descent in early August last year. With crude-oil futures hovering at about $52 a barrel in New York compared with $77 on July 14, Asian consumers have reason to be optimistic about their household budgets. The region's taxpayers too should be happy to see a sustained reversal in crude-oil prices, which more than quadrupled between January 2002 and July 2006. Governments have subsidized pump prices from China and India to Indonesia and Vietnam. But if oil keeps plummeting -- because of global warming, the El Nino weather effect, slowing world economic growth, rising crude output, or whatever -- Asia may pay a big price as a financier of U.S. consumerism. Last year the Asian monetary authorities, together with the central banks and state investment agencies in oil-exporting countries, bought about $770 billion in foreign-currency assets. These official purchases financed most of the estimated $870 billion U.S. current-account deficit in 2006, according to research by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. If the petrodollar surpluses dwindle, the job of sustaining U.S. consumption will fall squarely on the Asian central banks. Should the monetary authorities in China, Japan, South Korea, and India continue to feed the American spending habit or invest their surpluses elsewhere? If they keep loading up on U.S. Treasuries and the dollar eventually collapses, Asian central banks may have to sustain large losses on their balance sheets. If they stop buying risk-free U.S. debt, the dollar might decline anyway. That's the dilemma. Of course, it all depends on the extent of the slide in energy costs. Last year oil-producing nations probably added about $600 billion in assets. Even with crude at $50 a barrel, oil sovereigns would still be channeling some $300 billion of savings annually into global financial markets, says Ramin Toloui, a fund manager at Newport Beach, California-based Pimco, a unit of Germany's Allianz SE. Yet Toloui's research shows that compared with Asian central banks' penchant for investing trade surpluses primarily in dollar-denominated conservative securities, petrodollars are more likely to have been invested in riskier assets, including emerging-market equities. It stands to reason, then, that if oil-exporting countries from Russia and Venezuela to Saudi Arabia and Norway earn substantially less for their commodity this year, or if they get spooked by a fall in the dollar, they might be tempted to soup up their total returns by cutting back on U.S. Treasuries and shifting funds to higher-risk, emerging-market assets. To the extent that such diversification may already be under way, the rise in emerging-market stock and property prices and the narrowing of bond spreads aren't surprising. While investors in Asia won't complain about petrodollars chasing emerging-market assets, the monetary bosses in the region may not be particularly happy. A shrinking appetite for dollar-denominated securities, if it leads to a precipitous decline in the U.S. currency, will dent the value of Asian central banks' foreign-currency reserves. China is most at risk. Analysts estimate that more than two-thirds of the country's $1 trillion foreign-currency reserves may be held in dollar-denominated securities. There is a strong indication that China will soon set up an institution to invest part of the reserves in riskier assets. Stephen Green, a Standard Chartered Plc economist in Shanghai, estimates the size of this new investment agency at $200 billion. The transfer of foreign exchange from the People's Bank of China to the new agency has to be gradual. Otherwise it may become another signal for other sovereign and private investors to diversify away from the dollar. As much as China would want to prepare for a weak dollar, it won't want to cause it. Seeking returns outside the safety of U.S. government bonds is nothing new for countries in the Persian Gulf. Back in 2005, state-owned Dubai International Capital LLC acquired Tussauds Group, owner of Madame Tussauds waxworks museums and the London Eye observation tower. The monetary authorities in Asia can't diversify
[cia-drugs] For God, Country and that Bass Boat: The Contractor's Creed
http://www.thespywhobilledme.com/the_spy_who_billed_me/2007/01/for_god_country.html January 23, 2007 For God, Country and that Bass Boat: The Contractor's Creed Several weeks ago I posted Blackwater Fever, a light-hearted look at Blackwater merc-types. As a follow up and because I'm too swamped with other projects for a more serious post here's The Private Military Contractor's Creed. To be fair, most contract soldiers are professional and this is an inside joke that's been passed around among them. The Private Military Contractor's Creed a.. I am a U.S. contractor. I look out for myself, the operators to my left and right, and no one else. I will always take advantage of the fact that I can finally tell military officers to pound sand, and will do so at every opportunity. b.. I am my country's scapegoat, the plausible deniabilitywarrior, and I love it. c.. Less than $700 dollars a day is unacceptable. d.. I am trained to eat things that would make a billy goat puke, but will refuse anything less than 60 dollars per diem because I am greedy. e.. I care not for ribbon's and awards for valor. I do this job for the opportunity to kill the enemies of my country, and to finally get that boat I've always wanted. f.. I will be in better shape than 99% of the active duty personnel, although this is not hard. g.. I will equip myself with the latest high speed gear, and will trick out my M4 until it weighs more than 24 lbs, not because it works better, but because it looks cool in the photographs. h.. I will carry more weapons, ammunition, and implements of death on my person, than an infantry fire team, and when engaged I will lay waste to everything around me. i.. In any combat zone, I will always locate the swimming pool, beer, and women, because I can. j.. I will deploy on my terms, and if it ever gets too stupid, I will simply find another company that pays me more. attachment: bassboat.jpg
[cia-drugs] Fwd: Virtual March on Washington
Begin forwarded message: From: Democrats.com[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: January 23, 2007 12:17:57 AM PST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Virtual March on Washington Ask Your Friends to Join the Virtual March on Washington This Saturday, January 27, will be the largest anti-war protest since the war began on 3/19/03, with a big march in Washington DC: http://unitedforpeace.org and local events across the country: http://tinyurl.com/24e8rp (More details below). Of course only a small fraction of America will participate in these events because of time, money, or lack of awareness due to the corporate media blackout of all progressive organizing. We really need everyone who opposes the Iraq War to speak up NOW. That's why we're making it easy with a Virtual March on Washington: http://democrats.com/outofiraq Americans oppose Bush's escalation by 68%-26% - that's 153 million adults and millions more teens. Yet George Bush still adamantly refuses to listen to us, and Congress is moving too slowly to stop him. Each of us knows 5, 10, 20, 50, or 100 people who share our opposition to Bush's War but won't march in the streets. All we ask is they take 1 minute to email their Representatives: http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/90 We will tally the emails on the right side of the page and hope to collect as many as we possibly can. Can you help us by reaching out to your personal email lists? Click here: http://democrats.com/outofiraq Breaking News: Rep. Jim McGovern to introduce The Safe and Orderly Withdrawal Act This week, our friend and ally Rep. Jim McGovern will introduce new legislation, The Safe and Orderly Withdrawal Act of 2007, calling for the safe and orderly withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq within 30 days of enactment to be completed within 180 days. The withdrawal would be paid for by already appropriated funds and all funds for deployment of U.S. troops would be terminated upon completion of the withdrawal. More: http://pdamerica.org/articles/news/2007-01-22-19-06-36-news.php Exclusive PDA interview with Rep. Jim McGovern By David Swanson, PDA Board Member In an exclusive interview conducted Jan. 22 for PDA by David Swanson, Rep. McGovern commented on a range of issues: * The urgency of this moment: This war has gone on longer than our involvement in WW II. It is time to step it up a notch and to urge Congress to finally live up to its constitutional responsibility. * Upcoming supplemental funding bills: I don’t want to be talking about emergency supplementals in 2008 or 2009. I want this war over! I don’t want the next Presidential election to be about the war in Iraq. More: http://pdamerica.org/articles/news/2007-01-22-19-09-50-news.php Podcast: Tony Trupiano visits with Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) Listen to this podcast: http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=959 Sign This Petition in Support of McGovern's Bill http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/94 March and Lobby in Washington on January 27th, 28th, and 29th Come to Washington, D.C., on January 27. Join in the march for peace being organized by United for Peace and Justice, a march dedicated to Ending the War Now!. (Some of us will also march for impeachment.) TIP: Buy a dozen or more Impeachment Shirts, bring them to D.C., sell them at a profit, and pay for your trip. Come to the workshops and trainings (including on how to lobby for investigations with the ultimate goal of impeachment) on January 28th and come with us to meet with your Congress Member and Senators on January 29th. It's not too late to register: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/modinput4.php?modin=121 For comprehensive list of all sorts of related events in Washington and elsewhere in the coming days, see: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/event _ Print Out a Flyer and Make Copies Click image for flyer in Word. Blank areas on right are for you to fill in local info. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/jan27flyer.doc # Forward this message to everyone you know! If you received this from a friend, you can subscribe at: http://archive.democrats.com/elandslide/subscribe_module.cfm? campaign=ads To unsubscribe from AfterDowningStreet Updates, click here: http://archive.democrats.com/unsub.cfm? [EMAIL PROTECTED]fieldname=L16
[cia-drugs] Russian Central Bank pulls 60 licenses in 2006
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/finances/26.html?id_issue=11664391 Jan 23 2007 5:10PM Russian Central Bank pulls 60 licenses in 2006 MOSCOW. Jan 23 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia revoked 60 banking licenses in 2006 - almost as many as in the previous two years combined, the CB said on its website. Most of the licenses were pulled for violating the anti-money laundering legislation. The CB revoked 30 licenses in 2004 and 35 in 2005. The CB said that Russia had 1,253 operating banks at the start of last year. In other words, 4.8% or one in 20 banks were stripped of their licenses. In the last three years, the CB has revoked a total of 125 licenses. Almost one in ten banks or 9.4% of the 1,329 functioning banks as of the start of 2004 had their licenses pulled. Russia had 1,189 functioning lending institutions by the end of 2006. Their number decreased by 30 in 2004, 46 in 2005 and 64 in 2006. Russia had 483 major lending institutions (40.6% of the total) with charter capital of more than 150 million rubles at the end of last year, compared with 447 (35.7%) a year previously. These included 266 (22.4%) with charter capital of more than 300 million rubles, compared with 243 (19.4%) at the start of 2006. This category of banks had increased almost a third in the last three years, from 208 (15.6%) on January 1, 2004. The banking sector's total charter capital grew 27.5% in 2006 to 566.5 billion rubles, from 444.4 billion rubles as of the start of 2006. Banking sector capital had grown 22.8% from 362 billion rubles on January 1, 2004, or by 5.1% in 2004 and 16.8% in 2005. Banking sector charter capital grew by 122.1 billion rubles in 2006 -almost as much as in the preceding three years combined, when it grew 144 billion rubles. Banking sector capital grew by 61.6 billion rubles in 2003, 18.5 billion rubles in 2004 and 63.9 billion rubles in 2005. pr
[cia-drugs] Russia Ukraine tussle over tiny island
http://private-islands.blogspot.com/2007/01/russia-ukraine-tussle-over-tiny-island.html Tuesday, January 23, 2007 Russia Ukraine tussle over tiny island A tiny island in the news: the dispute over Tuzla Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 11, 2004, No. 2, Vol. LXXII The events surrounding Tuzla Island beginning in September had to change the way Ukraine, and especially the presidential administration of Leonid Kuchma viewed the politics of Russia. While the political leaders, including the presidents of both countries, had always publicly enjoyed a cozy political relationship, suddenly a small lightly inhabited island in the Kerch Strait, which is the waterway that separates the two countries, became a central point of intense friction in a political dispute in which neither side was ready to give an inch and which easily could have led to conflict had Russia not backed down. It was one of the first times, as well, that Ukraine showed that it meant it when it told its big northerly neighbor, no! The Tuzla crisis began near the end of September, when trucks carrying sand, stone and mortar began to reinforce the northern shore of Russia's Taman Peninsula and build a dike-like extension into the Kerch Strait. When the Moscow press discovered a very silent but intense construction operation going on at the tip of the Taman Peninsula, which included scores of heavy, earth-moving equipment and hundreds of workers, the reaction from Kyiv was surprise, especially because the building of the dike - what the Russian and Ukrainian press referred to as a dam - was heading directly for the Ukrainian territory of Tuzla, a 7-kilometer-long stretch of land located about 5.5 kilometers from where the Russian project had begun. The situation worsened after Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Ministry sent three diplomatic notes to Moscow, none of which was answered. Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Ministry maintained an official line which had that the construction project was not supported by Moscow, but initiated as a result of an oversight by officials in Russia's Krasnodar region, to which the Taman Peninsula is attached. After receiving an unconvincing explanation about Russia's intentions from Russia's ambassador to Ukraine, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Ministry dispatched Assistant Foreign Minister Oleksander Motsyk to find out what was going on. He returned empty-handed on October 3 to Kyiv, where he told journalists that evidence suggested that the construction of the dam was an attempt by Moscow to obtain a strategic advantage in stalled negotiations on how to divide the Kerch Strait. The Ukrainian diplomat explained that the waters off Tuzla were considered Ukrainian territory, and Russia had no right to penetrate a 1-kilometer zone around the island, which was situated 5.5 kilometers (about 3 miles) northwest of the Taman Peninsula. Mr. Motsyk also noted that a Russian-Ukrainian accord from 1994 declared that if any construction or development took place in the Kerch region the other side was to receive advance notification - an agreement that Moscow seemed to have violated with its action. The island, considered part of Russia before being turned over to the Ukrainian SSR in the early 1950s, had little economic, commercial or social significance. The concern was that if the land mass was connected to the Russian-owned Taman Peninsula, which juts into the Kerch Strait, Russia could assert that it had simply reattached what was a historic piece of Russian property. If successful it could have received strategic advantage in its ongoing negotiations over where and even whether there should be a line of delineation between Russia and Ukraine in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait that connects it to the Black Sea. Russia would like to see both bodies of water jointly owned by the two countries, which would allow Russia control over access to them. It would also give Russia access to the Ukrainian side, where fish are more abundant and oil might be as well. The Russian effort to connect Tuzla with the Taman Peninsula, if completed, effectively would have recreated what had existed in nature until 1925, when a series of violent storms swept away a sand and stone spit that had kept the island and the peninsula joined. President Leonid Kuchma tried to downplay the severity of the situation during comments on October 6 from Yalta, where he was preparing for a summit with leaders of the European Union. When asked by journalists whether he believed the incident could lead to a border conflict, Mr. Kuchma responded, I do not accept such a statement. I will never believe that is possible. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian president voiced his displeasure with Russia's behavior, describing his reaction to the unexpected construction as negative. He added: You know, it is somewhat funny, I look at the map of Russia, but it turns out they still want more.
[cia-drugs] IMF to make central bank gold lending data more transparent
http://www.mineweb.net/american_notes/596209.htm IMF to make central bank gold lending data more transparent By: Dorothy Kosich Posted: '23-JAN-07 08:00' GMT © Mineweb 1997-2006 RENO, NV (Mineweb.com) --A Blanchard Company study calling for greater transparency in central bank gold lending accounting has apparently helped to convince the International Monetary Fund to adopt a landmark accounting change in the way central banks account for gold loans. The December 2006 study by Blanchard Vice President and Director of Economic Research Neal R. Ryan suggested that if more transparent governance was implemented in central bank gold lending, gold prices will experience exponential growth because they will become a reflection of a fair and equitable market for all participants. The IMF has essentially stated that they believe the market should receive correct accounting on loan information. The final test will be the implementation of the new accounting rules, Ryan said at the time. On Monday, New Orleans-based Blanchard announced that newly adopted IMF accounting changes mean that central banks will no longer include the amount of gold they have loaned and sold into the market as part of their reserve total assets, according to Blanchard Chairman and CEO Donald W. Doyle, Jr. Ryan declared that the IMF action changes the entire landscape of the gold market for the betterment of all participants involved, because there is now data available that has never previously been published. A transparent market is a healthy market, and the gold market just got a lot healthier. He added that it will take the IMF some time to institute the new accounting procedures. Central banks have their purchases and sales of gold tallied by the IMF International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity Statistics Department, and are updated every three months by the World Gold Council. Ryan asserted that while central banks report sales and purchases to the IMF, they do not report their levels of holdings on loans. He contends that gold swaps between banks have just as large an impact on the market as gold loans, and even less is known about them in the marketplace. Blanchard is the largest U.S. retailer of American rare coins and precious metals. Its economic research unit provides precious metals market analysis for the financial and consumer media. Mineweb always carries details of at least 20 independently written top mining, mining finance, metals and mining sector analysis articles on its homepage as well as a fast news feed to keep you right up to date with what is going on in the mining and metals sectors worldwide. These are continuously updated through the day. Click here to go to Mineweb's home page and access the latest news and comments on developments in mining and metals worldwide. adlog.php?bannerid=458clientid=77zoneid=0source=block=0capping=0cb=397c3ee37a2e1c19d3bbe2c2fc39eb44 Description: Binary data
[cia-drugs] Automatic Scanning Of Every License Plate For Crime and Terrorism
Automatic Scanning Of Every License Plate For Crime and Terrorism Published January 16th, 2007 Russell Gentile Prison Planet Tuesday, January 16, 2007 Once again a predatory police state society is being created. Police policing everyone now? Searching Everyone will be the norm. What’s the purpose for this? Mega income generation from catching everyone who has expired tags and or plates?? Of course they will be highlighting the car involved in the robbery, etc to get the public to support there own enslavement. As the officer said in the short video: “ALPR is going to revolutionize the way we police in North America.” Notice he didn’t say United States, but North America - yes my friends the North American Union where the Constitution will be shredded for a Treaty which is illegal and the American people don’t have a clue. Is this what will become of the “Land of the Free, Home of the Brave?” And while this is being developed so is the use of: 1. Camera surveillance everywhere 2. RFID Tracker chips in cars 3. RFID tracking chips in things you buy at the store 4. Biometric ID cards which will become law in every state come 2008 which will contain all your biometric data, financial info including your credit and banking, your medical data, criminal record if any, education, and travel behaviors - if you do not have this card you will not be able to drive or travel and eventually will not be able to buy or sell or work 5. Ground penetrating radar that can see through walls for law enforcement 6. Wiretapping all phones including cell technology using extensive keyword software 7. Bio and body scans at all airports, train stations, malls, etc 8. Eventual implantable micro-chips for tracking all people, buying patterns and travel patterns. This is a cage, a prison being erected around us and sold as security. It is a huge Lie! Of course there will be those feeble minded zombies who have bought into the propaganda that “this is all good and you shouldn’t have a problem as long as you have nothing to hide!” This is blasphemy to our nation’s founding principles and the honor of our founders who fought tyranny and control. We are throwing it all away in a little over 200 years since our independence was fought for by far braver men then we have today. All of this technology will be used for control and tyranny as it always has. It is sickening and it is totally unconscionable, yet it is being erected all around us. The American people are cheering it on and those that work in these industries are selling out their neighbors and country to this predatory police state. What will we do? Fight its implementation or roll over and be enslaved by the state? http://gothink.biz/?p=142 http://www.infowars.com/articles/bb/auto_tracking_automatic_license_plate_scan_for_crime_terrorism.htm attachment: bus.jpg
[cia-drugs] Is there a global Constitution in the making?
Today, on a routine legal search that led me to a Stanford Law Review source, I accidentally discovered even more. While looking for case law on the more mundane wrongful demolition law, I discovered Stanford was playing a serious current role in redefining and/or ending traditional American constitutional protections. IS THERE A GLOBAL CONSTITUTION IN THE MAKING? By: Constance Cumbey January 23, 2007 . . . there is no doubt that citations to foreign law increasingly surface in U.S. court decisions. . .[1] For better or worse, I stumbled on to the New Age Movement with all its related ten-tacles in 1981. Pursuing it and explaining its ramifications to more incredulous observers has occupied far too much of my time ever since – or so my ever loving husband says. One of my more interesting early discoveries was the significant role California’s Stanford University was playing in all of this. That role has not diminished. Today, on a routine legal search that led me to a Stanford Law Review source, I accidentally discovered even more. While looking for case law on the more mundane wrongful demolition law, I discovered Stanford was playing a serious current role in redefining and/or ending traditional American constitutional protections. This is being done under the very bad disguise of claiming to bring American protections to other nations. By adopting some of their reasoning, the Stanford position goes, they will be inspired to adopt more of ours! Stanford is indeed playing a very heavy role in bringing global government -- oops, “global governance” -- to pass. Stanford Law Review and its Center for Constitutional Law are holding a February 16, 2007 midwinter event with an oxmoryonic title: “Global Constitutionalism.” Stanford University and its law school will relieve the midwinter blahs of global judges, scholars, politicians, and others with one of the most blatant final pushes down the world government birth canal to date. Perhaps the best way to explain this might be as its prospectus nakedly appears on Stanford University Law School;s own website: “Discourse and thought about constitutional norms increasingly transcend national borders and founding documents. Spirited debate has arisen within the United States about whether and how foreign law should be utilized for purposes of construing the U.S. Constitution, but there is no doubt that citations to foreign law increasingly surface in U.S. court decisions. Less attention has been paid, however, to the larger interplay between the constitutional norms of the U.S. and other nations. What role does the U.S. Constitution play in other nations’ interpretations of their own constitutions? To what extent is that role impacted by the perceived willingness, or lack thereof, of the U.S. to look to other nations’ constitutions? What are the constitutional benchmarks for nations constructing new constitutions and how do such nations choose between them in the face of divergence? What can nations learn from one another about common constitutional controversies—such as those surrounding security initiatives as they may impact civil liberties and larger constitutional norms? This Symposium will explore these questions, gathering prominent scholars, practitioners, and judges from the U.S. and abroad in order to do so. The unifying theme will be the manner in which constitutionalism is developing, and should develop, around the world as viewed from the perspective of the U.S. and other nations with their own proud and distinct constitutional traditions. “Stanford Law School has long played a leading role in the study of both constitutional and international law. Similarly, its alumni, from Sandra Day O’Connor to Warren Christopher, have played leading roles in promoting constitutional norms and commitment to rule of law within a larger international framework. This Symposium . . . bring together key participants in this global conversation. Foremost among the goals of the symposium is to generate scholarship and dialogue that represent international and varied perspectives, with contributors from various different countries.” Well, a rose by any other name is still a rose – and so’s a skunk. Sandra Day O’Connor as joined by Justices Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and a separate concurring opinion by Justice Stephen G. Breyer decided in 2003 to “think outside the box” – the USA Constitution’s box, that is – by relying on opinions by the European Court of Human Rights. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote the majority opinion then for a 5-4 majority. That opinion abolished state prohibitions on private, consensual homosexual conduct.[2] Well, I knew about Sandra Day O’Connor’s yoga classes – a common New Age entry point as admitted by another heavily Stanford University and Stanford Research Institute (SRI) mentored person, Marilyn Ferguson. Marilyn Ferguson was the protégé of SRI’s
[cia-drugs] Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the American Dollar.
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essayessay_id=216918 THE MONEY MEN: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the American Dollar. By H. W. Brands. Norton. 239 pp. $23.95 From the late colonial era until the establishment of the Federal Reserve System in the early 20th century, conflicts over America's money supply shaped the country's history. Those taxes in the American colonies on stamps, tea, and the like may have tipped the scale in favor of rebellion, but the Revolutionary War's main economic causes were volatile interest rates and Britain's restrictions on what could be used as money in the colonies. The monetary chaos that emerged during the American Revolution and the severe deflation that followed it drove the movement for a new constitution. And contentious political battles in the 18th and 19th centuries over the Bank of the United States, championed by capitalists who desired the stability of a central bank, were obviously related to monetary policy. Control of the money supply meant control of the price level and interest rates, a situation that pitted Americans against each other: Consumers and lenders benefited when the price level fell and were hurt when it rose, while, for producers and borrowers, the inverse was true. Likewise, high interest rates (adjusted for inflation) aided lenders; low rates helped borrowers. Little wonder, then, that money was a political hot potato until 1913, when the Federal Reserve Act bureaucratized and thereby largely depoliticized monetary policy, ending a roughly century-long money war and shifting politicians' attention to taxes. H. W. Brands, author of some 20 books and a history professor at the University of Texas, Austin, relates the history of that war through the lives of five fairly familiar figures: Alexander Hamilton (1757?-1804), America's first treasury secretary and founder of the country's first central bank; Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), the financier who served as president of the second Bank of the United States until Andrew Jackson succeeded in killing it; Jay Cooke (1821-1905), who mobilized the Northern masses to buy the bonds that partially financed the Civil War; railroad magnate and financial speculator Jay Gould (1836-92); and investment banking titan J. P. Morgan (1837-1913). Nothing of such practical and widespread use as money is so misunderstood, and The Money Men does little to educate readers about money and finance. The discussion of restrictions on colonial bills of credit is garbled, for instance, as are explanations of early banking and securities markets. Brands's grasp of finance improves as his narrative advances chronologically, but one might say of him what he writes of Andrew Jackson, that he knew next to nothing about banks, a little more about money, and a great deal about democracy. It is in the political arena where Brands shines. His biographer's knowledge of the policies, rhetoric, and backroom shenanigans of important players such as Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, and Theodore Roosevelt brings his account to life. He has a knack for keeping his yarn moving while generously peppering it with interesting and occasionally telling anecdotes and quotations, as when he dramatically describes William Jennings Bryan's famous cross of gold speech, which cemented Bryan's 1896 presidential nomination, writing that the audience absorbed the rhythms of Bryan's voice. And he has a sharp, observant eye for the big picture, noting, for example, that the Civil War began as a revolt by Southern democrats and ended as a revolution by Northern capitalists. Overall, Brands's account of American history as a series of monetary struggles is a fruitful interpretation well worth a reader's dollars. -Robert E. Wright Robert E. Wright, an economics professor at New York University, is the author or coauthor of several books on financial history, including Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich (2006) and The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance (2005).
[cia-drugs] Pillars of the Alliance of Civilization The Earth Charter
The Earth Charter website says it was “restarted” by Strong and Gorbachev “with the assistance of the government of the Netherlands.” Many New Age guides to Europe in my personal library say Holland is the New Age capital of Europe. PILLARS OF THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATION THE EARTH CHARTER By: Constance Cumbey January 10, 2007 A primary source for what was to become known as the Alliance of Civilizations, was the “Earth Charter Initiative.” Some chroniclers trace it back only as far as the 1987 Brundtland Commission The Earth Charter Declaration contains language startlingly reminiscent of its salvation-based religion baiting precedents, Humanist Manifesto and the Humanist Manifesto II. One prominent Earth Charter proponent, Maurice Strong, was quoted saying that the Earth Charter would become as important as the Ten Commandments. Conflicting histories have been given and it appears that it was in progress, per Maurice Strong, much earlier than the 1987 Brundtland Commission. “The whole question of an Earth Charter was in fact on the UN Agenda at Rio. We didn't quite make it. We did make some progress. At the Stockholm Conference, which was the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972, governments agreed to a historic declaration, which moved the world community towards what we now call an Earth Charter. Then, at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, as the Secretary General of that conference, I challenged governments to produce an Earth Charter.[1] This obvious phase of implementation of what former UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Muller and Maurice Strong alike would acknowledge was “The Plan” was being developed on Muller’s Costa Rican turf in 1995.[2] For me 1995 was an interesting year. It was then I discovered the existence of another interesting “eminent personality,” in the form of one Dr. Javier Solana. He also has had enormous input in the “Alliance of Civilizations.” If the declared agenda of the Alliance of Civilizations of regulating religious schools and their curriculums seem potentially draconian, its incorporated “Earth Charter” is even stranger. It had a Vermont eerie coming out party, complete with drums and masks, preceding on September 9, 2001. This happened at Shelburne Farms, Vermont. “Eminent personalities” who were part of that party included Dr. Steven Rockefeller, Jane Goodall. New Age musician Paul Winter and “peace walker” Satish Kumar. Clearly, their Moloch was not appeased. Only two tragic days later the Eastern USA skies were aflame. The Twin Towers burned, the Pentagon burned, and an assaulted plane crashed and burned over Pennsylvania. The ritual masks and pagan drumbeat to usher their version of a 21st Century “Ark of the Covenant” clearly had not inoculated the world against war. Another source of both Alliance of Civilizations and The Earth Charter inputs include Mikhail Gorbachev’s Green Cross. Author Wayne Peterson, a former United States State Department official and Fulbright Scholar executive wittingly or unwittingly reveals much of the possible agenda. He claims to personally knows Mikhail Gorbachev to be open devotee of “Maitreya, the Christ.” This may be entirely possible. The Earth Charter website says it was “restarted” by Strong and Gorbachev “with the assistance of the government of the Netherlands.” Many New Age guides to Europe in my personal library say Holland is the New Age capital of Europe. Apart from the obvious Findhorn Community (Scotland) claims, this may well be true. As early as 1903 a major Theosophical world congress was held in Amsterdam. During the 1920’s Theosophists were vigorously working to smooth the way for world acceptance of a “Day of Declaration.” Jiddhu Krishnamurti was anointed by Annie Besant, then Theosophical Society leader to be the “new Christ” and lead the world into a “New Order.” Dutch Queen Wilhelmina was an open devotee of Krishnamurti and eagerly awaited that “Day of Declaration,” offering Dutch national radio to broadcast the awaited Maitreyan acceptance speech. World theosophists flocked to the Theosophists Holland Camp Ommen. There they camped and shared vegetarian picnics out while taking part in convocations with “sacred fires.” At Eerde, Holland, Krishnamurti had a lavish castle formerly belonging to a member of Dutch nobility. There he spent pre-Day of Declaration days with his Annie Besant and other followers. Several years later, in World War II, the Nazi warriors used Camp Ommen as a concentration camp. After Krishnamurti failed to deliver the acceptance speech, or so the official version goes, Annie Besant supposedly dissolved the “Order of the Star” connected with the “Christ’s reappearance.” Reportedly, she returned moneys to donors. I say supposedly, because despite these historical representations, I have amassed a collection of Order of the Star publications going through the mid
[cia-drugs] Six U.S. Attorneys Fired. Why?
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/01/court.html Blood on the Courthouse Floor Six U.S. Attorneys Fired. Why? By Scott Lilly January 19, 2007 Frederick Black had served for more than a decade as acting U.S. Attorney to the territory of Guam, having been appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1991. In 2002 he was directing a long-term investigation into allegations of public corruption in the administration of Gov. Carl Gutierrez-a probe that had already produced numerous indictments of Guitierrez' cronies. But a day after a Guam grand jury issued a subpoena demanding records from the Guam Superior Court that documented payments to Republican lobbyist extraordinaire Jack Abramoff, Black was relieved of his position. In an article headlined, Bush Removal Ended Guam Investigation, The Los Angeles times reported that a U.S. grand jury in Guam opened an investigation of controversial lobbyist Jack Abramoff more than two years ago, but President Bush removed the supervising federal prosecutor, and the probe ended soon after. With at least six prominent federal prosecutors recently removed from office, many of them managing large scale public corruption cases, many are wondering if history is not repeating itself. Among those fired were Carol Lam, the U.S. Attorney for San Diego, who last year won a conviction against Congressman Duke Cunningham (R-CA) in the biggest bribery conviction in history, and Paul Charlton of Arizona, whose office is investigating charges involving land deals and influence peddling against of Republican Congressman Rick Renzi (R-AZ). Also stepping down is the U.S. Attorney for Nevada, Daniel Bogden, whose office last year won corruption convictions against two Clark County, Nevada Commissioners and may be looking into campaign law violations by at least one member of the state's Congressional delegation. Next door in New Mexico, David Iglesia is being asked to leave after winning convictions in the past year of two former New Mexico State Treasurers. Then there's northern California's U.S. Attorney, Kevin Ryan, who has not made his mark by ferreting out wrongdoing by public officials but is certain to have stepped on the toes of a number of their most generous contributors with his high profile investigations of back-dated stock options given to numerous executives in major corporations. He has also announced that he is leaving his job. What does U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have to say about all of these departures? He told the Senate Judiciary Committee this week: What we're trying to do is ensure that for the people in each of these respective districts, we have the very best possible representative for the Department of Justice. I would never, ever make a change in a United States attorney for political reasons or if it would in any way jeopardize an ongoing serious investigation. I just would not do it. Yet Congressman Daryl Issa (R-CA), who has himself been dogged by ethical issues, appeared to have a good deal of inside information on the Lam firing. He has made public statements that the Justice Department decision was based on Lam's failure to prosecute enough immigration cases. He also told to The San Diego Union Tribune: She serves at the pleasure of the president. She won't always remember that, but that's the reality. She's made it abundantly clear by other actions she's not pleased to be leaving before the end of this administration. But was the emphasis that each of the fired U.S. attorneys placing on public corruption-which clearly came at the expense of other activities-out of line with official departmental and administration policy? Not according to an address made by Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller in 2002 and subsequent publications by the FBI, in which corruption was declared a top priority of the Bureau, ranking only behind the prevention of terrorist attacks, counter intelligence, and the prevention of cyber attacks against American computer networks. Indeed, anti-corruption rated above all other concerns including violent crime, organized crime, and civil rights. A Bureau publication explains, Public Corruption presents a fundamental threat to societal order. Mueller's official list of Bureau priorities was fully vetted with his superiors in the Justice Department. And the FBI works hand-in-glove with the U.S. Attorneys on all criminal matters. So it is impossible to argue that public corruption was a lower official priority for the Justice Department than immigration or any of the other issues that these individual were supposedly relieved for failing to emphasize. From what is known to the public about the activities of these various offices, the most troubling action by the Justice Department is the removal of Carol Lam in San Diego. That is because she is in mid-stream of a massive investigation of public corruption that has
[cia-drugs] Congress Takes First Steps Toward Curbing Cheney
http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2007/3404curbing_cheney.html Congress Takes First Steps Toward Curbing Cheney by Jeffrey Steinberg Scarcely two weeks have passed since the 110th Congress was sworn in, and already battle lines have been sharply drawn between the legislative branch and the embattled Bush-Cheney White House. And, as forecast by Lyndon LaRouche in his Jan. 11 Washington webcast, increasingly, Republicans are joining with their Democratic counterparts to challenge the permanent war dogmas of Bush-Cheney, and the words double impeachment are being heard around the Capitol. Although the impulse for bipartisan cooperation in opposition to the escalation of conflict in Southwest Asia was already a critical theme, President George Bush's Jan. 10 televised address, announcing the details of his proposed surge in ground forces into Iraq, vastly accelerated the revolt against what was widely seen as an unprovoked declaration of preventive war against Iran, and a violent repudiation of the Iraq Study Group report. This report had been released in early December 2006 by a bipartisan group co-chaired by former Secretary of State James Baker III and former House Foreign Relations Committee chairman Lee Hamilton, now head of the Woodrow Wilson Center. The Baker-Hamilton report called for the Bush Administration to begin diplomatic talks with both Iran and Syria, to finalize a just two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, and to set a clear timetable for the withdrawal of American occupation forces from Iraq. Long before the Jan. 10 Bush speech, it was known that the White House, taking its lead from Vice President Dick Cheney, had rejected the Baker-Hamilton recommendations. And most of the details of the proposed increase in U.S. troop strength in Iraq by 21,000 soldiers were also known. But sources in Washington confirmed to EIR that the President's harsh rhetoric against Iran and Syria, combined with U.S. action on the ground, made lawmakers suddenly realize that LaRouche was right in warning that the Bush-Cheney Administration was hell-bent on military confrontation with Tehran and Damascus before leaving office. Congress Begins To Act A number of new laws and Congressional resolutions was introduced over the week after Bush's disastrous Jan. 10 address to the nation, all aimed at denying the White House the authority to escalate. Among the leading Congressional actions to date are: a.. A bipartisan Senate bill to voice opposition to Bush's surge policy, co-sponsored by Joseph Biden (D-Del.), chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee; and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), a decorated Vietnam veteran and possible Republican Presidential candidate. At least one other Republican Senator, Olympia Snowe (Me.) is also expected to sign on. b.. A bill by Sen. John Warner (R-Va.), former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan, that would endorse the Iraq Study Group recommendations. It is anticipated that this resolution will get widespread bipartisan support, including among Republican lawmakers who are afraid to make an outright break with the White House. Back in 2005, Senator Warner had joined with Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) and a dozen other Senators, to defeat Vice President Cheney's efforts to strip the Senate of much of its Constitutional power. c.. A bill introduced by Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), demanding that the Bush Administration go to Congress for permission before taking any kind of military action against Iran. d.. A bill sponsored by the Progressive Caucus in the House, repealing outright the Congressional authorization for the use of force in Iraq, and providing funding for the withdrawal of all American troops within six months. e.. A bipartisan House bill, sponsored by Rep. Wayne Gilchrist (R-Md.), stating that an increase in American troop levels cannot resolve this conflict, and endorsing the Baker-Hamilton call for diplomatic initiatives with Iran and Syria. f.. A series of Senate bills, sponsored by Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and others, to cap the number of American troops in Iraq at the current level of 130,000-thus stopping the Bush surge. According to one military commentator, Col. Patrick Lang, former head of Defense Intelligence for the Middle East, if the Bush-Cheney White House goes ahead with the deployment of additional military forces in defiance of the will of the Congress, the President and the Vice President will be walking into an impeachment trap. Such a trap is exactly what Lyndon LaRouche demanded in his Jan. 11 webcast. LaRouche warned that the only way to avoid an expanded war, likely to last for generations, is
[cia-drugs] Mercenary firm sues families of murdered employees*
http://freddevan.com/wordpress/2007/01/21/mercenary-firm-sues-families-of-murdered-employees/ Mercenary firm sues families of murdered employees* Posted by Joshua Holland From the 'Have they no shame?' department . The reverberations from those four Blackwater mercenaries brutally killed in Fallujah have traveled far and wide - sparking, among other events, the horrific Siege of Fallujah that Dahr Jamail called, simply, Our Guernica. The families of the mutilated Blackwater contractors later sued the firm, alleging that various cost-cutting measures ultimately led to the men's deaths, and that those measures amounted to breach of contract. Now, Blackwater's lashing out at the attorneys who brought the suit, in what appears to be kind of a trend of intimidation among private military firms . Private security contractor Blackwater USA is seeking $10 million from the attorney representing the estates of four employees killed and mutilated in Iraq, arguing their families breached the security guards' contracts by suing the company for wrongful death. Blackwater has also asked a federal court to move the dispute into arbitration, having failed so far in its ongoing efforts to have the lawsuit dismissed. Arbitration is necessary in order to safeguard both (Blackwater's) own confidential information as well as sensitive information implicating the interest of the United States at war, attorneys for Blackwater Security Consulting, a unit of Moyock-based Blackwater USA, wrote in a petition filed December 20. Dan Callahan, a California-based attorney representing the families, called the claim appalling. This is a shock-and-awe tactic, Callahan said Friday. Blackwater's attorneys declined to comment. The four families, represented by estates administrator Richard Nordan, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Blackwater in January 2005 in state court. Family members argue Blackwater broke contractual obligations and used cost-saving measures that ultimately led to the deaths of the four men. Blackwater's counterclaim for $10 million specifically names Nordan and not the estates or the men's families. The $10 million is a scare tactic, said Katy Helvenston, mother of Scott Helvenston, one of the dead Blackwater employees. I'm not concerned about that at all because the whole thing's a farce. It's just another excuse to delay. *No, they didn't actually sue the families themselves, but I figure they chose the strategy that they did because they didn't want to generate headlines like the one on this post. attachment: blogimage_thumb_blackwater_1169319832.jpg
[cia-drugs] Russia Wary of China's Anti-Satellite Capabilities
- Original Message - From: PINR Dispatch To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 9:42 PM Subject: [PINR] 22 January 2007: Intelligence Brief: Russia Wary of China's Anti-Satellite Capabilities ___ Power and Interest News Report (PINR) http://www.pinr.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (312) 242-1874 -- 22 January 2007 -- Intelligence Brief: Russia Wary of China's Anti-Satellite Capabilities Drafted By: http://www.pinr.com China's recently acquired ability to disable space-based satellites received due attention by practically every major power around the world. Much of the analysis surrounding the January 11 test has centered on the threat that this capability poses for the United States. Clearly, the U.S. position in space has been somewhat compromised by the Chinese since more than half of all artificial satellites in Earth's orbit are American, and Washington stands most to lose if China expands its space capabilities. In reality, however, China has a long way to go before it can openly and directly challenge U.S. dominance in space. Research and development, manufacturing, testing and fielding of any future Chinese anti-satellite system will be answered by the United States and its allies. At the moment, the United States has both the funds and the abilities to field extensive counter-measures to Chinese space advances, a cost many other countries would find prohibitive. Lost in the chorus of analysis is how Russia likely perceives the Chinese test. Although Russia has been mentioned by most analysts as one of the concerned states, nearly every assessment has centered on the United States. Clearly, it is not popular today to argue that Russia considers China a potential threat. Numerous official visits and even joint Sino-Russian military exercises seem to underscore the developing relationship between China and Russia. Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao take every opportunity to underscore the friendship and cooperation between the two states in trade, military ties and diplomacy. Still, China's sudden breakthrough in space and anti-satellite technology did not go unnoticed in Moscow. First, Russia has many of its military, intelligence and even communication satellites in low Earth orbit, somewhere between 320 to 804 kilometers (200 to 500 miles) above ground. Such distance puts them within easy reach of China's new capabilities. Beijing, for example, destroyed its aging satellite at approximately 865 kilometers (537 miles) above ground. While Russia has advocated many changes to its military doctrine -- including greater funding for its high-tech military assets -- it still operates many satellites that have been put into orbit toward the end of the Soviet Union or just after its break-up. Russia relies on these eyes and ears in the sky for its security. Nowhere is that more relevant than on the huge open spaces of Siberia and the Far East -- the massive territory east of the Ural mountains. Russia's sparse population in that region, the need to monitor the borders, and the existence of high-profile military and RD assets in Russia's eastern territory necessitates constant surveillance and observation. The recent economic development of the region -- oil and natural gas exploration and the importance Moscow now attaches to such industries -- makes it ever more necessary to keep an eye on this expanse. China's recent interests in the Russian Far East and the constant debate about Chinese cross-border immigration to that region add to the importance of constant observation of vast open spaces that hold huge quantities of much-coveted natural resources. If Moscow's ability to observe and monitor even a part of that region were to be degraded to any degree, it would be at a disadvantage in its ability to see what takes place on the ground. Lack of roads and railroads and degraded infrastructure already make any official Russian response to a military or a humanitarian emergency there difficult. If Moscow went blind suddenly in huge portions of its eastern territories, there is no sure way to predict its response. Second, and perhaps more important, is Russia's realization that there is now one less advantage it holds over China. When the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991, Russia inherited a huge arsenal of state-of-the-art weaponry and manufacturing capabilities, practically on par with the United States. At the time, China had only begun its crash program to upgrade its military, which was still armed according to 1960s and 1970s standards. Since that time, the overall state of the Russian military has eroded, notwithstanding some of its weapon development programs. Its best creations
[cia-drugs] Fw: Will the U.S. $ peg continue in the Middle East?
Gold Forecaster - Global Watch: Weekly Fundamental Technical Review of the Global Picture as it Relates to Gold, Silver, Oil... - Original Message - From: Gold Forecaster - Global Watch To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:54 AM Subject: Will the U.S. $ peg continue in the Middle East? Account - Renewals | Free E-mail List | Preview | Subscribe | Forgot Password? Gold Forecaster Weekly E-Mail Snippet Gold Forecaster - Global Watch - 22nd January 2006 By: Julian D. W. Phillips, Gold/Silver Forecaster - Global Watch - Below is a snippet from the latest weekly issue from www.GoldForecaster.com | www.SilverForecaster.com Will the U.S. $ peg continue in the Middle East? Oil is priced in the U.S. $, which makes it one of the vital interests of the U.S. Without this backing to the $ we have no doubt the path of the $ to the global reserve currency would have been impaired and be undergoing a major attack by now. The thought of oil being priced in currencies other than the $ poses a threat to the credibility of the U.S.$ of major proportions. Any talk of a switch to pricing in other currencies [let alone an actual switch] poses a threat to the U.S. $ in its reserve currency role. This threat is now a real one and poses a considerable danger to the $ in time. But it is unlikely to come from the up-coming Gulf Cooperation Council meeting shortly to take place. It appears the Gulf Arab oil producers are to review the currency pegs to the U.S.$ of their currencies and may change their pricing of oil to other currencies. This could happen as early as March according to the United Arab Emirates central bank. The Governors of the six Gulf central banks will meet in March in Saudi Arabia and may agree to switch to another currency or currency basket, Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi said. But then again, they may decide leave the pegs as they are with any new changes requiring the approval of the Gulf Arab rulers. The six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain, are working toward monetary union [a single currency]. Oman placed these discussions in jeopardy last month, saying it would not join in 2010. Suweidi said the governors could opt for more flexible exchange rates, instead of the fixed pegs now maintained by all states except Kuwait, which revalued its currency last year. They may decide to peg to another currency or basket of currencies, he said, declining to comment on what currencies were being considered. Because Saudi Arabia accounts for about half the G.C.C.' gross domestic product and 58% of oil production their input on this subject is the most important, so we will not accept this possibility until we hear from Saudi Arabia itself on the matter. It is doubtful that any change of currency in pricing Middle East oil will happen, for the Saudi's are, in reality, completely dependent on the U.S. for their continued security. So such an offense to the U.S., which is the way it would be perceived, is most unlikely. So this event does not pose a real threat to the $. The fact that the issue is being put on the table is describing the uncertain, present global currency scene we see before us. It is getting worse as we will consider further in our future issues, with China now set to take real action to lower their vulnerability to the U.S.$. With oil a real 'currency' in the definition of the word, oil producers of O.P.E.C. have 'revalued' it by helping prices to rise [that is until the weather devalued it recently] to present levels of $53+ a barrel. But at issue in these discussion is the hegemony of the $, which is coming under pressure slowly but surely. To read this week's entire issue, please visit www.goldforecaster.com www.silverforecaster.com Legal Notice / Disclaimer - This document is not and should not be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for any investment. Gold Forecaster - Global Watch / Silver Forecaster / Julian D. W. Phillips / Peter Spina, have based this document on information obtained from sources it believes to be reliable but which it has not independently verified; Gold Forecaster - Global Watch / Silver Forecaster / Julian D. W. Phillips / Peter Spina make no guarantee, representation or warranty and accepts no responsibility or liability as to its accuracy or completeness. Expressions of opinion are those of Gold Forecaster - Global Watch / Silver Forecaster / Julian D. W. Phillips / Peter Spina only and are subject to change without
[cia-drugs] Global Constitutionalism
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 Global Constitutionalism Searching for information yesterday on a wrongful demolition case for a client, I found a link to a Stanford University Law Review. Annoyingly, it went to JSTOR, a link for library passes. I followed its links which took me to a current Stanford University Law Review article which had nothing about wrongful demolition but extremely disturbing information about the latest ploy for world government (they are calling it 'global governance') and an end run around the US and other constitutions by seeking consensus and mutual court implementation of the laws and precedents of other countries. I have a new article about this extremely disturbing and evidently about to be implemented (some of it has already been) on NewswithViews.com along with links to the Stanford article (provided they haven't already removed the incriminating evidence.) When I came home from the office earlier this morning, I discovered to my further dismay that my own alma mater had similar material on line, and in a magazine listing me as a financial contributor to the school. Here's a link to that: http://www.law.msu.edu/amicus/fa_2005/amicus-fall-05.pdf And another persepctive: http://www.duke.edu/~caw20/whytock-foreign%20law%20domestic%20courts%20world%20politics-031406.pdf I cannot overstress the importance of this development. I briefed Herb Peters and Dorothy Margraf on a telephone conference. I wish I could talk with all of you individually about this, but failing that, please read and do your own internet research. I suggest you use the search term constitutionalism and global constitutionalism. http://cumbey.blogspot.com/2007/01/global-constitutionalism.html -- Is there a global Constitution in the making? http://www.newswithviews.com/Cumbey/constance2.htm Foreign Law, Domestic Courts, and World Politics http://www.duke.edu/~caw20/whytock-foreign%20law%20domestic%20courts%20world%20politics-031406.pdf -- Global Constitutionalism February 16-17, 2007 Sponsored by the Stanford Law Review and Stanford Constitutional Law Center Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 Discourse and thought about constitutional norms increasingly transcend national borders and founding documents. Spirited debate has arisen within the United States about whether and how foreign law should be utilized for purposes of construing the U.S. Constitution, but there is no doubt that citations to foreign law increasingly surface in U.S. court decisions. Less attention has been paid, however, to the larger interplay between the constitutional norms of the U.S. and other nations. What role does the U.S. Constitution play in other nations’ interpretations of their own constitutions? To what extent is that role impacted by the perceived willingness, or lack thereof, of the U.S. to look to other nations’ constitutions? What are the constitutional benchmarks for nations constructing new constitutions and how do such nations choose between them in the face of divergence? What can nations learn from one another about common constitutional controversies—such as those surrounding security initiatives as they may impact civil liberties and larger constitutional norms? This Symposium will explore these questions, gathering prominent scholars, practitioners, and judges from the U.S. and abroad in order to do so. The unifying theme will be the manner in which constitutionalism is developing, and should develop, around the world as viewed from the perspective of the U.S. and other nations with their own proud and distinct constitutional traditions. Stanford Law School has long played a leading role in the study of both constitutional and international law. Similarly, its alumni, from Sandra Day O’Connor to Warren Christopher, have played leading roles in promoting constitutional norms and commitment to rule of law within a larger international framework. This Symposium will build upon these rich traditions and efforts, with the Stanford Law Review and Stanford Constitutional Law Center combining their expertise and resources in order to bring together key participants in this global conversation. Foremost among the goals of the symposium is to generate scholarship and dialogue that represent international and varied perspectives, with contributors from various different countries. Click here for more details. http://lawreview.stanford.edu/events/symposium/
[cia-drugs] Foreign Brazilian banks/ people are corrupt.
sounds a whole lot like WEIRDNESS. - Original Message - From: Attorney Douglas Palaschak To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:48 PM Subject: [The_Lawyerdude] Foreign Brazilian banks/ people are corrupt. SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A man accused of being one of the robbers who tunneled in and stole more than $70 million in cash from a branch of Brazil's central bank in 2005 was found dead on a remote ranch, authorities said Sunday. Anselmo Oliveira Magalhaes, 32, was found by police on Saturday with a broken neck and his hands and feet tied inside a 75-foot-deep well at the ranch in the interior city of Santa Izabel, said Luciana Araripi, a spokeswoman for the Sao Paulo state Public Safety Department. Magalhaes was one of the nearly 40 people formally accused of taking part in the August 2005 heist -- which at the time was the world's largest cash theft -- at the central bank branch in Fortaleza, 1,500 miles northeast of Sao Paulo. The bodies of two other men were also found in the well, but it wasn't immediately clear whether they had any connection with the bank heist, authorities said. Two women who were at the ranch were detained for interrogation. An anonymous tip led police to the ranch, authorities said. Magalhaes' relatives had reported him missing since Thursday. Magalhaes was arrested shortly after the 2005 bank heist and police said he confessed to being one of the men who helped build the tunnel that led to the central bank branch. He was freed pending trial. Last year, several people linked to the heist were abducted, including the sister-in-law of a suspect. The man accused of laundering money from the heist, the wife of a bank security guard and the alleged mastermind of the crime also were kidnapped and released. Authorities said most of the people formally accused in the theft belonged to the First Capital Command gang, or PCC, one of Brazil's most notorious organized crime groups. Cash from the Fortaleza heist was recovered throughout the country last year, and the total amount recovered so far exceeds $8 million. The heist was the biggest in history until thieves stole more than $90 million from a security warehouse in London last year. In 1987, $65 million was stolen from the Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Center in London, once recognized by experts as the biggest theft. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.4/644 - Release Date: 1/22/2007 7:30 AM
[cia-drugs] Fw: [GATA] China will spend foreign exchange on 'strategic' resources
- Original Message - From: Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 1:58 PM Subject: [GATA] China will spend foreign exchange on 'strategic' resources China will spend foreign exchange on 'strategic' resources Submitted by cpowell on 11:58AM ET Monday, January 22, 2007. Section: Daily Dispatches By Xiao Yu and Wing-Gar Cheng Bloomberg News Service Monday, January 22, 2006 http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087sid=a3qbrjQctNl0 BEIJING -- China, the world's biggest consumer of coal and metals, will use its foreign exchange reserves to buy strategic resources, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan said. The government will increase the nation's purchases of resources for strategic stockpiling when there are plentiful reserves, Zeng said in a speech carried on the Ministry of Land and Resources Web site today. China is seeking to boost returns on its $1 trillion of reserves by buying higher-yielding assets and diversifying its investment. Premier Wen Jiabao said last week that regulators will consider more ways of using the cash pile. The nation is building an emergency supply of crude oil and plans to expand that to metals to shield the world's fastest-growing major economy from supply disruptions. We want to build a stockpile mechanism for mineral resources, Zeng said in the speech. He didn't give any details of how much of its reserves China might use for the purpose. The government plans to increase resources taxes within three years to curb excessive mining and conserve supplies, he said. China also wants to reorganize the mining and resources industry, including accelerating the pace of overseas acquisitions to boost output, and attracting foreign investment in prospecting, Zeng said. State oil companies in China agreed two years ago to co-invest in oil fields in Venezuala. China, the second-largest holder of Treasuries, trimmed purchases of U.S. government debt by 1.7 percent in the first 10 months of 2006 to $346.5 billion. The government may set up an agency to manage $200 billion of its reserves modeled on Singapore's state-owned Temasek Holdings Pte, wrote Standard Chartered Plc economist Stephen Green last week. China completed a 3.7 billion yuan ($476 million) oil storage tank in Zhenhai in October and has started filling it, Jiang Weixin, vice chairman at the National Development and Reform Commission, said Oct. 17. China is building storage tanks for crude oil in the cities of Zhenhai, Zhousan, Qingdao, and Dalian. The facilities are set to be completed in 2008. The country's oil imports rose 14.5 percent in 2006 to 145.2 million metric tons (2.9 million barrels a day), customs said Jan. 11. The nation last year set up a geological fund of 2 billion yuan that is aimed at boosting exploration for 16 key minerals including coal, iron ore, uranium, and copper. * * * Help Keep GATA Going GATA is a civil rights and educational organization based in the United States and tax-exempt under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Its e-mail dispatches are free, and you can subscribe at www.GATA.org. GATA is grateful for financial contributions, which are federally tax-deductible in the United States. Contact GATA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee 7 Villa Louisa Road Manchester, Connecticut 06043-7541 USA www.gata.org Recommended Sites Recommended Internet sites for daily monitoring of gold and precious metals news and analysis. Free sites: http://www.jsmineset.com http://www.cbs.marketwatch.com http://www.mineweb.com/ http://www.gold-eagle.com/ http://www.kitco.com/ http://www.usagold.com/ http://www.usagold.com/amk/usagoldmarketupdate.html http://www.GoldSeek.com/ http://www.GoldReview.com/ http://www.capitalupdates.com/ http://www.DailyReckoning.com http://www.goldenbar.com/ http://www.silver-investor.com http://www.thebulliondesk.com/ http://www.sharelynx.com/ http://www.mininglife.com/ http://www.financialsense.com http://www.goldensextant.com http://www.goldismoney.info/index.html http://www.howestreet.com http://www.depression2.tv http://www.moneyfiles.org/ http://www.howestreet.com http://www.minersmanual.com/minernews.html http://www.a1-guide-to-gold-investments.com/euro-vs-dollar.html http://www.goldcolony.com http://www.miningstocks.com http://www.mineralstox.com http://www.freemarketnews.com http://www.321gold.com http://www.SilverSeek.com http://www.investmentrarities.com http://www.kereport.com (Korelin Business Report -- audio) http://www.plata.com.mx/plata/home.htm (In Spanish) http://www.plata.com.mx/plata/plata/english.htm (In English) http://www.resourceinvestor.com http://www.miningmx.com http://www.prudentbear.com http://www.dollarcollapse.com http://www.kitcocasey.com http://000999.forumactif.com/ http://www.golddrivers.com/ http://www.goldpennystocks.com/ http://www.oroyfinanzas.com/ Subscription
[cia-drugs] VIran’s Nuclear Program: The Costs a nd Benefits of America’s Policy Options CA PI
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[cia-drugs] Space and Sea-Lane Control in Chinese Strategy
http://www.1913intel.com/article/1343/space-and-sea-lane-control-in-chinese-strategy Space and Sea-Lane Control in Chinese Strategy · Jan 23, 12:08 by Matthew Wilson By George Friedman Aviation Week Space Technology magazine, citing U.S. intelligence sources, has reported that China has successfully tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) system. According to the report, which U.S. officials later confirmed, a satellite was launched, intercepted and destroyed a Feng Yun 1C weather satellite, also belonging to China, on Jan. 11. The weather satellite was launched into polar orbit in 1999. The precise means of destruction is not clear, but it appears to have been a kinetic strike (meaning physical intercept, not laser) that broke the satellite into many pieces. The U.S. government wants to reveal as much information as possible about this event in order to show its concern - and to show the Chinese how closely the Americans are monitoring their actions. The Jan. 17 magazine report was not the first U.S. intelligence leak about Chinese ASAT capabilities. In August 2006, the usual sources reported China had directed lasers against U.S. satellites. It has become clear that China is in the process of acquiring the technology needed to destroy or blind satellites in at least low-Earth orbit, which is where intelligence-gathering satellites tend to operate. Two things about this are noteworthy. The first is that China is moving toward a space warfare capability. The second is that it is not the Chinese who are announcing these moves (they maintained official silence until Jan. 23, when they confirmed the ASAT test), but Washington that is aggressively publicizing Chinese actions. These leaks are not accidental: The Bush administration wants it known that China is doing these things, and the Chinese are quite content with that. China is not hiding its efforts, and U.S. officials are using them to create a sense of urgency within the United States about Chinese military capabilities (something that, in budgetary debates in Washington, ultimately benefits the U.S. Air Force). China has multiple space projects under way, but the one it is currently showcasing - and on which the United States is focusing - involves space-denial capabilities. That makes sense, given China's geopolitical position. It does not face a significant land threat: With natural barriers like the Himalayas or the Siberian wastes on its borders, foreign aggression into Chinese territory is unlikely. However, China's ability to project force is equally limited by these barriers. The Chinese have interests in Central Asia, where they might find power projection an enticing consideration, but this inevitably would bring them into conflict with the Russians. China and Russia have an interest in containing the only superpower, the United States, and fighting among themselves would play directly into American hands. Therefore, China will project its power subtly in Central Asia; it will not project overt military force there. Its army is better utilized in guaranteeing China's internal cohesiveness and security than in engaging in warfare. Geopolitics and Naval Power Its major geopolitical problem is, instead, maritime power. China - which published a defense white paper shortly before the ASAT test - has become a great trading nation, with the bulk of its trade moving by sea. And not only does it export an enormous quantity of goods, but it also increasingly imports raw materials. The sea-lanes on which it depends are all controlled by the U.S. Navy, right up to China's brown water. Additionally, Beijing retains an interest in Taiwan, which it claims as a part of China. But whatever threats China makes against Taiwan ring hollow: The Chinese navy is incapable of forcing its way across the Taiwan Strait, incapable of landing a multidivisional force on Taiwan and, even if it were capable of that, it could not sustain that force over time. That is because the U.S. Navy - using airpower, missiles, submarines and surface vessels - could readily cut the lines of supply and communication between China and Taiwan. The threat to China is the U.S. Navy. If the United States wanted to break China, its means of doing so would be naval interdiction. This would not have to be a close-in interdiction. The Chinese import oil from around the world and ship their goods around the world. U.S. forces could choose to stand off, far out of the range of Chinese missiles - or reconnaissance platforms that would locate U.S. ships - and interdict the flow of supplies there, at a chokepoint such as the Strait of Malacca. This strategy would have far-reaching implications, of course: the Malacca Strait is essential not only to China, but also to the United States and the rest of the world. But the point is that the U.S. Navy could interdict China's movement of goods far more readily than China could interdict
