Unfiltered News: 2009/01/16

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2009 JANUARY 10 – JANUARY 16

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US: Unusually frigid weather grips Eastern states, expected to linger. Global warming, they say? weather.com 2009 Jan 16 (Cached)

Bank of America asks for additional billions of taxpayers' money to purchase Merrill Lynch. Wait! If the politicians would give those billions to you and me, maybe WE can purchase Merrill Lynch. McClatchy 2009 Jan 15 (Cached)

US: Home foreclosures soar 81% in 2008. 2% of all households now involved - and numbers continue to increase. Reuters 2009 Jan 15 (Cached)

US: Black Angus, with 69 restaurants in 7 states, files for bankruptcy. Says diners are staying home. Bloomberg 2009 Jan 15 (Cached)

California faces insolvency within 3 weeks.
Reuters 2009 Jan 15 (Cached)

Ford, with plants in Mexico, Germany, and Spain, now begins producing cars in China. Sure nice of American politicians to bail out the company.
Raw Story 2009 Jan 15 (Cached)

US: Big Pharma tops list of industries lobbying Congress for legislative favors. Here is a list of the next nine. Mercola 2009 Jan 15 (Cached)

US: Supreme Court rules that evidence obtained illegally can be used in court if police claim they didn't know they broke the law. How often do police admit breaking the law on purpose? The police state grows. Yahoo 2009 Jan 14 (Cached)

Gaza: Over 1000 killed and 4500 injured in first 19 days of Iraeli assault. More than a third are children and women. Another third are non-combatant men. 13 Israelis have been killed from Hamas rockets.
BBC 2009 Jan 14 (Cached)

US: Township takes children from parents because they are named after famous Nazis. In so doing the government imitated Nazi behavior.
Jerusalem Post 2009 Jan 14 (Cached)

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US: Vice Pres Cheney, when asked if loss of 4500 American lives in Iraq and over 100,000 Iraqi lives was worth it, he replied: "I think so." Why? For the greater good of the greater number.
Think Progress 2009 Jan 14 (Cached)

US: Gannett, nation's largest newspaper publisher, will lay off thousands of employees for one week in effort to stave off bankruptcy.
NYTimes 2009 Jan 14 (Cached)

Chicago has more continuous snowfall since records began in 1884. Global warming, no doubt.
Suburban Life 2009 Jan 14 (Cached)

Flint, Michigan temperature plummets to 19 below zero, lowest in 95 years. More global warming.
mlive 2009 Jan 14 (Cached)

US: Panel of state attorneys-general find that sexual solicitation of children over Internet is exaggerated in media and by politicians. That's because fear of child abuse leads people to applaud increased government control over Internet. News Observer 2009 Jan 14 (Cached)

Federal Reserve Chief Bernanke says U.S. financial crisis worse than Japan's "lost decade" but will copy Japan's playbook even though it didn't work.
GWBlog 2009 Jan 13 (Cached)

China: Suicide now the major cause of death among women in rural areas - which is the part of China not generally seen by tourists. Epoch Times 2009 Jan 12 (Cached)

US: Smithsonian Institute corrects label next to portrait of George Bush that erroneously linked 9/11 to the war in the Middle East. Many Americans still have it wrong. LATimes 2009 Jan 12 (Cached)

Elephant and dog become close friends in spite of vast differences. Can humans learn from this?
CBS Posted 2009 Jan 10

US: Real jobless rate now highest since end of WWII. Guardian Posted 2009 Jan 10 (Cached)

China's stock market plunged more than 65% in 2008. Epoch Times Posted 2009 Jan 10 (Cached)

"I want my bailout money!" Can't believe we're putting a rap song on Unfiltered News, but this is too good to pass by. YouTube Posted 2009 Jan 10 (Cached)

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WHAT ABOUT THAT RUSSIAN PROFESSOR WHO HAS PREDICTED THE BREAKUP OF THE UNITED STATES?
I was just wondering what your thoughts were concerning a short You Tube video I just watched reporting from CNN news, that a Russian professor is predicting the U.S. will disintegrate by the year 2010! He contends that America will split up into regions where certain states will group together independently, thus doing away with the U.S. as we know it. Your comments would be appreciated.
Regards,
Mary S., 2009 Jan 15

EDITOR'S REPLY:
We have passed over this story because we do not have confidence in the source. Pravda always has been the propaganda arm of the Russian collectivist government. The story line is fairly plausible, and there may be some truth to it, but Unfiltered News does not want to become an unwitting dupe in the battle between Russian collectivists and American collectivists. Thanks for asking.

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HEALTH-FREEDOM ADVOCATE SAYS MOVEMENT IS INFILTRATED BY TWO AGENTS SECRETLY WORKING AGAINST HEALTH FREEDOM
From John Hammell, President of International Advocates for Health Freedom, Jan 15, 2009

As the first person in the world to ever call attention to the Codex International threat to health freedom (via an article in Life Extension Magazine in 1996) I speak with authority when I say that the (so called) Natural Solutions Foundation is not trusted or respected by any LEGITIMATE health freedom organization in the world including IAHF, NHF, ANH, AAHF, Mayday, La Leva di Archimede, Health Freedom Australia, The New Zealand Health Trust,The Dr.Rath Health Foundation, Well TV and others.

NSF is a controlled opposition group that is misdirecting the grass roots on the Codex issue. They would have people believe you can stop Codex AT Codex. You cannot! We have no influence over unelected bureaucrats from the world's FDAs at UN Codex meetings and never will. Everything that occurs at those meetings is decided before the meeting even takes place.

The only chance we have of stopping Codex (and the thing NSF never talks about) is by stopping regional harmonization through which the USA is being dismantled and forced into a North American Union Dictatorship modeled after the EU, which is a Dictatorship.

If NSF were for real, they'd be urging the grass roots to push for Congressional oversight on FDA's Trilateral Cooperation Charter with Canada and Mexico via which FDA is harmonizing the food and drug regs of all 3 countries as if a North American Union were already in existence. See http://www.nocodexgenocide.com/page/page/3113337.htm
For additional information see SPIN of NSF/CFH Exposed: http://www.nocodexgenocide.com/page/page/3312735.htm

See: A Modern Major General Exposed? by Paul Taylor of the Dr.Rath Health Foundation http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_FOUNDATION/Events/codex-moderngeneral.html

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BY WHAT AUTHORITY CAN WE CLAIM WE ARE RIGHT AND THOSE PROMOTING THE NEW WORLD ORDER ARE WRONG?
This question came to us from a subscriber who is struggling with the question: If religion must not be the authority for government, then what should be? He writes:

“The Declaration of Independence states that in respect to the opinions of mankind, we must give a reason that impels us to separation. I understand our movement is focused on freedom, but where is the justification for it? I agree whole-heartedly that the Constitution makes no mention of God, and in my opinion, rightly so. We do not want to offer freedom and then force someone into a paradigm of beliefs.

“However, if our freedom movement is to fight for freedom, on what justification are we doing it, or in other words, why would the NWO be wrong in clearing the earth of 90% of the population? For the sake of argument, let's suppose there is no God, the atheist was right all along, and evolution is true. On what authority can we justify that our desire for freedom is right and the NWO desire for our enslavement is wrong?

“The 10 Commandments for the NWO posted on the Georgia Guidestones hold evolutionary and atheistic values that clearly show that the world's population needs a 90-95% decrease. What makes that wrong? I know it's wrong, because I can say there is a Creator who grants rights, and the NWO has no authority over the Creator to take them away.

“I'm asking the movement to please explain to me how we justify that the NWO would not be saving the planet and resources by getting rid of all the 'inferior species'? Without using God as our answer, on what authority do we justify that our desire for freedom is right and the NWO desire for our enslavement is wrong? If this movement cannot justify that its basis for freedom is right over the NWO, why are we doing it? We need to state a reason that impels us to separation.

“Thank you,
Christopher J., 2009 Jan 13

REPLY FROM GEG:

Hello Christopher.
Regrettably, I must be very brief, but the essence of my thought on this is very simple. It really makes no difference what authority we choose. We can write proclamations all day long and claim God’s word or logic or philosophy as our authority, but they mean nothing unless we are able to back our proclamations with physical force. Those with the winning armies choose whatever authority they wish.

It wasn’t philosophy or the recognition of a Creator expressed in the Declaration of Independence that carried the day. It was the Continental Army. Those who win on the battlefield always determine the laws and can use any authority or justification they wish. Therefore, those of us who believe in freedom cite the philosophy expressed in The Creed of Freedom, and that’s quite sufficient, provided we can rely on the power of government to enforce it. But remember, that power is greatly restricted by the Creed itself. It is limited to the defense of life, liberty, and property. Without that limited power, however, we have no enforceable rights. That’s why the motto of Freedom Force is: “Those without power cannot defend freedom.”

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IF THE NWO EASILY CONTROLS THE MASSES, WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO REDUCE THE POPULATION?
The government is attempting to decrease the population for political and social purposes huh. It seems like the ultimate goal of the elite is to create this one world government where everyone has been implanted with an RFID chip. Anyone who refuses that chip will pretty much be disqualified from all society and all whom already have the chip will have very little room to protest. I've even heard from sources that there are plans to develop a technology in which micro chips can be surgically placed in the brains of infants so that as they grow up they will be subject to mind control via special wave frequencies. Sounds crazy but everything on the subject conspiracy is relatively crazy and should at least be considered with an open mind lest we become hypocrites.

Anyway, a one world government ruled only by a few seems like all the political and social control the elite could ever need. A large population doesn't seem to be what's standing in their way. For the elite, control of the masses is not terribly difficult. The entire world for the most part is constantly lied to and psychologically manipulated by the media. The TV does a near perfect job of telling people what to think and do. That's social control right there. And what about political control? Well if almost everyone at the upper echelons of government are all part of the same secret organizations then that would mean that politics is nothing more than just another stage act that is broadcast through your TV. In my logic, it seems that managing mases of people is not really difficult as long as you have the proper ratio of number of elitist to numbers of the masses. The ratio will always remain the same no matter the amount of people on this planet.

And so this still leaves me to wonder why the government is attempting to reduce the world population. I mean, if you believe that natural mechanisms will always keep the population in check then why is the elite even going through the trouble to do it manually? It seems the agenda of the elite is not entirely clear. There seems to be something more underneath the surface that we haven't discovered yet. The agenda almost seems other-worldly. Well anyway, if I'm in need of any correction on my thoughts or if you have any comments then I would greatly appreciate that. If not, then I think the readers of your weekly news letters may find my letter to be of some interest. Thanx for reading.

Terrence, 2009 Jan 12

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PHOTO OF LIFE ON MARS?
Hi from Mr Jonny & Ms Eve in Sweden. What do you think of these spooky photos from Mar? Is there something out there in space. Is is an angel? demon ore something else???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5lnavfxZWo&NR=1
Received 2009 Jan 8

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IS GRIFFIN JEWISH BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THE "PROTOCOLS OF ZION" ARE NOT AUTHENTIC?
I read G. Edward Griffin’s document about why he thinks the Protocols are a fraud. (Here is the link for those who are interested.) He actually believed the CIA Director was telling the truth. That’s really funny!

Israel blew up Pan Am 103 and blamed it on Libya, and blew up the La Belle Disco in Berlin, and blamed that on Libya too. The book by an Israeli Mossad agent titled “By Way of Deception” outlines how the Mossad carried a transmitter up the steps of an apartment in Libya, and sent out a faked message in “Libyan code” ordering that the La Belle Club be blown up in Berlin. Then Israel blew it up, blaming it in Libya again in the American media. And the CIA fell for it, even though France warned them that Israel did it. France knew the Israelis had sent the message, so they didn’t let Reagan fly bombers from England over France to bomb innocent people, so Reagan had to use an aircraft carrier to bomb innocent people in Libya for Israel. Remember that?

Doesn’t Ed know that 6 Jews own all media in America? Or is he one?

In 1967 they attacked the USS Liberty trying to blame it on Egypt, and then lied repeatedly later in their own books about it. In 1963 they murdered JFK and blamed that on Lee Harvey Oswald, and with their power of the media, kept that covered up for 45 years. We didn’t know the Mossad did it until 2008. (I have the photo of Lee Harvey Oswald in the doorway of the School Book Depository at the very moment JFK was shot). And Ed thinks the Protocols are a fraud?

In 2001 they attacked the World Trade Center and blamed that on Osama bin Laden, who also said he had nothing to do with it. How in the world could Ed believe that student pilots could fly a 757? And how could 4 different airline Captains, fail to defend their cockpits on the same day? Who would believe such a stupid story?

Didn’t he notice that there’s no airplane crash in the Pentagon, and that flight 77 wasn’t scheduled to fly on 911? And also NO airplane wreckage at all in that “empty field” in Pennsylvania? Is everybody brain dead?

Couldn’t he tell that building 2 was being “blown up” when he looked at the still photos? It did NOT “collapse” like they told us. Is Ed going to believe “his eyes” or what the Jewish owned media tells him? Doesn't G. Edward Griffin know that the whole 911 “Conspiracy Theory” is a fraud? How could he not know that? Unless he’s Jewish pretending to be Christian?
Skip Baker, 2009 Jan 8

REPLY FROM GEG:

Hello Skip.
You have made a huge leap of logic. I do not defend Israel nor do I challenge many of the facts you presented in your email. You asked my opinion of the Protocols, not of bankers, the JFK assassination, 9/11, or current affairs. If you had asked my opinion of any of those, my answer would have been fairly close to your own analysis, but certainly not on all points. It is faulty logic to lump everything into the same bag.

It certainly is true that present-day political Zionists are promoting the New World Order (along with a great many non-political Zionists), but that does not prove that the Protocols are authentic. You would never win your case in court with that kind of logic – and you will never win allies to your cause unless they already hold you viewpoint. If you wish to expand your influence, I urge you to stick with hard facts that you can prove. There are plenty of those to do the job without adding speculation.
Ed Griffin

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VINTAGE VIDEO OF KGB DEFECTOR SHOWS 4 STAGES OF HOW TO SUBVERT A NATION. STILL VALID TODAY
Dear G. Edward Griffin,
I have recently published on YouTube a new Yuri Bezmenov series of videos in which he details his 4-stage KGB scheme for the takeover of Western societies. Very, very good; worth every minute.
Here is the link.

The videos are available in higher resolution than the YouTube standard. All one has to do is add the code &fmt=18 to the end of the raw video URL. Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj0Id3BLFco&fmt=18.

Thanks and God bless,
-David Carvalho, 2008 Jan 8

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WHY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST BE DISARMED
This quote was sent to us by Ursel Doran, 2009 Jan 4

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive.
~ Noah Webster

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