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		<title>Obama Orders Arctic Death Camps Built To Hold American Traitors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A disturbing report issued by the Russian General Staff to President Medvedev warns today that the North American Security Zone agreement signed this past week between US President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a defacto merging of these two nations and allows the Americans to begin building one of the largest gulag systems [forced labor camps] in modern [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>A disturbing report issued by the <a href="http://www.mil.ru/">Russian General Staff</a> to President Medvedev warns today that the North American Security Zone agreement signed <a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/blackmailed+Canada/5827741/story.html">this past week</a> between US President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a defacto merging of these two nations and allows the Americans to begin building one of the largest gulag systems [forced labor camps] in modern human history.</p>
<p>According to this report, this new agreement between the US and Canada brings closer to fruition the <a href="http://nauresistance.org/nau-timeline/">North American Union</a> between these two nations and Mexico <a href="http://nauresistance.org/nau-timeline/">first proposed</a> by President Ronald Reagan on 13 November 1979.</p>
<p>Most ominous about this new agreement, Russian military experts in this report say, is that aside from <a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/blackmailed+Canada/5827741/story.html">Canada having to provide the United States with personal information on millions of Canadian citizens</a>, the Americans now have complete control to begin building their long sought after system of labor camps in the Canadian Arctic designed to hold up to one-million of their citizens their President has deemed to be <em>“traitors.”</em></p>
<p>Virtually unknown to the masses of American people is their Presidents ability to label anyone he so chooses as a <em>“terrorist”</em> or <em>“traitor”</em> enabling him to turn these citizens over to the control of US Military forces who are able to hold them without charges or trial forever.</p>
<p>Even worse, and as we had <strong><a href="http://www.thetotalcollapse.com/obama-regime-warns-all-americans-if-you-fight-us-you-will-die/" target="_blank">previously reported on</a></strong>, new laws being passed in the United States now designate their Homeland as a <em><a href="http://original.antiwar.com/jwhitehead/2011/12/08/america-the-battlefield-the-end-of-the-rule-of-law/">“battlefield”</a></em> and ordinary citizens who oppose the Obama regime as being <em><a href="http://original.antiwar.com/jwhitehead/2011/12/08/america-the-battlefield-the-end-of-the-rule-of-law/">“enemies of the state”. </a></em></p>
<p>Not content to have the astounding dictatorial powers he already possesses, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/09/obama-pushes-to-change-provision-on-military-custody-for-terror-suspects/">new reports</a> from the United States are now stating that President Obama is threatening to veto even tougher laws that fail to give him complete control to turn over anyone he so chooses to be jailed by US Military forces.</p>
<p>Russian military legal analysts in this report further detail that Obama’s need to establish these <em>“Arctic Death Camps”</em> in Canada is to keep imprisoned American <em>“traitors”</em> from being able to access the US legal system <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/189939.html">as they are being tortured,</a> such as the system of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_site">secret CIA and US Military prisons</a> established all over the world over the past decade during their so called <em>“<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Terror">War on Terror</a>.”</em></p>
<p>To the type of life these Americans can expect in these <em>“Arctic Death Camps”</em> was recently described by German investigative journalists who uncovered one of these secret US prisons in Romania who, in part, said:</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.theweek.co.uk/world-news/43424/uncovered-torture-chamber-proves-cia-went-nuts">“According to US officials, interviewed anonymously, during their first month in detention the detainees were deprived of sleep, doused with water, forced to stand in painful positions and &#8216;slapped&#8217;. There is a convenient and descriptive shorthand for this kind of treatment which readers in &#8216;civilised&#8217; countries might find useful – torture. </a></em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.theweek.co.uk/world-news/43424/uncovered-torture-chamber-proves-cia-went-nuts">One weird detail about the prison chills the blood more than anything else. The six cells were mounted on springs so they were always swaying a little.  Apparently, it&#8217;s a good way of keeping people disorientated for long periods of time. God knows where the CIA recruits the sort of people who can dream up this kind of stuff – from the ranks of a heavily armed backwoods militia maybe or perhaps even the Ku Klux Klan.”</a></em><em></em></p>
<p>Chilling reports coming from the United States state that the US Army has begun training their troops to staff these <em>“Arctic Death Camps”</em> under a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-army-now-offers-a-prison-guard-specialty-securing-civilian-detainees-2011-12">designed to teach them how to handle civilian detainees</a> and have begun asking their National Guard troops if they would be <a href="http://www.infowars.com/oath-keepers-receive-tip-of-national-guard-unit-stand-down-refusing-to-answer-questionnaire-asking-if-they-would-use-lethal-force-against-the-american-people/">willing to fire on and kill American citizens</a>.</p>
<p>To the types of Americans labeled as <em>“terrorists”</em> by the Obama regime US Senator Rand Paul this past week warned included anyone having missing fingers, anyone having guns, anyone having weatherproofed ammunition, and anyone having seven days or more of food in their homes. [See video <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD1T61oTrR8&amp;feature=player_embedded">HERE</a></strong>.]</p>
<p>So concerned is the Obama regime about any American citizen having more than seven days of food, new reports from the United States are now saying their Federal government agents are <a href="http://dinarvets.com/forums/index.php?/topic/94681-federal-agents-demand-customer-lists/">now ordering food companies</a> to supply them with lists of anyone who is buying food in preparation for hard times or disasters.</p>
<p>To any American thinking they aren’t a terrorist they should think again as <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/police-trained-nationwide-that-informed-americans-are-domestic-terrorists.html">InfoWars.Com previously reported</a> that secret US government documents they obtained further said these people were enemies of the state if they supported US Congressman Ron Paul, owned gold, or flew the American flag.</p>
<p>To how soon the Obama regime will begin its mass roundup of its own citizens was chillingly revealed this week when <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/exclusive-government-activating-fema-camps-across-u-s.html">new documents were released</a> showing their push to open what are called FEMA detention camps in all 50 States as soon as possible.</p>
<p>The reason behind the Obama regime preparing to unleash its brutal might upon its own citizens was, likewise, was warned about this past week by noted trends analyst Gerald Celente, who during an interview with Russian Today [see video below] stated that the US was preparing to establish <em><a href="http://lewrockwell.com/celente/celente87.1.html">“Economic Martial Law”</a> </em>shortly after the turn of the New Year.</p>
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<p>Sadly for the American people, whose march to communistic serfdom is accelerating with each passing day, was their ignoring the words of Prime Minister Putin who warned of the dangers of any country following the path of communalism by his stating:  <em><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123317069332125243.html">“The concentration of surplus assets in the hands of the state is a negative aspect of anti-crisis measures in virtually every nation. In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state&#8217;s role absolute. In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated.”</a></em></p>
<p>And in what can only be described as the most despotic irony of all, while the Western media has devoted nearly all of its attention on Russian protests which saw <a href="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/russian-police-arrest-hundreds-in-protests-20111207-1ohmj.html">nearly 300 arrests</a>, they still refuse to report on the Occupy Protests that have rocked their countries resulting in the <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgr3DiqWYCI">brutalizing of peaceful protesters</a></strong> and seen <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement">over 5,000 of them jailed</a></strong>.</p>
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		<title>IMAGINE! China Invades America!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of &#8220;keeping us safe&#8221; or &#8220;promoting democracy&#8221; or &#8220;protecting their strategic [...]]]></description>
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<p>Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of &#8220;keeping us safe&#8221; or &#8220;promoting democracy&#8221; or &#8220;protecting their strategic interests.&#8221;</p>
<p>Imagine that they operated outside of US law, and that the Constitution did not apply to them. Imagine that every now and then they made mistakes or acted on bad information and accidentally killed or terrorized innocent Americans, including women and children, most of the time with little to no repercussions or consequences. Imagine that they set up checkpoints on our soil and routinely searched and ransacked entire neighborhoods of homes. Imagine if Americans were fearful of these foreign troops, and overwhelmingly thought America would be better off without their presence.</p>
<p>Imagine if some Americans were so angry about them being in Texas that they actually joined together to fight them off, in defense of our soil and sovereignty, because leadership in government refused or were unable to do so. Imagine that those Americans were labeled terrorists or insurgents for their defensive actions, and routinely killed, or captured and tortured by the foreign troops on our land. Imagine that the occupiers&#8217; attitude was that if they just killed enough Americans, the resistance would stop, but instead, for every American killed, ten more would take up arms against them, resulting in perpetual bloodshed. Imagine if most of the citizens of the foreign land also wanted these troops to return home. Imagine if they elected a leader who promised to bring them home and put an end to this horror.</p>
<p>Imagine if that leader changed his mind once he took office.</p>
<p>The reality is that our military presence on foreign soil is as offensive to the people that live there as armed Chinese troops would be if they were stationed in Texas. We would not stand for it here, but we have had a globe-straddling empire and a very intrusive foreign policy for decades that incites a lot of hatred and resentment towards us.</p>
<p>According to our own CIA, our meddling in the Middle East was the prime motivation for the horrific attacks on 9/11. But instead of re-evaluating our foreign policy, we have simply escalated it. We had a right to go after those responsible for 9/11, to be sure, but why do so many Americans feel as if we have a right to a military presence in some 160 countries when we wouldn&#8217;t stand for even one foreign base on our soil, for any reason? These are not embassies, mind you, these are military installations. The new administration is not materially changing anything about this. Shuffling troops around and playing with semantics does not accomplish the goals of the American people, who simply want our men and women to come home. 50,000 troops left behind in Iraq is not conducive to peace any more than 50,000 Russian soldiers would be in the United States.</p>
<p>Shutting down military bases and ceasing to deal with other nations with threats and violence is not isolationism. It is the opposite. Opening ourselves up to friendship, honest trade and diplomacy is the foreign policy of peace and prosperity. It is the only foreign policy that will not bankrupt us in short order, as our current actions most definitely will. I share the disappointment of the American people in the foreign policy rhetoric coming from the administration. The sad thing is, our foreign policy WILL change eventually, as Rome&#8217;s did, when all budgetary and monetary tricks to fund it are exhausted.</p>
<p>Imagine!: speech written &#038; given by Ron Paul<br />
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		<title>Russia Says IMF Chief Jailed For Discovering All US Gold Is Gone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 20:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report prepared for Prime Minister Putin by the Federal Security Service (FSB) says that former International Monetary Fund (IMF) ChiefDominique Strauss-Kahn [photo with Putin top left] was charged and jailed in the US for sex crimes on May 14th after his discovery that all of the gold held in the United States Bullion Depository located at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>A new report prepared for Prime Minister Putin by the Federal Security Service (<a href="http://www.fsb.ru/">FSB</a>) says that former International Monetary Fund (<a href="http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm">IMF</a>) Chief<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Strauss-Kahn">Dominique Strauss-Kahn</a> [photo with Putin top left] was charged and jailed in the US for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Strauss-Kahn_sexual_assault_case">sex crimes</a> on May 14<sup>th</sup> after his discovery that all of the gold held in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bullion_Depository">United States Bullion Depository</a> located at Fort Knox [photo 2<sup>nd</sup> left] was <em>‘missing and/or unaccounted’ </em>for.</p>
<p>According to this FSB secret report, Strauss-Kahn had become <em>“increasingly concerned”</em> earlier this month after the United States began <em>“stalling”</em> its pledged delivery to the IMF of <a href="http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/faq/goldfaqs.htm">191.3 tons of gold</a> agreed to under the Second Amendment of the Articles of Agreement signed by the Executive Board in April 1978 that were to be sold to fund what are called Special Drawing Rights (<a href="http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/sdr.htm">SDRs</a>) as an alternative to what are called reserve currencies.</p>
<p>This FSB report further states that upon Strauss-Kahn raising his concerns with American government officials close to President Obama he was <em>‘contacted’</em>by <em>‘rogue elements’</em> within the Central Intelligence Agency (<a href="https://www.cia.gov/">CIA</a>) who provided him <em>‘firm evidence’</em> that all of the gold reported to be held by the US <em>‘was gone’.</em></p>
<p>Upon Strauss-Kahn receiving the CIA evidence, this report continues, he made immediate arrangements to leave the US for Paris, but when contacted by agents working for France’s General Directorate for External Security (<a href="http://www.defense.gouv.fr/dgse">DGSE</a>) that American authorities were seeking his capture he fled to New York City’s JFK airport following these agents directive not to take his cell-phone because US police could track his exact location.</p>
<p>Once Strauss-Kahn was safely boarded on an Air France flight to Paris, however, this FSB report says he made a <em>‘fatal mistake’ </em>by calling the hotel from a phone on the plane and asking them to forwarded the cell-phone he had been told to leave behind to his French residence, after which US agents were able to track and apprehend him.</p>
<p>Within the past fortnight, this report continues, Strauss-Kahn reached out to his close friend and top Egyptian banker Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar to retrieve from the US the evidence given to him by the CIA. Omar, however, and exactly like Strauss-Kahn before him, was <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/43221009">charged yesterday</a> by the US with a sex crime against a luxury hotel maid, a charge the FSB labels as <em>‘beyond belief’</em> due to Omar being 74-years-old and a devout Muslim.</p>
<p>In an astounding move puzzling many in Moscow, Putin after reading this secret FSB report today ordered posted to the Kremlin’s official website a defense of Strauss-Khan becoming the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392463/Vladimir-Putin-claims-Dominique-Strauss-Khan-victim-conspiracy-force-out.html?ito=feeds-newsxml">first world leader to state that the former IMF chief was a victim of a US conspiracy</a>. Putin further stated, <em><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392463/Vladimir-Putin-claims-Dominique-Strauss-Khan-victim-conspiracy-force-out.html?ito=feeds-newsxml">“It’s hard for me to evaluate the hidden political motives but I cannot believe that it looks the way it was initially introduced. It doesn’t sit right in my head.” </a></em></p>
<p>Interesting to note about all of these events is that one of the United States top Congressman, and 2012 Presidential candidate, Ron Paul [photo bottom left]has long stated his belief that the US government has lied about its gold reserves held at Fort Knox.  So concerned had Congressman Paul become about the US government and the Federal Reserve hiding the truth about American gold reserves he put forward a bill in late 2010 to <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/116341-ron-paul-plans-bill-to-audit-us-gold-reserves">force an audit of them</a>, but which was subsequently defeated by Obama regime forces.</p>
<p>When directly asked by reporters if he believed there was no gold in Fort Knox or the Federal Reserve, Congressman Paul gave the incredible reply, <em><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/116341-ron-paul-plans-bill-to-audit-us-gold-reserves">“I think it is a possibility.”</a></em></p>
<p>Also interesting to note is that barely 3 days after the arrest of Strauss-Kahn, Congressman Paul made a new call for the US to sell its gold reserves by stating, <em><a href="http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-sell-fort-knox-gold-to-battle-debt/">“Given the high price it is now, and the tremendous debt problem we now have, by all means, sell at the peak.”</a></em></p>
<p>Bizarre reports emanating from the US for years, however, suggest there is no gold to sell, and as we can read as posted in 2009 on the ViewZone.Com news site:</p>
<p><em><a href="http://viewzone2.com/fakegoldx.html">“In October of 2009 the Chinese received a shipment of gold bars. Gold is regularly exchanges between countries to pay debts and to settle the so-called balance of trade. Most gold is exchanged and stored in vaults under the supervision of a special organization based in London, the London Bullion Market Association (or LBMA). When the shipment was received, the Chinese government asked that special tests be performed to guarantee the purity and weight of the gold bars. In this test, four small holed are drilled into the gold bars and the metal is then analyzed.</a></em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://viewzone2.com/fakegoldx.html">Officials were shocked to learn that the bars were fake. They contained cores of tungsten with only a outer coating of real gold. What&#8217;s more, these gold bars, containing serial numbers for tracking, originated in the US and had been stored in Fort Knox for years. There were reportedly between 5,600 to 5,700 bars, weighing 400 oz. each, in the shipment!”</a></em><em> </em></p>
<p>To the final fate of Strauss-Kahn it is not in our knowing, but new reports coming from the United States show his determination not to go down without a fight as he has hired what is described as a <em><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392158/Dominique-Strauss-Kahn-hires-crack-team-CIA-spies-private-investigators-media-advisers-long-legal-fight-ahead.html">‘crack team’</a></em> of former CIA spies, private investigators and media advisers to defend him.</p>
<p>To the practical effects on the global economy should it be proved that the US, indeed, has been lying about its gold reserves, Russia’s Central Bank yesterday <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/russias-central-bank-unexpectedly-lifts-deposit-interest-rate/2011/05/30/AGg4ZiEH_story.html">ordered the interest rate</a> raised from 0.25 to 3.5 percent and Putin ordered the export ban on wheat and grain crops <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jGZXJfX9jN-VYHGUAidyl5w9cOcA?docId=CNG.699dc08a5f873f53071a317e008a7a5b.711">lifted by July 1<sup>st</sup></a> in a move designed to fill the Motherlands coffers with money that normally would have flowed to the US.</p>
<p>The American peoples ability to know the truth of these things, and as always, has been shouted out by their propaganda media organs leaving them in danger of not being prepared for the <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/20-questions-to-ask-anyone-foolish-enough-to-believe-the-economic-crisis-is-over">horrific economic collapse</a> of their nation now believed will much sooner than later.</p>
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		<title>US Colleges and Universities &#8211; The Biggest Scam in History!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 20:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colleges and Universities in the US have Failed! We need colleges and universities that teach truth! Education should promote sustainability&#8230; Education should teach skills that graduates can use in life&#8230; Education should promote human values&#8230; Education should be for learning what&#8217;s worth something&#8230; Education needs to focus on the long-term future&#8230; WARNING: This documentary obviously [...]]]></description>
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<p>Colleges and Universities in the US have Failed!</p>
<p>We need colleges and universities that teach truth!</p>
<p>Education should promote sustainability&#8230;</p>
<p>Education should teach skills that graduates can use in life&#8230;</p>
<p>Education should promote human values&#8230;</p>
<p>Education should be for learning what&#8217;s worth something&#8230;</p>
<p>Education needs to focus on the long-term future&#8230;</p>
<p>WARNING: This documentary obviously is a piece of propaganda packed with fallacies. Gold and Silver are certainly not the panacea for all US problems. The internet is not the way forward for education. Online colleges for everyone are the next big lie and bubble.</p>
<p>Silver, silver, silver, silver&#8230; Yes that&#8217;s not human. It&#8217;s not edible. It&#8217;s not spiritual. It&#8217;s not sustainable.. It&#8217;s just the next big scam. This time hijacked by NIA. Yes, NIA has many facts straight, but their conclusions and judgements are hijacked for their own purposes.</p>
<p>What really is the key to success is an education that provides students with long-term, sustainable, and future-oriented values, skills, and knowledge. Education that is groundbreaking, vanguard, pioneering, unique, new, and focused on life.
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		<title>Panic selling of US Dollar said now underway as debt system implodes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NaturalNews.com &#8211; To most Americans it&#8217;s unthinkable that the U.S. dollar could someday be relegated to second-class status as a currency, but what they may not realize is that the transition is already underway. Reports this week marked the dollar&#8217;s continued slide &#8211; it reached a 16-month low against the euro and slid to a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/032209_US_dollar_debt.html#ixzz1L0OQfzm3" target="_blank">NaturalNews.com</a> &#8211; To most Americans it&#8217;s unthinkable that the U.S. dollar could someday be relegated to second-class status as a currency, but what they may not realize is that the transition is already underway.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/42703813">Reports this week</a> marked the dollar&#8217;s continued slide &#8211; it reached a 16-month low against the euro and slid to a historic low <a href="http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/122860.html">against the Swiss franc</a> on Tuesday &#8211; while at the same time predicting something we&#8217;ve been telling you for years now, namely that the dollar <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/019659.html">is on its way out as the world&#8217;s reserve currency</a>.</p>
<p>Impossible, you say? Think again. Signs of the dollar&#8217;s imminent collapse are everywhere.</p>
<p>Look at the economic and investment juggernaut that is <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/023005_china_US_dollar_investors.html">China</a>. Beijing&#8217;s economy has been growing in leaps and bounds and as such used to be the largest holder of U.S. dollars, because, as the world&#8217;s reserve currency, our dollar was the most stable. But China&#8217;s place was recently <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2010-02/16/c_13177277.htm">overtaken by our more traditional Asian ally, Japan</a>, as Beijing has begun instead <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-15/china-favors-euros-over-dollars-as-bernanke-shifts-course-on-fed-stimulus.html">to divest itself of the dollar</a>.</p>
<p>The U.S. was once known as the world&#8217;s richest nation, but these days we have the dubious distinction of being the <a href="http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/11/china-is-now-americas-largest-creditor.html">largest debtor</a>in the history of the world. China, meanwhile, has become our largest creditor.</p>
<p>So, what does all that mean in real terms? Well, it means that as more countries and <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/investors.html">investors</a> flee the dollar, the faster it will begin to devalue. We&#8217;re already seeing the effects of that in higher energy<a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/prices.html">prices</a>- oil is priced in dollars, after all, and when it falls, it takes more of them to buy the <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/oil.html">oil</a>.</p>
<p>And, of course, higher oil prices mean higher gasoline prices (the average price nationwide at the beginning of this week was $3.858 a gallon); higher gas prices mean it is costing more to get products and commodities to the market, which means we pay more for them in the checkout lane. As this cycle perpetuates, inflation will skyrocket and the dollar&#8217;s value will plummet.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s one more indicator that the dollar is growing weaker &#8211; the meteoric rise in the price of <a href="http://www.goldprice.org/">gold</a> and <a href="http://silverprice.org/">silver</a>.</p>
<p>In the meantime, the sea of government red ink continues to grow, <a href="http://www.usdebtclock.org/">already at more than $14 trillion</a>. The plan in Washington to fix this vicious cycle? Simple. Print <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-quantitative-easing-2010-8">more money</a>.</p>
<p>The U.S. dollar is in trouble. The cycle is underway. The smart money says the <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/imf-bombshell-age-of-america-about-to-end-2011-04-25">age of America</a> is over.
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		<title>China May Buy $1 TRILLION of Gold: Bloomberg</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wealth Wire - Here&#8217;s why precious metals are going higher. Bloomberg talks to an analyst who says China may buy as much as $1 trillion in gold, as the dollar crumples into a pitiful heap on the floor.Bloomberg: China’s Gold Reserves China, which has just 1.6 percent of its reserves in gold, may invest more than [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.wealthwire.com/news/headlines/1090" target="_blank">Wealth Wire</a> - Here&#8217;s why precious metals are going higher. Bloomberg talks to an analyst who says China may buy as much as $1 trillion in gold, as the dollar crumples into a pitiful heap on the floor.<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-29/gold-buying-central-banks-may-signal-bullion-extending-record-price-rally.html" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a>:</p>
<p><strong>China’s Gold Reserves</strong></p>
<p>China, which has just 1.6 percent of its reserves in gold, may invest more than $1 trillion in bullion, [Michael Pento of Euro Pacific Capital] said. “China wants to be an international player, and they need to own more gold than they currently have.”</p>
<p>&#8230;“China is out to have more gold than America, and Russia is aspiring to the same,” [Robert] McEwen, [the chief executive officer of producer U.S. Gold Corp] said yesterday in an interview in New York. “When you have debt, you don’t have a lot of flexibility. China wants to show its currency has more backing than the U.S.”</p>
<p>&#8230;China, with more than $3 trillion in foreign-currency reserves, plans to set up new funds to invest in precious metals, Century Weekly reported this week. Russia purchased 8 tons of gold in the first quarter.</p>
<p>Gold and silver may pull back for a while, and bears will claim victory after a week. Then the uptrend will continue, intact. And they&#8217;ll say, &#8220;bubble! bubble bubble bubble bubble bubble!&#8221;, again.</p>
<p>And goldbugs will be laughing all the way to the vault.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s how I see it, anyway. Could be wrong, it&#8217;s <a href="http://www.wealthdaily.com/articles/the-ipad-will-fail/2294" target="_blank">happened before</a>. But I did say the same thing when gold was trading at $1140 in <a href="http://www.wealthdaily.com/articles/buy-the-gold-dips/2213" target="_blank">Why I&#8217;m Buying the Gold Dips</a> in December 2009. So I may not be completely crazy.</p>
<p><em>The bottom line is that Bernanke and crew actually want inflation. It&#8217;s easier than the alternatives: raising taxes or slashing spending. And it will help erase debts. It will also wipe out the savers and reward the borrowers — but that seems to be the path we&#8217;re on, like it or not. </em></p>
<p><em>Besides, do you really think they will allow America&#8217;s debt to be paid off with dollars worth more rather than less?</em></p>
<p><em>Of course not. Devaluing our currency and printing money are part of a strategy. A reckless and morally hazardous one, but still a strategy.</em></p>
<p><em>So that&#8217;s why I still am bullish on precious metals. I&#8217;m hoping for a nice pullback in gold and silver. It&#8217;ll be a great buying opportunity. Once everyone realizes that the Fed&#8217;s printing presses are just getting warmed up, it&#8217;ll be off to the races again.</em></p>
<p>The time will (sadly) come to sell precious metals, but I just don&#8217;t see us being that close yet. Inning 4 or 5, if this were a ballgame, maybe?</p>
<p>Lots more printing ahead. Hard to say how much inflation the public will take before it breaks.
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		<description><![CDATA[Do You believe Reuters Song &#8220;Libya has NO DEMOCRACY?&#8221; ELOQUENT FACTS OF THE SOCIALIST LIBYA: * GDP per capita &#8211; $ 14,192. * Unemployment benefit &#8211; $ 730. * Each family member subsidized by the state gets annually $ 1.000 * Salary for nurses &#8211; $ 1.000. * For every newborn is paid $ 7.000. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Do You believe Reuters Song &#8220;Libya has NO DEMOCRACY?&#8221;</p>
<p>ELOQUENT FACTS OF THE SOCIALIST LIBYA:</p>
<p>* GDP per capita &#8211; $ 14,192.<br />
* Unemployment benefit &#8211; $ 730.<br />
* Each family member subsidized by the state gets annually $ 1.000<br />
* Salary for nurses &#8211; $ 1.000.<br />
* For every newborn is paid $ 7.000.<br />
* The bride and groom receive a $ 64 thousand to purchase flats.<br />
* Major taxes and levies prohibited.<br />
* To open a personal business a one-time financial assistance of $ 20.000<br />
* Education and medicine are free.<br />
* Educ.Internships abroad &#8211; at government expense.<br />
* Stores for large families with symbolic prices for basic foodstuffs.<br />
* Part of pharmacies &#8211; with free dispensing.<br />
* Loans for buying a car and an apartment &#8211; no interest.<br />
* Real estate services are prohibited.,<br />
* Buying a car up to 50% paid by the State.<br />
* No Payment for electricity for the population.<br />
* Sales and use of alcohol is prohibited.<br />
* Petrol is cheaper than water. 1 liter of gasoline &#8211; $ 0.14.
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		<title>Ex Tunisia President&#8217;s Wife Left with 1.5 Tons of Gold: Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The French government suspects that former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family may have fled the country with 1.5 tons of gold, French daily Le Monde reported Monday. According to the French secret service, Leila Trabelsi, the wife of the ex-president, went to the Central Bank of Tunisia to fetch the gold [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>The French government suspects that former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family may have fled the country with 1.5 tons of gold, French daily Le Monde reported Monday.</p>
<p>According to the French secret service, Leila Trabelsi, the wife of the ex-president, went to the Central Bank of Tunisia to fetch the gold bars, the paper reported.</p>
<p>The governor of the bank is reported to have refused to give them to her, so Trabelsi rang her husband who first also refused to help, before giving in, according to Le Monde.</p>
<p>&#8220;It seems that the wife of Ben Ali left with some gold, 1.5 tons or 45 million euros worth,” a French politician told the paper.</p>
<p>But a central bank official denied receiving verbal or written orders for gold withdrawals, adding that the country&#8217;s gold reserves &#8220;have not moved,&#8221; Le Monde said.</p>
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		<title>US Doom: The nation is killing itself</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Watch full episode 86 of Keiser Report on Thursday. Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, look at hard assets versus high assets, Hu Jintao bonds, political witches and more bank bailouts.</p>
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		<title>MARTIAL LAW ALERT: Banking Collapse Scenarios Fall/Winter 2010</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARTIAL LAW ALERT: Banking Collapse Scenarios Fall/Winter 2010 SoCal Martial Law Alerts October 9, 2010 SoCal Martial Law Alerts (SCMLA) has been in existence for almost 2 years now and this is our 2nd MARTIAL LAW ALERT. As with our first MARTIAL LAW ALERT, we have held back our assessment of the financial collapse currently underway until [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/socalmartiallawalerts"><strong>MARTIAL LAW ALERT: Banking Collapse Scenarios Fall/Winter 2010</strong></a><br />
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October 9, 2010</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.meetup.com/socalmartiallawalerts">SoCal Martial Law Alerts (SCMLA)</a></strong> has been in existence for almost 2 years now and this is our 2nd <strong>MARTIAL LAW ALERT</strong>.</p>
<p>As with our first <strong><a href="http://www.meetup.com/socalmartiallawalerts/messages/boards/thread/9262641/0#36178046">MARTIAL LAW ALERT</a></strong>, we have held back our assessment of the financial collapse currently underway until we could gather enough information. Since our focus is martial law, we always look at current events with an eye toward assessing the conditions that would be necessary for the President and/or the military to implement martial law. And, since we try to stay at least one step ahead of the game in order to warn people, such assessments must, of necessity, be speculative in nature. Nothing stated herein is guaranteed to happen. The purpose of these alerts is to get people thinking outside the mainstream-media box so that they might be better prepared to meet <em>any</em> eventuality (and this includes being prepared: mentally, emotionally, spiritually <em>and</em> physically &#8212; and being prepared physically <em>includes</em> being prepared <em>financially</em>).</p>
<p><strong>THE SITUATION:</strong></p>
<p>As the price of <a href="http://www.infowars.com/gold-hits-record-above-1340-as-dollar-slides">gold reaches new heights (over $1300 per ounce)</a> and silver climbs to over $23 per ounce, the financial situation in America is dire, to say the least. Continuously rising rates of unemployment, increased government spending and the collapse of the real estate markets are all converging into one perfectly-directed/perfectly-designed collapse of, not only our economy, but the greater global economy as well. While major financial players such as Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan continue to have <a href="http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/10399">record profits</a>, the <a href="http://www.infowars.com/the-disappearing-middle-class-dream">middle class has disappeared</a> from the American financial landscape. Major financial leaders such as <a href="http://www.infowars.com/bernanke-tells-the-truth-the-united-states-is-on-the-brink-of-financial-disaster-2">Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke</a>, have openly admitted that our country&#8217;s financial system is in deep trouble and even Europe is having <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/04/banking-s-new-bailout.html">more banker bailouts</a>. Meanwhile, the American media constantly <a href="http://www.infowars.com/hyped-terror-threat-exposed-as-political-trick-effort-to-continue-afghan-occupation">hypes a possible terror attack</a> in America and other countries in Europe.</p>
<p>If another major terror attack such as 9/11 occurs, <a href="http://www.infowars.com/celente-national-emergency-will-trigger-bank-holiday">trends forecaster Gerald Celente</a> has stated that the event would bring the banking system to a complete halt, which would then result in a &#8220;bank holiday.&#8221; And Celente is not alone. For over a year, many others have warned of an upcoming bank holiday. With our economy already in free fall, it would not take much of a national and/or worldwide terror event to completely crash our (fiat) dollar-based system in a very short period of time. Upon the crash of the dollar, more bank holidays could be declared and oppressive emergency banking powers could go into effect (see: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Banking_Act">Emergency Banking Act of 1933</a>). These include <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/citigroup-warns-customers-it-may-refuse-to-allow-withdrawals.html">severely limiting consumer withdrawals</a> and a recall of physical gold holdings. Taking Presidential Defense Directive #51 into account (PDD-51), even a major stock-market crash could trigger this scenario. And once PDD-51 is invoked, then martial law could be fully implemented.</p>
<p>Another way the collapse of the banking system could lead to martial law is through cyber attacks.</p>
<p>This possibility has been particularly troubling to us, since, earlier this year, <a href="http://www.infowars.com/insiders-neocons-plan-simulated-cyber-attack">CNN aired a staged (i.e. fake) &#8220;cyber terror&#8221; attack</a> complete with fake news reports being fielded by Michael Chertoff and other Washington insiders. Their premise was that the American power grid had been taken down by hacker/terrorists via cyber attack. Since the airing of that fake news program, alternative news agencies such as Infowars and others have made the point that such an attack is impossible for the average hacker, because <a href="http://www.infowars.com/cybersecurity-lie-exposed-power-plants-are-not-connected-to-the-internet/">the power grid is on a completely separate network from the Internet</a>. In the meantime, threats against our power grid have been highlighted in other (suspect) ways, such as the Russians who were recently found trying to break into a <a href="http://www.infowars.com/georgia-man-convicted-on-terror-related-charges">Georgia power plant</a>.</p>
<p>While the media continues to hype the threat of cyber terror against our power grid, others have looked into the perhaps more frightening prospect of a cyber attack on our banking system, which relies heavily upon computer networks as well as the Internet. Such an attack has already occurred both in America (<a href="http://www.infowars.com/nsas-cyber-overkill">over the July 4th holiday in 2009</a>), as well as abroad (in <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/07/2009784212730781.html">South Korea</a>, <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Cyber-attacks-force-Estonian-bank-to-close-website/2007/05/16/1178995171916.html">Estonia</a><img src="http://img1.meetupstatic.com/img/clear.gif" alt="" width="0" />, <a href="http://convergence.in/blog/2007/08/31/bank-of-india-attack-arrogant-cybercrime-police-and-web-host">India</a><img src="http://img1.meetupstatic.com/img/clear.gif" alt="" width="0" />, and <a href="http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=7f3cf367-e71a-4828-b770-4bcacf1cc39f&amp;k=86382">Canada</a><img src="http://img1.meetupstatic.com/img/clear.gif" alt="" width="0" />). In fact, in February 2010, the American financial services industry actually participated in a <a href="http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=2048">cyber attack exercise</a> to test the readiness of the financial system, so there&#8217;s no way they can deny that they&#8217;ve actually considered the possibility of such an attack. If such an attack did occur, whole sections of the banking system would most likely go offline (as many believe happened to <a href="http://www.merinews.com/article/bank-of-america-website-downcyber-attack-behind-showdown/15796110.shtml">Bank of America earlier this year</a>), or, worse, massive amounts of account data could be compromised, or lost altogether.</p>
<p>The possible result?</p>
<p>Imagine being unable to access your checking account, your 401K, or, even worse, having your bank balance go to zero and, in the resulting chaos, being left with no way to prove the amount that should be in your account. After all, these days, all your sensitive banking data is stored in computer databases and, in the midst of a &#8220;cyber crisis,&#8221; many (or all) recent transactions could be lost (or the banks could claim such). In such a scenario, the only real proof of funds would be whatever cash a consumer happened to have on hand.</p>
<p>Many analysts such as Gerald Celente and Max Kaiser have been warning people about keeping their money in banks. As America&#8217;s financial situation continues to deteriorate, a false-flag cyber attack would be a clever way to disguise the inevitable and blame the collapse on something (or someone) else. Also, with the nation&#8217;s financial data compromised and/or missing altogether, it would conveniently force a &#8220;reset&#8221; of the banking system back to zero. Amidst the chaos of people trying to function with little-to-no cash while at the same time clamoring for a solution, the government could easily roll out a<a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/04/1807508/venezuela-introduces-cuba-like.html">ration-card system much like the one Venezuela</a> currently has, and/or a <a href="http://www.rogerclarke.com/DV/MyKad.html">combination identification/debit card like Malaysia&#8217;s.</a> In addition, possible <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/celente-predicts-revolution-food-riots-tax-rebellions-by-2012.html">food and/or water riots</a> could also create the perfect pretense for martial law.</p>
<p>In conclusion: A cyber attack that took out either the banking, or the power grid system would undoubtedly cause much turmoil. A cyber attack that took out both would be devastating. Either one would pave the road to martial law.</p>
<p><strong>OUR RECOMMENDATION:</strong></p>
<p>If you have money in a bank, consider getting it out. (Digital dollars are not durable, nor dependable!) Keeping enough cash as needed for survival is always wise, but consider putting all other assets into precious metals and/or necessary goods in order make the transition into the <a href="http://www.infowars.com/call-for-new-global-currencies-deal">next new currency</a> (whatever that might be). If you do not already have storable food, water and defensive weaponry, now would be a good time to acquire these items. Consider liquidating all paper assets including retirement accounts, stocks, bonds and mutual funds, since, at this point, it wouldn&#8217;t take much to send the value of all these items to zero. Begin, if you have not already, to be more self-sustaining, whether through gardening, or bartering with other like-minded individuals, etc. Now is the time to introduce yourself to your neighbors before the power (and possibly other services) go out. Know who you can trust and who you can&#8217;t.
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