This Blog Now Appears at...

www.collapsenet.com

THIS IS EPOCHAL!

This is Epochal! -- A NY Times OpEd titled "Should This Be the Last Generation"! This is a major turning point in human consciousness. The deep questions are out on the table here. These are the questions simplest to understand once the gravity of our human situation is accepted. And they are the most difficult to answer. This is why CollapseNet has come into existence. We in the Lifeboat Movement are already seeking answers. -- How fitting that this should be printed on the day before CollapseNet launches. -- This is what we really need to be talking about. Because once we have even partial answers to these questions, directions for future action emerge on the map. Until we find the courage to deal with these questions we are mostly just flailing about -- like oil covered birds on the beach, or fish that are suffocating and being poisoned in the Gulf... or humans on the edge of extinction. I have known that Infinite Growth was dead for many years. So have many before me. -- As Bucky Fuller might have said, The Old Paradigm is dead long before the new one becomes apparent and emerges from the unseen to the seen.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/should-this-be-the-last-generation/?hp

See you at CollapseNet! http://www.collapsenet.com

MCR
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Jenna Orkin adds: Mike is referring to a link in the post below.

Farewell, Blogspot

From Jenna Orkin

Friends:

As of tomorrow, this blog will be appearing at CollapseNet.com. I trust most of you will come along for the ride. Those for whom $10 a month is a hardship have the option of bartering your way in. CollapseNet needs information on what's happening locally vis a vis "lifeboat" building and offers access to the site in return. See Collapsenet.com for details. I have also recommended that translation be accepted as a medium of exchange. So as you can see, this is an evolving sphere in which the dollar is not the only currency; your talents and unique perspectives can be put to inventive uses.

At worst, you will be able to receive the information collected for this blog after a lapse of thirty days. Perhaps it will feel like receiving a package a month after it was sent but "map-making" does not become obsolete, though it may morph into charting history. Much of what I know about how the world works came from studying fromthewilderness and oilempire.us archives as well as whatever offshoots - books or other websites - they sent me to.

So I don't consider this a farewell to anyone but blogger software to whom I say Thank you and please don't freeze this post.

Headlines
Nato Warns of Strike Against Cyber Attackers
Why A New Natural Gas Deal Between Turkey And Azerbaijan Is A Game Changer
US $13 Trillion Debt Poised to Overtake GDP
Clinton Expects Iran to "Pull Stunt"
12 Ugly Charts That Scream COLLAPSE
Business Can't Rely on Oil After Deepwater Horizon
They're blaming the BP disaster for Peak Oil whereas in fact it's just the catalyst, but still, the message leaks out.
Russia: Our Mini Submarines Could Stop Your Leak, But They're Busy In Irkutsk
The "Discrimen" Of Change Is Near, As The Bernanke-Geithner-Keynes-Japanese Experiment Comes To An End
U.S. Air Force: Here Are The Threats That We're Really Worried About
Panicked European banks flood ECB with record deposits
Should This Be the Last Generation?
A hypothetical piece but an odd question, no?

Economy
Euro continues to fall, plummets below $1.20 against U.S. dollar
The Growing Underclass
Why This Is Starting To Look A Lot More Like A Bear Market Than Just A Correction
Crisis moves to Hungary?
There's a slow train coming
Job Ad: "The Unemployed Will Not Be Considered"
Canada's radical solution to tackle Britain's debt
Cameron Prepares U.K. for Budget Cuts That Will Hurt `Every Single Person'
In 5 Years, UK Will Be Spending More On Interest Than Schools, Climate, And Transport Combined
Bomb Proof Accounts - from Vantage Point
Iran's Bank Melli opens first women-only financial institution

Terror/Intelligence
Chinese peasant fights off home demolition with his own cannon
Medical Ethics Lapses Cited in Interrogations
From Secrecy News:

The U.S. Army has arrested Spc. Bradley Manning of Potomac, Maryland for unauthorized disclosure of classified information. Among other things, he is suspected of having provided the video of a 2007 Apache helicopter strike in Baghdad that killed several civilians to the Wikileaks web site, which published it online in April of this year. The story was reported last night by Wired's Threat Level blog. See "U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe" by Kevin Poulsen and Kim Zetter.

Spc. Manning is currently being held in pre-trial confinement in Kuwait, according to an Army statement obtained by NPR.His arrest is the third known apprehension of a suspected leaker during the Obama Administration, after Shamai Leibowitz and Thomas A. Drake, and seems to reflect an increasingly aggressive response to unauthorized disclosures of classified information.
How Tight are Clapper and Gates?
What exactly is the blockade of Gaza? from Vantage Point
Sarah Palin Aide Fred Malek Helped Richard Nixon Dump Jews from Government
Australian police investigate Google

Oil Disaster/Science/Environment
Severe Space Weather--Social and Economic Impacts
How events in space could affect the grid, navigation, etc.
Oil Spill Cleanup to Extend Into Fall
BP held by ethical funds
"Environmentally-friendly funds may not be as green as you think."
Countryside in Crisis: how dairy farmers are milked dry -UK
Crying Over Raw Milk
Central Europe battles floodwaters, at least 20 killed
Study: Organic food may not be as good as you thought
To Save The Planet, Nature Publisher Democratizes Science

And...
Rat fur: the latest fashion accessory - from Rice Farmer

Stimulus is Dead; Long Live Austeriry

Collapsenet.com launches June 8.


From Jenna Orkin


Headlines
BP and Feds Withheld Videos Showing Massive Scope of Oil Spill
Mentions three leaks.
Iran Dumps Euro Reserves for Dollars; Debt Crisis in Japan; Govt Sponsorship of Newspapers; Govt to Collect ATM Records, Addresses of Bank Customers
West Moving Towards Deeper Financial Abyss
G20 Heated Debates; Europe Politely Tells Geithner Where To Go
G20: The Time For Stimulus Is Over, Long Live Fiscal Austerity
Paul Krugman: Lost Decade, Here We Come
Hungary Tries To Calm Markets; Europe Headed Back in Recession, US Will Not Decouple
Oil Is Front and Center in Doomsday Scenarios from Luis Mora
Boone Pickens: Get Ready for $400 Oil? - from Rice Farmer
US Mulls New N. Korea Measures
Sub Attack Was Near US-S. Korea Drill


Economy
10 States Where An Absurd Percentage Of The Population Works For The Government
Almost 25%.
US Debt Nears Key Threshhold
Say Good-bye to Full Time Jobs with Benefits
Euro 'dead in five years'


Oil Disaster
SQUID Solution Could Contain Oil BP Disaster Threatens Florida Water Supply
BP Oil Leak May Last Until December
BP Is Capturing 10,000 Barrels a Day From Gulf Spill, Chief Hayward Says


Suddenly it's cool to bash Obama


Terror/Intelligence

"The same countries that are criticizing us today should know that they will be targeted tomorrow,"

The above quotation from Benjamin Netanyahu is making the rounds of the internet with the implication that Israel intends to target its critics. But see it in context:

"...he said, just a day after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Israel's policy toward Gaza "unsustainable." 'It's for this and for many other reasons we have a right to inspect cargo heading into Gaza,'' Netanyahu added."

It is clear that Netanyahu means that countries other than Israel are vulnerable to attack from what he calls "terrorists."

Disinfo muddying the already treacherous waters.
Lying About the Gaza Flotilla Disaster from Vantage Point
How Israeli propaganda shaped U.S. media coverage of the flotilla attack from Vantage Point
Photos of Israeli Commandos Bloodied, Aboard Mavi Marmara - Turkish press
For the interpretation of these photos, we are at the mercy of unidentified translators.
James Clapper
"In September 2001, Clapper became the first civilian director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) (previously known as the National Imagery & Mapping Agency), a job he would hold for five years before joining the Pentagon brass."


Environment/Health
45% Doctors Would Consider Quitting if Health Care Bill Passes (2009)
Nearly 1/3 Doctors Could Leave Medicine if Health Care Bill Passes (March)
Nation Faces Shortage of 150K Doctors in 15 Years
GM lobby helped draw up report
Report: WHO created ‘distortion of priorities’ over swine flu
UN Urges Global Move to Meat- and Dairy-free Diet
Climate Change Forces Major Vegetation Shifts from Elizabeth Miller
Floods Bring Chaos to Central Europe from Vantage Point

And...
Kieran UK has left a new comment on your post "BP Chief Sold Shares Weeks Before Oil Spill": Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain, Hungary, Ireland....P-I-G-S-H-I-?Any guesses for last one?

BP Chief Sold Shares Weeks Before Oil Spill

COLLAPSENET TM LAUNCHES, TUESDAY JUNE 8, 2010

http://www.collapsenet.comhttp://www.collapsenetwork.comhttp://www.collapsenet.net

May 21, 2010 – CollapseNet ™, a long-anticipated new effort from internationally-recognized author, lecturer and activist Michael C. Ruppert, will officially launch on Tuesday June 8, 2010. The site will be a first-of-its-kind effort to promote the rapid and focused sharing of information between millions around the world who are preparing for the collapse of human industrial civilization – The Lifeboat Movement.

CollapseNet will also feature regular video and written updates, commentary and analysis from Michael C. Ruppert, the sole subject of the critically- acclaimed feature documentary Collapse. DVD sales of Collapse begin on June 15th, 2010. The film, directed by two-time Sundance Winner Chris Smith, has been mentioned as a strong candidate for Best Documentary at the 2011 Oscars.Michael, the author of two books, is a former LAPD detective and recognized investigative journalist, is known for having thoroughly predicted the 2008 economic crash starting in 2000, as well as many other geopolitical and economic events over the last decade. More than half of the predictions he made during the filming of Collapse (March-June, 2009) have come true since its theatrical release at the Toronto International Film Festival in September of that year.

“There are millions of us around the world who see and understand what is happening,” says Ruppert. “Worldwide reaction to the film has proved that. CollapseNet will – as fast as our maps can populate – demonstrate that the Lifeboat Movement is global, vocal and rapidly standing up to meet this supreme challenge. We apologize or justify ourselves to no one. All we ask is that governments and those who disagree leave us alone. We will be here to help your children build lifeboats when they are ready.”

Ruppert’s newest book, “Confronting Collapse: The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post-Peak Oil World ” – on which the movie was based -- lays out in stark, clear and simple detail the challenges we face as the realities of Peak Oil and diminishing energy supplies collide with a hopelessly corrupt and collapsing economic paradigm based upon infinite growth.

“The essence of survival as human industrial civilization disintegrates,” says Ruppert, “will stem from one thing only; the relocalization of all things necessary to sustain life, civilization and culture. Most important will be relocalization of food production so that as much food as possible comes from within the shortest possible distance. As collapse progresses, all other essential life-sustaining needs will have to be met close to home because there will not be enough energy to either grow crops using current methods, or to produce other critical goods and transport them across great distances.” – Currently, ten calories of hydrocarbon energy are required to grow every calorie of food consumed in the industrialized world. “The only way to prevent a massive die-off is through permaculture and petro-chemical-free agriculture and the skill sets needed to support local communities after the social contract has withered. This must be undertaken by neighborhoods and communities rather than increasingly ineffective and dysfunctional national and regional governments.”

The collapse of human industrial civilization will bring with it a host of unforgiving challenges including the breakdown of governments, economic collapse, the end of fiat currency, massive civil unrest, displaced populations, permanent blackouts, infrastructure failures, fresh water shortages, famine, war, widespread disease and suffering. The tragedy of Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico has drastically reduced what time there is to prepare and forever changed the global playing field. It has unleashed an immediate host of unforeseen and unforgiving new challenges.

CollapseNet launches with the premise that a large reduction in human population is inevitable. CollapseNet’s greatest mission is to limit and mitigate the losses and suffering from this while helping people to prepare to maintain a recognizable quality of life. CollapseNet has no political affiliation and is not aligned with any religion, political ideology or nationality. Although based in the United States, CollapseNet’s proprietary software is, at launch, scalable and operational on a global basis. “I'm fairly confident we will have a presence in at least 40 countries before the end of 2010,” says Ruppert.

“There are a lot of things we hope to do with CollapseNet,” Ruppert adds. “We’re going to expand our video capabilities and move into special web-based programming as we grow. We’re going to find ways to help those with needed skills, information and on-site reporting get vital information into the right places quickly, securely and efficiently. CollapseNet will become what lifeboat builders around the world need it to become, as circumstances dictate. And we'll do it without the vacuous wasteland that is mainstream, publicly-traded media throughout the world. CollapseNet will never trade its shares, or its integrity, in the marketplace.”
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From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
BP chief sold shares weeks before oil spill
NASA Pictures of Gulf Leak
Obama secretly deploys special forces
Barter Banks
China Property Woes Worse than US
Gulf of Mexico oil spill: cap 'capturing 1,000 barrels a day'
Marcellus Shale Gas Rupture Forces Evacuation

Economy/US
Could We Actually See Negative 2% GDP Growth In Q3?
U.S.'s $13 Trillion Debt Poised to Overtake GDP: Chart of Day
Dollar Soars; Euro, Euro/Swiss, Forint Hit New Low; Hungary’s Prime Minister says Economy in "Very Grave Situation, Default Talk Not an Exaggeration"
Hungary Says Default Comments Were `Unfortunate', Can Finance Its Spending
SEC Postpones Single-Stock Circuit Breaker Meant to Prevent Market Crashes
Euro Weakens Below $1.20 for First Time Since 2006 on Debt Crisis Concern
Venice sells off its heritage to plug cash blackhole
About 2300 Running For Congress, Most in Decades

Terror/Intelligence/Science
Knesset Member Denies Israel's Account
Israel Seizes Gaza-Bound Aid Ship; Organizers Say Boarded Without Violence
California Officials Caught on Tape in DC Meetings
ACLU Sues for Records of Govt's Unconstitutional Use of Spying Powers
WikiLeaks Founder's Mission for Total Transparency
Drug Firms Encouraged World Health Body to Exaggerate Danger of Swine Flu
Anti-fear drug 'could help wipe painful memories'
Scientists solve mystery of resistant flu virus
Australia: Experimental Drug Used to Control Virus Spread
Newsweek: Scientists analyze Jews' genetic code
Tailor-made Medicine
Refining medicine to treat patients more effectively sounds like an unmitigated advance. But what of the other potential uses for the information garnered?
Quasi Black Hole Created

Environment/Energy
James Cameron: BP Turned Down Help Offer
Lab Tests Confirm Underwater Layers of Gulf Oil from Elizabeth Miller
Petrobras Strikes Black Gold With New 380 Million Barrel Offshore Oil Discovery
They're baaaack...
Moving US Energy Policy to a Decentralized Grid - from Jon Noel
U.S. Climate-Satellite Capabilities in Jeopardy
Australian restaurant charges you 30% more if you waste food

And...
Japanese PM Puts Ex-Swimsuit Model In Charge Of Declining Birthrate

COLLAPSENET TM LAUNCHES, TUESDAY JUNE 8, 2010

http://www.collapsenet.com
http://www.collapsenetwork.com
http://www.collapsenet.net

May 21, 2010 – CollapseNet ™, a long-anticipated new effort from internationally-recognized author, lecturer and activist Michael C. Ruppert, will officially launch on Tuesday June 8, 2010. The site will be a first-of-its-kind effort to promote the rapid and focused sharing of information between millions around the world who are preparing for the collapse of human industrial civilization – The Lifeboat Movement.

CollapseNet will also feature regular video and written updates, commentary and analysis from Michael C. Ruppert, the sole subject of the critically- acclaimed feature documentary Collapse. DVD sales of Collapse begin on June 15th, 2010. The film, directed by two-time Sundance Winner Chris Smith, has been mentioned as a strong candidate for Best Documentary at the 2011 Oscars.

Michael, the author of two books, is a former LAPD detective and recognized investigative journalist, is known for having thoroughly predicted the 2008 economic crash starting in 2000, as well as many other geopolitical and economic events over the last decade. More than half of the predictions he made during the filming of Collapse (March-June, 2009) have come true since its theatrical release at the Toronto International Film Festival in September of that year.

“There are millions of us around the world who see and understand what is happening,” says Ruppert. “Worldwide reaction to the film has proved that. CollapseNet will – as fast as our maps can populate – demonstrate that the Lifeboat Movement is global, vocal and rapidly standing up to meet this supreme challenge. We apologize or justify ourselves to no one. All we ask is that governments and those who disagree leave us alone. We will be here to help your children build lifeboats when they are ready.”

Ruppert’s newest book, “Confronting Collapse: The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post-Peak Oil World ” – on which the movie was based -- lays out in stark, clear and simple detail the challenges we face as the realities of Peak Oil and diminishing energy supplies collide with a hopelessly corrupt and collapsing economic paradigm based upon infinite growth.

“The essence of survival as human industrial civilization disintegrates,” says Ruppert, “will stem from one thing only; the relocalization of all things necessary to sustain life, civilization and culture. Most important will be relocalization of food production so that as much food as possible comes from within the shortest possible distance. As collapse progresses, all other essential life-sustaining needs will have to be met close to home because there will not be enough energy to either grow crops using current methods, or to produce other critical goods and transport them across great distances.” – Currently, ten calories of hydrocarbon energy are required to grow every calorie of food consumed in the industrialized world. “The only way to prevent a massive die-off is through permaculture and petro-chemical-free agriculture and the skill sets needed to support local communities after the social contract has withered. This must be undertaken by neighborhoods and communities rather than increasingly ineffective and dysfunctional national and regional governments.”

The collapse of human industrial civilization will bring with it a host of unforgiving challenges including the breakdown of governments, economic collapse, the end of fiat currency, massive civil unrest, displaced populations, permanent blackouts, infrastructure failures, fresh water shortages, famine, war, widespread disease and suffering. The tragedy of Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico has drastically reduced what time there is to prepare and forever changed the global playing field. It has unleashed an immediate host of unforeseen and unforgiving new challenges.

CollapseNet launches with the premise that a large reduction in human population is inevitable. CollapseNet’s greatest mission is to limit and mitigate the losses and suffering from this while helping people to prepare to maintain a recognizable quality of life. CollapseNet has no political affiliation and is not aligned with any religion, political ideology or nationality. Although based in the United States, CollapseNet’s proprietary software is, at launch, scalable and operational on a global basis. “I'm fairly confident we will have a presence in at least 40 countries before the end of 2010,” says Ruppert.

“There are a lot of things we hope to do with CollapseNet,” Ruppert adds. “We’re going to expand our video capabilities and move into special web-based programming as we grow. We’re going to find ways to help those with needed skills, information and on-site reporting get vital information into the right places quickly, securely and efficiently. CollapseNet will become what lifeboat builders around the world need it to become, as circumstances dictate. And we'll do it without the vacuous wasteland that is mainstream, publicly-traded media throughout the world. CollapseNet will never trade its shares, or its integrity, in the marketplace.”
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Jenna Orkin adds: See post below for today's links.

N. Korea: War "May Break Out at Any Moment;" Outsourcing Police Duties

From Jenna Orkin


Headlines
North Korea: War "may break out at any moment"
Major Intrigue In North Korea, As Key Leader Is Found Dead Before Possible Power Handoff
UK Parliamentarians for World Governance
San Carlos California Ponders Dissolving Police Department, Outsourcing Duties; Redwood City Mayor says "It's the Wave of the Future"



Economy
FSA Regulation Powers Given to Bank of England
The Scariest Job Chart Ever Just Got Even Scarier
Now everyone's freaking out about Hungary
Britain's inflation warning
UK must cut pensions
Former Soviet Republic Could Be Next to Adopt Euro
NY Nearly Goes Broke Again; Delays Paying Bills
Texas Budget Gap Could Reach 18 Billion
JPMorgan hit by record fine


Terror/Intelligence
EU Company Admits Blame for Phone Snooping Gadgets to Iran
Israel Rejects International Probe from Vantage Point
Treat Palestinians Like Jews - from Vantage Point
The war film that shocked Denmark
In Denmark, the press and public have been stunned by Armadillo, Janus Metz's documentary about a UK-Danish base in Afghanistan.
Lawyers Claim Google Wi-Fi Sniffing 'Is Not an Accident'
Castro speculates Obama might strike Iran to win second term
Swine flu experts tied to big pharma
Army Researchers Find Ebola Vaccine But it Might Only Save Themselves
"Scientists packaged RNA snippets into particles that were then injected into four rhesus monkeys, who’d been infected with a dose of Ebola that was 30,000 times more potent than the virus’ most lethal strain, which already has a measly 10 percent survival rate."
Army Biolab’s Missing Vials May Never Be Found
CDC Shuts Down Bioweapons Lab After Infections
Biolab Breakdown Caused Cattle Outbreak
The Dangers of Turning Spies into Generals (and Vice Versa)
New South Wales Gvt. Recording Features for Facial Recognition
Why Pat Tillman Shouldn't Be in Pro Football Hall of Fame



Oil Disaster
Gulf Oil Damage Could Spread to Atlantic
MIT Oceanographer on BP Disaster
"Some scientists argue that the surfactant, or soapy wetting agent, being added at the bottom source and at the surface of the ocean to help disperse the oil, could ultimately cause more damage to the health of the water column than the oil itself."
Washington Post Exposes BP ties to Eco-Groups, Other Media Ignore Controversy - from Rice Farmer
Sarah Palin claims environmentalists caused the Gulf oil spill
BP Oil: Coming to a Beach Near You in Summer 2010
BP Says Cap May Be Able to Retrieve More Than 90% of Crude From Gulf Well
Regulator: Canadians don't need to worry about a BP disaster
Scientist Fears Govt Muzzle on Deepwater Horizon Data
"I'm essentially being told that the data I'm collecting on my hypoxia cruise may or may not be subject to quarantine," DiMarco says. "Which means that we will not be able to publish it, pending the liability litigation. Oh, yeah, 20 years from now, we may be able to publish it."


JO comment: Unintended consequences of a lawsuit. Or perhaps not so unintended.
GOM Shallow Drilling to Continue Despite News to Contrary
Israel May Join Gas Exporting Nations With Leviathan Discovery


Environment
Oman: Tropical Cyclone Phet May Reach Catgeory 5
Africa drought leaves 10m hungry
Oregon's small-scale farms worry about sweeping food safety bill - from Rice Farmer
Britain faces fine for air quality after final warning from EU

Time for a "New Euro;" EIA Confirms Peak Oil; US: No Nuke in Gulf

From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
Everyone Missed It, But The EIA Just Totally Confirmed Peak Oil
Time for a 'new euro'
This, the day after announcement of the Wocu.
U.S. debt officially tops $13 trillion, first time in history
Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth
Foreword by Richard Heinberg. youtube video promoting the book.
JO comment: This is an invaluable resource for anyone likely to experience the changing paradigm ahead.

Oil Disaster
Nuclear Option on Gulf Oil Spill? No Way, U.S. Says
BP's 'damn hole' - take six
James Cameron and Kevin Costner among those trying to help plug leak.
BP Needs 'Lottery Win' to Seal Oil Leak at First Try
An Oil-Eating Microbe That's Been Around Since 1989 Could Single-Handedly Clean Up BP's Entire Oil Spill
Physicist Michio Kaku on BP Disaster:
"Obama may have to call out the military."
Goldman Sachs Sold BP Shares in 2010 First Quarter
Wall St. Sees BP as Buying Opportunity
What Drives the Price of Oil

Economy/Resources
Global Debt Bomb - Forbes
China Freaks Out The World By Announcing Restrictions On Export Of Metals Crucial For National Defense
China's metal stranglehold
Government investigates resource shortages
The Flip Side of China's Economic Miracle
West moving towards deeper financial crisis China Daily
High frequency trading making markets more volatile than every Newsweek
Jobless rate rises in most US cities WSJ
Chronic Joblessness Bites Deep
"Nearly half of the unemployed—45.9%—have been out of work longer than six months, more than at any time since the Labor Department began keeping track in 1948."
One Store in Seven Closed in Sacramento
Personal Bankruptcies Jump 9% In May, And The Outlook For The Year Has Been Jacked Up
In Two Florida Counties, Foreclosures Up 800% Over Ten Years Ago
35% Jump in Foreclosures Over First Quarter of 2009
Commercial Real Estate Values Down 40% Since 2007
Wall Street bullied us, claim ratings agency staff
"Staff at the credit ratings agency Moody's were bullied by Wall Street bankers, harassed by profit-hungry bosses and starved of the time and resources they could have used to check their disastrous ratings of mortgage derivatives, an inquiry into the causes of the credit crisis was told."
US Mint Out Of Not Only Silver But Gold American Eagles As Well - from Rice Farmer

Quote of the day:

If you can’t see the bear market’s final lows in your rear view mirror, they must be ahead of you.
– Bill Bonner, The Daily Reckoning

Terror/Intelligence
Lieberman Bill Gives Feds 'Emergency' Powers to Secure Civilian Nets
Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) G20 Pittsburgh
Former minister: I misled MPs over hooding of prisoners in Iraq

Israel
An Assault, Cloaked in Peace
Israeli response to accusations
Erdogan Tests Turkey's Role as Bridge
Turkey may be turning from being a mediator with Israel to being an ally of Syria and Iran.

Environment/Science
Out of their tree: virus blamed as drunken parrots fall from sky
Eat less meat to save the planet - UN
Muddying the Waters Dept: Pearce rejects overpopulation fears
Salmon Study Pits Fish Against Alaskan Mega-Mine
San Francisco to host 1st annual Medical Cannabis Cup

NEPDG REPORT BECOMING MAJOR ISSUE FOR BP AND DEEPWATER HORIZON

June 2, 2010, 1300 PDT -- Press and politicians are suddenly remembering NEPDG since it's just been disclosed that BP was one of the companies that got secret access to Dick Cheney's energy task frorce. And Halliburton was also directly involved in the cluster**** that led to the blowout and explosion. People who have followed me for all these years know that I have been virtually screaming since 2003 that all of the deepest, darkest secrets are in the NEPDG records. I don't think it will happen, but the one thing that could help us all most right now is to know what's in those records. They laid out Peak Oil, They looked at all their options. They saw what was coming and they began implementing a plan. What I think may happen is that some heavy-heavy backroom pressures will be brought to bear and that maybe DoJ will get a chance to (as the press will report) look at those portions of the records having to do only with BP... We all know the drill.

But if I had just one wish it would be that the whole world could see and understand everything NEPDG did. They figured out exactly how much oil and gas was left, where it was, and how they planned to deal with (steal) it. This was PNAC. This was the raison d'etre for Bush-Cheney. This was why they stole the 2000 election and for everything that followed. And if we knew what was in those records, we could build so many more lifeboats, the right ways, and in the right places.
http://digitaljournal.com/article/292852

I think it came across pretty clear in "Collapse" how passionate I am about this. That information would be the most valuable gift we could leave to future genrations. -- I don't dare let myself have hope.

MCR
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HELP WANTED – COLLAPSENET (Immediate) --Chief Financial Officer

CollapseNet has an immediate opening for a Chief Financial Officer to assume immediate management of all financial and accounting operations for a closely held California “C” corporation, including processing of payments, merchant accounts payroll, banking and required regulatory and tax filings.

The successful candidate will currently reside in the greater Los Angeles area and be able to start work immediately.Salary, other compensation and benefits are negotiable after interview. CollapseNet is an equal opportunity employer expecting to launch almost immediately, with a solid business plan and expectations of substantial income at launch.The successful candidate will be familiar with the works of Michael C. Ruppert and the documentary film “Collapse”

(Approximately one week after launch) -- Personal Assistant to Michael C. Ruppert, CEO

Must reside in the greater Los Angeles area and be ready to begin work immediately. The successful candidate will have proven familiarity with the works of Michael Ruppert and a proven commitment to the goals of the Lifeboat Movement. Basic familiarity with accounting procedures, record keeping, networking, scheduling are required. Foreign language skills preferred, as well as exceptional interpersonal/public relations ability and personal appearance.The successful candidate will have a valid US passport and be available for travel (both domestic and international).This position will involve irregular hours and close personal contact on a regular basis with an internationally recognized author/journalist in a variety of settings. The right chemistry is essential for a successful relationship. It will be the ultimate fly-on-the-wall position for someone dedicated to promoting the goals of the Lifeboat Movement as a facilitator. The position will involve regular interfacing with a wide variety of business, political, and VIPs with the express purpose of loyally and accurately implementing and following through on the directions of the CEO. Salary, compensation and benefits to be determined at hiring.

Send resume and contact information in confidence to: mr.luis.mora@gmail.com

World Currency Unit Intended to Rival Dollar; Turkey Threatens Action

From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
World Currency Unit Intended to Rival Dollar
China Denies Speculation about Diversifying from Euros; Oil in Euros Revisited; No Good Currency Choice Except Gold
Turkey Threatens Action; Israel on Alert
BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak May Last Until Christmas in Worst-Case Scenario
On the Verge of Implosion
Mass. Crackdown on Illegal Immigration
Czech Republic President says 'The Euro Zone Has Failed'
Hatoyama Quits as Japan's Premier After Nine Months as Popularity Plunges
Iron Ore Speculators 'Serious Threat' to Global Economy
Government review to examine threat of world resources shortage

Economy
Chaos Reigns In German Politics As Merkel Has Lost Grip On Power
German Central Bankers Suspect French Intrigue
Three Signs That Europe's Enormous Bailout Has Already Failed
Is Massive Refinancing During The Bubble Years A Ticking Bomb?
Here's the REAL state of unemployment in America
Rosenberg: Deadbeat Homeowners Are Just The Tip Of The "Pay Me Later" Economy
Updated Interactive Map of Failed Banks, Includes Failures for May 21 and May 28; Texas Ratios, Capitalization Ratios, etc, for Failed Banks
Subprime Goes to College; Students Buried in Debt
Canada is First G-7 Country to Hike Rates
Wall Street's War - Matt Taibbi from Vantage Point
Gold to $10K?
Interview with Chris Powell

Oil Disaster
BP hires ex-CHENEY-official for U.S as Spokesperson ‎
BP One of the Companies Cheney Met With in Energy Task Force (2005)
BP...leak set to increase
US Laws that Could Be Used in Prosecution

Quote of the day:

The river sweats Oil and tar...
and the deep seas swell
And the profit and loss.

T.S. Eliot

Terror/Intelligence/Media
Report Says DoJ Not Prepared for WMD Attack
Israel Envoy in Geneva: Flotilla Activists Linked to Terrorist Groups
"Green" Decontamination of CBRN
Change to Miranda Rights
Wikileaks Was Launched With Intercepts From Tor Anonymizer
Darpa Wants to Predict Deadly Pathogens with ‘Prophecy’
Video: Killer iRobot Wipes Out a Whole Field at Once
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION STAFF DISCUSSION DRAFT:1 POTENTIAL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT THE REINVENTION OF JOURNALISM
Proposals for Increased Government Subsidies, Indirect and Direct
A variety of proposals have emerged to allow further government support for journalism through either indirect or direct means. Whatever the means, care must be taken to ensure that government support does not result in biased and politicized news coverage.
Increase Government Funding
Establish a "journalism" division of AmeriCorps
Establish a National Fund for Local News

Environment/Science
Temperatures reach record high in Pakistan
Mining linked to rampant spread of TB in Africa
Paper Diagnostic for Blood Typing
Waste-Treatment Plant Plays Mozart to Microbes
I hope it works better than Baby Mozart.

And...
Airline Gives Osama Bin Laden a Boarding Pass
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HELP WANTED – COLLAPSENET (Immediate) --Chief Financial Officer

CollapseNet has an immediate opening for a Chief Financial Officer to assume immediate management of all financial and accounting operations for a closely held California “C” corporation, including processing of payments, merchant accounts payroll, banking and required regulatory and tax filings.

The successful candidate will currently reside in the greater Los Angeles area and be able to start work immediately.Salary, other compensation and benefits are negotiable after interview. CollapseNet is an equal opportunity employer expecting to launch almost immediately, with a solid business plan and expectations of substantial income at launch.The successful candidate will be familiar with the works of Michael C. Ruppert and the documentary film “Collapse”

(Approximately one week after launch) -- Personal Assistant to Michael C. Ruppert, CEO

Must reside in the greater Los Angeles area and be ready to begin work immediately. The successful candidate will have proven familiarity with the works of Michael Ruppert and a proven commitment to the goals of the Lifeboat Movement. Basic familiarity with accounting procedures, record keeping, networking, scheduling are required. Foreign language skills preferred, as well as exceptional interpersonal/public relations ability and personal appearance.

The successful candidate will have a valid US passport and be available for travel (both domestic and international).This position will involve irregular hours and close personal contact on a regular basis with an internationally recognized author/journalist in a variety of settings. The right chemistry is essential for a successful relationship. It will be the ultimate fly-on-the-wall position for someone dedicated to promoting the goals of the Lifeboat Movement as a facilitator. The position will involve regular interfacing with a wide variety of business, political, and VIPs with the express purpose of loyally and accurately implementing and following through on the directions of the CEO. Salary, compensation and benefits to be determined at hiring.

Send resume and contact information in confidence to: mr.luis.mora@gmail.com

DEEPWATER HORIZON WILL BE THE END OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

June 1, 2010 – The Obama Administration today opened a criminal investigation into all the events before, during and since the April 20th explosion that triggered the largest environmental catastrophe in human history. (If it’s not now, it will be.) -- This investigation is going to end badly for everybody.

As the catastrophe worsens, as people grasp what it means... there will be blood demanded and blood spilled. The tens of millions of soon-to-be victims will not accept less. There will be an almost insatiable need for vengeance and all of the pent-up rage after swallowing all of the lies fed to the American people by Wall Street and Washington for so long will have found a single, unifying issue. The frustration built up in every corner of our lives will become a blowout exactly like the Gulf…. Because of the Gulf.

We know that BP, the mainstream media and the U.S. government have at best deceived, and at worst outright lied about two key things. The first is the actual flow rate (now minimally) confirmed at 75,000 bpd. (I’m kind of leaning towards 125,000 bpd myself.) The second is the fact that there are two very huge leaks – not one. The second one is about five miles west of the bore hole. That means the explosion caused geologic ruptures. (Hello… CNN? Anybody in there?)

Nobody has any credibility here. Nobody. It’s all finger pointing. It’s tasteless. It’s transparent. It’s embarrassing. It's insulting. And it is infuriating.

-- For me a rosy side to this is that Dick Cheney has dived deep. He will be remembered for Halliburton. Those skeletons will be recalled and resurrected. Bush-Cheney’s role in turning the Minerals Management Service into a roving, drug-crazed whore house will become (finally) something actionable. Of course, the American populace didn’t get upset when MMS, Interior and Energy lied to them about how much cheap energy there was going to be… forever. Yes, Old FTW readers will remember that we took on MMS in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

This is going to be a nasty, nasty catfight and the legal and political ramifications of Deepwater Horizon will – I am very confident -- eventually bring about the collapse of the United States government. They will certainly bankrupt it (sooner) and force it into default. Political collapse is the third stage of overall collapse (Orlov). It was coming anyway. It’s just going to get here a lot sooner now. Social collapse will begin as soon as the people from the Gulf coast become refugees.

All I am waiting on now to announce CollapseNet’s launch is for one last piece of banking apparatus to fall into place. We’re ready. The people who have made this happen are just amazing and I speak for all of us (about 15) when I say that we know we’re needed and we are answering the call.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-spill-commission-chairs-huddle-with-obama-2010-06-01?dist=afterbell

MCR
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HELP WANTED – COLLAPSENET (Immediate) --Chief Financial Officer

CollapseNet has an immediate opening for a Chief Financial Officer to assume immediate management of all financial and accounting operations for a closely held California “C” corporation, including processing of payments, merchant accounts payroll, banking and required regulatory and tax filings.

The successful candidate will currently reside in the greater Los Angeles area and be able to start work immediately.Salary, other compensation and benefits are negotiable after interview. CollapseNet is an equal opportunity employer expecting to launch almost immediately, with a solid business plan and expectations of substantial income at launch.The successful candidate will be familiar with the works of Michael C. Ruppert and the documentary film “Collapse”

(Approximately one week after launch) -- Personal Assistant to Michael C. Ruppert, CEO

Must reside in the greater Los Angeles area and be ready to begin work immediately. The successful candidate will have proven familiarity with the works of Michael Ruppert and a proven commitment to the goals of the Lifeboat Movement. Basic familiarity with accounting procedures, record keeping, networking, scheduling are required. Foreign language skills preferred, as well as exceptional interpersonal/public relations ability and personal appearance.

The successful candidate will have a valid US passport and be available for travel (both domestic and international).This position will involve irregular hours and close personal contact on a regular basis with an internationally recognized author/journalist in a variety of settings. The right chemistry is essential for a successful relationship. It will be the ultimate fly-on-the-wall position for someone dedicated to promoting the goals of the Lifeboat Movement as a facilitator. The position will involve regular interfacing with a wide variety of business, political, and VIPs with the express purpose of loyally and accurately implementing and following through on the directions of the CEO. Salary, compensation and benefits to be determined at hiring.

Send resume and contact information in confidence to: mr.luis.mora@gmail.com

Oil Spill: This Disater Just Got Enormously Worse; Faber Sees US Inflation Approaching Zimbabwe Levels - Bloomberg

From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
Big Banks Face Financial Doomsday in 2012
Russell Napier on when to expect the Treasury bubble collapse
Faber Sees U.S. Inflation Approaching Zimbabwe Levels - Bloomberg
The World's Going To Hell In A Handbasket -- Here's What We Need To Do - Roubini and Das
Eurozone banks face second wave of loan losses
Tropical Storm Agatha Kills Over 100, And It's Heading For The Gulf Of Mexico
US military rejects calls to take control of oil spill - from Rice Farmer
Cash flow restriction eyed as punishment for North Korea
"North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation," May 26, 2010. CRS
China Suspects False Flag

Israel
Israel Under Growing Pressure to Ease Gaza Blockade After Flotilla Deaths
Protests erupt around the world after Israeli raid
IFJ Condemns Gaza Attack And Demands International Inquiry
Israel: Activists on Gaza sail had weapons - Israel News, Ynetnews

Economy
China Property Risk Is Worse Than in US - CNBC
Top Chinese Central Banker: Our Property Crisis Is Worse Than The US And UK Bubbles
China's Latest Economic Guidelines Expose A Government Terrified To Hurt Property Speculators
Commodities' Biggest Collapse Since Lehman Fell Signals Bear Market Ahead
President of Germany Forced to Quit After Afghan Gaffe
...a gaffe being a Freudian slip in which the truth escapes.
European Economic Confidence Slips; Inflation Quickens
Spain Trapped in Perverse Cycle as Wage Cuts Deepen Crisis
Euro Bailout Plan is all about Rescuing Banks and Rich Greeks

Terror/Intelligence
Science Czar Considered Forced Abortion, Sterilization as Population Control Methods
From CRS: "Terrorism, Miranda, and Related Matters," May 24, 2010.

Oil Disaster/Environment/Human Rights
Gulf oil spill: This disaster just got enormously worse
BP Revised Permits Before Blast - WSJ.com
Clouds of Undersea Oil Drifting Through Gulf May Cause Oxygen `Dead Zones'
">Norwegians say they knew the leak was much larger right from the start
From the 1953 CIA Overthrow of Democracy in Iran, to the Iraq War, to the Criminal Gulf Catastrophe, BP Was There from Elizabeth Miller
Europe's Nuclear Waste Storage Problems
The Scandal of Child Labour in US Farming from Elizabeth Miller
Sherpas say ice melts making Mt Everest more dangerous to climb
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HELP WANTED – COLLAPSENET (Immediate) --Chief Financial Officer

CollapseNet has an immediate opening for a Chief Financial Officer to assume immediate management of all financial and accounting operations for a closely held California “C” corporation, including processing of payments, merchant accounts payroll, banking and required regulatory and tax filings.The successful candidate will currently reside in the greater Los Angeles area and be able to start work immediately.Salary, other compensation and benefits are negotiable after interview. CollapseNet is an equal opportunity employer expecting to launch almost immediately, with a solid business plan and expectations of substantial income at launch.

The successful candidate will be familiar with the works of Michael C. Ruppert and the documentary film “Collapse”

(Approximately one week after launch) -- Personal Assistant to Michael C. Ruppert, CEO

Must reside in the greater Los Angeles area and be ready to begin work immediately. The successful candidate will have proven familiarity with the works of Michael Ruppert and a proven commitment to the goals of the Lifeboat Movement. Basic familiarity with accounting procedures, record keeping, networking, scheduling are required. Foreign language skills preferred, as well as exceptional interpersonal/public relations ability and personal appearance.

The successful candidate will have a valid US passport and be available for travel (both domestic and international).This position will involve irregular hours and close personal contact on a regular basis with an internationally recognized author/journalist in a variety of settings. The right chemistry is essential for a successful relationship. It will be the ultimate fly-on-the-wall position for someone dedicated to promoting the goals of the Lifeboat Movement as a facilitator. The position will involve regular interfacing with a wide variety of business, political, and VIPs with the express purpose of loyally and accurately implementing and following through on the directions of the CEO. Salary, compensation and benefits to be determined at hiring.

Send resume and contact information in confidence to: mr.luis.mora@gmail.com