John Steiner: From Sanity Central on NSA and the Surveillance State

“The potential of the surveillance  state goes way beyond anything in George Orwell’s 1984, (said Guardian Editor) Alan Rusbridger . ‘Orwell could never have imagined this concept of scooping up everything all the time’. The NSA stories were ‘clearly’ not about totalitarianism, but an infrastructure had been created that could be dangerous if it fell …

Sterling Seagrave: Benjamin Fulford Comments on Trillions of dollars’ worth of bonds now in the possession of the White Dragon Society

Thanks Jill for passing this over…..I will comment throughout.  This is exactly where I got my feet wet and where the real power of the world resides and that is with the true owners of these instruments.  All governments are loaned these and of course there is a history on that alone. benjamin July 2, …

Berto Jongman: Excerpt from American Coup – Chemical Weapons and the Homeland Defense Pork Scam

Against the unthinkable: The government’s secret chemical weapons defense What would happen if a chemical weapons attack happened here? The government has been making secret plans for years Excerpted from American Coup Existing disaster plans may include provisions for mass fatalities but should be reviewed and tested regularly to determine if these plans are appropriate for …

Penguin: NSA = Zionists Ubber Alles

NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans’ data with Israel • Secret deal places no legal limits on use of data by Israelis • Only official US government communications protected • Agency insists it complies with rules governing privacy • Read the NSA and Israel’s ‘memorandum of understanding’ Complete story (Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian) below the …

Marcus Aurelius: Media Common Sense on Defense — Still Lacking on Substance

Following is stunning, coming as it does from the left-wing newspaper we called “Pravda on the Potomac” during the Cold War.) Two op-eds from mainstream media follow; both discuss need for Legislative and Executive Branches of the USG to get their [sierra] together and serve the national interest. Washington Post, August 4, 2013, Pg. 18 …

Marcus Aurelius: Hagel Choosing Bad Platforms Over Good People

Looks as if SECDEF has identified the alternatives — humans or hardware– and has picked hardware. Hagel: Pentagon Must Choose Between People or Platforms WASHINGTON — The Pentagon might have to cancel many modernization programs over a decade-long period should mandatory federal spending caps remain in place over the next decade, US Defense Secretary Chuck …

Marcus Aurelius: Nation Needs Leadership, Not Gimmicks

  From a relatively local yokel paper, among the best issue summaries I’ve seen.  From my foxhole in the Pentagon, things are bad now and appear to be getting worse fast. Fayetteville (NC) Observer July 19, 2013 Nation Needs Leadership, Not Gimmicks At Fort Bragg, a name almost synonymous with “readiness,” Congress is idly flirting with …