Sunday Night News Dump/Browser Clean Up..

My browser has 25 windows open at the moment, which is far too many.  In no particular order..

Rick Perry: Best Little Whore in Texas  Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, October 28.  Obsolete
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By the time Perry shows up, I'm jazzed and ready for history. You always want to remember the first time you see the possible next president in person. But as every young person knows, the first time is not always a pleasant experience. Perry lumbers onstage looking exceedingly well-groomed, but also ashen and exhausted, like a funeral director with a hangover.



In a voice so subdued and halting that I think he must be sick, he launches into his speech, which consists of the following elements: a halfhearted football joke about Texas A&M that would have embarrassed a true fan like George W. Bush, worn bromides about liberals creating a nanny state, a few lines about jobs in Texas, and a promise to repeal "as much of Obamacare as I can" on his first day in the White House.


"I will try," he says, "to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can."


Then he waves and walks offstage. The whole thing has taken barely 10 minutes.


I can't believe it, and neither can the assembled crowd of Georgia conservatives, who hesitate before breaking into polite applause. I feel like a high school cheerleader who just had her leg jizzed on in the back of a convertible. That's it? It's over? That was Rick Perry's stump speech?


"Low energy, low substance," sighs Justin Ryan, one of the conference attendees. "That's sort of the candidate in general."


But this is America, remember, where one should never underestimate shallow. And Rick Perry brings shallow to a new level. He is very gifted in that regard. He could be the Adolf Hitler of shallow.

Foxes and Reptiles: Psychopathy and the Financial Meltdown  Reality Sandwich.  Excerpts:

The present financial meltdown  may only be the latest example of the incalculable harm done to civilization, and countless individual lives, by psychopaths, a subspecies of Homo sapiens.  The purpose of this essay is twofold. First, I will provide a brief tour of the psychopath subspecies so that you understand who they are and how they operate. You probably already know psychopaths, and it is overwhelmingly likely that at some point in your life a psychopath that you encounter personally will try to harm you. Second, I will draw the correlative between psychopathy and the present financial meltdown and provide a suggestion of a relatively simple change that could decrease the likelihood of the sort of abuses that could lead to future meltdowns.

Awakened: Sun’s convulsive behavior dismays scientists across the globe  The Extinction Protocol.  Excerpts:

November 13, 2011 – REMARKABLE SOLAR ACTIVITY – There haven’t been any strong solar flares in days. Nevertheless, some impressive activity is underway on the Sun.
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 A dark filament of magnetism is snaking more than halfway around the entire Sun. See SDO images below. From end to end, it stretches more than a million km or about three times the distance between Earth and the Moon. If the filament becomes unstable, as solar filaments are prone to do, it could collapse and hit the stellar surface below, triggering a Hyder flare. 

Hundreds Of Giant Aliens Unearthed Near African Village  Pakalert Press.  You'd think archaeologists would  have better cameras..

Ruh-Roh..  Goldman Sachs International Advisor Mario Monti Is Italy's New Prime Minister

But on the political fringes there are already those portraying Mr Monti – who is listed by Goldman Sachs, the investment bank, on its board of international advisers – as a tool of the “masters of the universe”, along with Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank and former Goldman Sachs executive.



“This is the band of criminals who brought us this financial disaster. It is like asking arsonists to put out the fire,” commented Alessandro Sallusti, editor of Il Giornale, a Milan daily owned by the Berlusconi family.

Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not  The South African Civil Society Information Service.  Excerpts:

What happened next was extraordinary. The belief that citizens had to pay for the mistakes of a financial monopoly, that an entire nation must be taxed to pay off private debts was shattered, transforming the relationship between citizens and their political institutions and eventually driving Iceland’s leaders to the side of their constituents. The Head of State, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, refused to ratify the law that would have made Iceland’s citizens responsible for its bankers’ debts, and accepted calls for a referendum.



Of course the international community only increased the pressure on Iceland. Great Britain and Holland threatened dire reprisals that would isolate the country. As Icelanders went to vote, foreign bankers threatened to block any aid from the IMF. The British government threatened to freeze Icelander savings and checking accounts. As Grimsson said: “We were told that if we refused the international community’s conditions, we would become the Cuba of the North. But if we had accepted, we would have become the Haiti of the North.” (How many times have I written that when Cubans see the dire state of their neighbor, Haiti, they count themselves lucky.)


In the March 2010 referendum, 93% voted against repayment of the debt. The IMF immediately froze its loan. But the revolution (though not televised in the United States), would not be intimidated. With the support of a furious citizenry, the government launched civil and penal investigations into those responsible for the financial crisis. Interpol put out an international arrest warrant for the ex-president of Kaupthing, Sigurdur Einarsson, as the other bankers implicated in the crash fled the country.

The Herman Cain Sex Scandal Is Going To Reveal If Character Still Matters To The Republican Party

Common sense(plus some gratuitous talking points) from conservative blogger Domas Jefferson.  Excerpts:

Does character still matter to the Republican Party?  We are about to find out.  Today, a woman named Sharon Bialek fundamentally altered the race for the Republican nomination in 2012.  The Herman Cain sex scandal is not going away, and either Herman Cain is lying or all of these women that are accusing Cain of sexual misconduct are lying.  Normally, I would not write about unproven sex scandal rumors.  And it is very important to note that the charges against Herman Cain have not been proven yet.
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More importantly, will Republican voters demand the truth or will they just allow this whole thing to be brushed under the rug?  Back during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Republicans insisted over and over that “character still matters” when it comes to selecting our leaders.  Well, now that a candidate that millions of Republicans have fallen in love with has been accused of sexual misconduct we will see what Republicans actually do believe about character. (C'mon now..  Republicans only care about "public character," not "actual character..")
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..Millions of Republicans have been put in a position where they will clearly be tremendous hypocrites if they continue to support Cain if these charges are proven true.



Let me be perfectly clear.


Multiple episodes of sexual harassment (if proven) should disqualify anyone from being president of the United States.


Multiple attempts to cheat on your wife (if proven) should disqualify anyone from being president of the United States.


Lying to the American people about incidents of sexual misconduct (if proven) should disqualify anyone from being president of the United States.


There are many that would disagree with those statements, but character still matters to me.


So did Herman Cain actually do these things?


Let’s take a look at the evidence that has emerged so far.


At this point we know that the National Restaurant Association paid money to two women to settle sexual harassment claims back in the 1990s.


One woman received a financial settlement of $35,000 and another received a financial settlement of $45,000.


Would the National Restaurant Association have paid out money to these women if their claims were totally baseless?


That is a legitimate question.


In addition, last week a third woman reported to the Associated Press that she also thought about filing a sexual harassment complaint against Herman Cain.


But none of those first three women have come forward publicly yet.


Bialek is the fourth woman to allege that Herman Cain is guilty of sexual misconduct, and she changed everything when she came forward publicly with her charges.  (Not to mention the fact that Bialek seems to be a Republican!)
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Hmmm…..someone is obviously not telling the truth.



So is it the four women that have charged him with sexual misconduct or is it Herman Cain?


More importantly, will the Republican Party even care?


According to a recent Gallup poll, just 53 percent of all Republicans say that they would rule out voting for a candidate if sexual harassment charges against that candidate were proven.


That is a very frightening number.


Look, if you use your power to try to force women to have sex with you, that should automatically disqualify you to be president.


Anyone that believes otherwise is not a real conservative.
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Even if Herman Cain is completely and totally innocent of these charges, there is still no way that the Republican Party should nominate him.



As I wrote about the other day, the Federal Reserve is at the very heart of our economic problems and has greatly contributed to the financial bubbles that we have seen in recent years. We need to take the power to issue our currency away from the Federal Reserve and return it to the federal government, which is what the U.S. Constitution requires.


But Herman Cain would not do that. Herman Cain was once the chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Board, and he sees no problems with the Federal Reserve at all. (To extrapolate this thought out:  Cain is NOT a "Political Outsider."  He is an entrenched part of the Financial Machine that is the main reason for our global economic crisis!)


The following is what Herman Cain once had to say about the need for an audit of the Federal Reserve….

Some people say that we ought to audit the Fed. Here’s what I do know. The Federal Reserve already has so many internal audits it’s ridiculous. I don’t know why people think we’re gonna learn this great amount of information by auditing the Federal Reserve.

I think a lot of people are calling for this audit of the Federal Reserve because they don’t know enough about it. There’s no hidden secrets going on in the Federal Reserve to my knowledge.  (Shill-tastic, no?)

The article continues on about Cain's dumbassery regarding his stupid 999 plan and not knowing China has nukes(He really is that fucking stupid--over the top dumb--like, Palin dumb!  I'd like to know how he ended up with the KC Fed gig, although with like minded staffing throughout the Fed, that would explain how we ended up in our current economic cluster fuck..)
Not a bad article, yet the author fails to mention the real reason Herman Cain shouldn't and won't ever be President:  He's already broken(Allegedly..) campaign finance laws, and this whole sexual shenanigans bullshit obscures the major problems he has yet, but will surely, have to face, sooner, rather than later..

Pay no attention to his defiant bluster:  Herman Cain is in serious trouble, and only collective pressure from a majority of Republicans will push him from the race.  Me?  I'd looooove for him to still be a distracting, destructive force all the way to the Republican convention.  But that's just me:  I love to laugh, and next to Perry, Cain's the biggest clown around.  Bless you PizzaFed;  Thanks for all the good times to come..

Suck It, Kasich.

Ohio election results: Voters repeal John Kasich’s collective bargaining law  The State Column.  Excerpts:

Ohio voters have repealed Governor John Kasich’s collective bargaining law, the latest blow to supporters of the measure.



With 19 percent of the precincts reporting, The Associated Press has declared Issue 2 — the ballot referendum to decide the future of Senate Bill 5 — rejected with 63 percent voting no and just 37 percent voting yes. (Final: 61 percent no, 39 percent yes)

Mr. (Governor) Kasich, a prominent Republican who had championed the law as a tool for cities to cut costs (Not really--It's really about Union busting..), spent much of the 2011 election campaigning on behalf of the measure. The vote likely reignites the debate over limiting collective bargaining rights for public-sector labor unions in Ohio, where supporters of repealing the law have sought to build support in recent months.

Next up:  Kasich's own Recall challenge.  It won't be a traditional Recall, rather action taken from a Citizen's initiative process.  Governor Kasich;  You got your ass spanked in a fight you shouldn't have picked.  How 'bout that?  The worm turned all right, just not the way you expected.  Enjoy your new found status!

Laws of physics 'are different' depending on where you are in the universe

The more we learn, the less we "know."  Evidently, it's all relative!  From the Daily Mail.  Excerpts:

The laws of physics may not be as set in stone as previously imagined.


One of the laws of nature seems to vary depending on where in the universe you are, research suggests.
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The 'constancy' of physics is one of the most cherished principles in science - but the scientists say that the 'laws' we know may be the galactic equivalent of 'local by-laws' and things may work quite differently elsewhere.



The discovery - if true - violates one of the underlying principles of Einstein's theory of General Relativity, and has profound implications for our understanding of space and time.


The findings could mean that the universe is far bigger than we thought - possibly even infinite.

It also means that in other parts of the universe, the laws of physics might be hostile to life - whereas in our small part of it, they seem fine-tuned to supporting it.
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The researchers looked at 300 distant galaxies. The experiment found that the atoms in space behaved differently from ones on earth.



'The results astonished us,' said Professor Webb. 'In one direction - from our location in the Universe - alpha gets gradually weaker, yet in the opposite direction it gets gradually stronger.'


'The discovery, if confirmed, has profound implications for our understanding of space and time and violates one of the fundamental principles underlying Einstein's General Relativity theory,' Dr King added.

This is Big News.  It is now apparent that our entire institutional cosmological perspective is much, much narrower than previously thought.  Astonishingly so.  By making this great leap forward, we must also understand that, as much as we think we know, we don't know shit.  It is imperative that as many people possible globally keep their minds open, as wide as they can, beginning now.  Everything everywhere is changing, rapidly, Science and Spirit included.  Adapt, and prepare for a vast expansion of your, and our, consciousness.

Fukushima Update: Long Overdue November Edition..

Short answer?  The slow motion nightmare continues to unfold.  Have you noticed an uptick of "allergies," "colds," "I feel like shit!," "I don't know what this is, but I just don't feel right" creeping up in your everyday conversations?  I have.  If you haven't been paying attention; start.  The minor precursor effects have already started..

TEPCO: Reactor may have gone critical  NHK.  Excerpts:

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it found in the facility's No.2 reactor radioactive substances that could have resulted from continuous nuclear fission.



The Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, said on Wednesday that it detected xenon-133 and xenon-135 in gas taken from the reactor's containment vessel on the previous day. The substances were reportedly in concentrations of 6 to more than 10 parts per million becquerels per cubic centimeter.


Xenon-135 was also detected in gas samples collected on Wednesday.


Radioactive xenon is produced during nuclear fission.


The half-life of xenon-133 is 5 days, and that of xenon-135 is 9 hours.
 
Children and the elderly will begin to show effects first..
Smaller increase in children's weight in Fukushima  NHK.  Excerpts:
 
A survey shows that some children in Fukushima Prefecture have smaller average weight gains this year compared to the year before. A pediatrician says the results indicate the negative effects of the nuclear plant accident in March.



Doctor Shintaro Kikuchi tracked the weights of 245 children aged from 4 to 6 in 2 kindergartens in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture. The results show an average weight increase of 0.81 kilograms over the past year through June. The increase for children in the same age group the previous year was 3.1 kilograms.


The average increase for children aged 5 to 6 in the survey was 0.84 kilograms. But a nationwide health ministry survey conducted last year for children of the same age group showed an average gain of 1.8 kilograms.

Shilling has its price..  From Ex-SKF.  Excerpts:

No, not in a young child in a high radiation spot that is often talked about on Twitter. A 63-year-old TV newscaster has been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia and is now hospitalized, getting ready for chemo. He felt a strange lump in his neck on October 28, he says. (Various news sources including: Zakzak 11/7/2011, Yomiuri Shinbun 11/6/2011)



In his morning program on Fuji TV he's been promoting Fukushima produce by eating them in the show. He also happened to be in Fukushima in March 15. Just a coincidence. Never mind that ALL is predominant in small children, and an adult case is one in 100,000 annually in Japan.

JP Gov officially admitted that Japanese food is harmful  Fukushima Diary.  Excerpts plus bonus follow up information regarding the previous newscaster in question.  Bonus bonus:  Now chilling photos of newscaster eating irradiated food.  I bet the other news gals are a bit freaked out right now..

Since 311, every time it turned out a kind of food is contaminated, they made “safety” limit, such as 500 Bq/Kg for vegetables, and allowed them to distribute.



However, at today’s meeting of the Lower House Budget Committee, Edano former chief cabinet secretary, current minister of Economy, Trade and Industry admitted that it is harmful for your health if you keep having it for one year.


Edano former chief cabinet secretary is famous for his trade mark phrase, “In short term,it is not harmful”.


He was even called “Short term fraud” by some people.


It is not a small number of people who trusted his word and didn’t evacuate or kept eating food under the “safety limit”. (In other words, LOTS of people trusted him.)


At today’s meeting of the Lower House Budget Committee, he “explained”.


He held 39 press conferences in the first 2 weeks after 311.


BUT he said “In short term, it is not harmful” ONLY 7 times.


OF those, 5 “In short term, it is not harmful”s were for food and drink.


By this he “meant”, you will be sick if you keep having it for one year, but if you have it once or twice, it doesn’t hurt your body.

Japanese emperor to be admitted to the hospital on bronchitis fears  Radiation cares not of your position in life..  The China Post.  Excerpts:

Japanese Emperor Akihito is due to be hospitalized on Sunday with a cold, fever and symptoms of bronchitis, Kyodo news agency reported, citing the Imperial Household Agency.

Akihito, who will turn 78 next month, will be admitted to the University of Tokyo Hospital as a precaution because the fever worsened the bronchitis symptoms and he appeared fatigued and has lost some resistance to fight his illness, Kyodo said.
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Five days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan's northeast, Akihito made a rare public televised address and in April traveled to the disaster-struck area with Empress Michiko, 77.
 
Still think this is a Japanese problem?  California nuke plant detected 4,000% more iodine-131 than UC Berkeley during Fukushima peak
 
Highest detection of iodine-131 was March 23, 2011 @ 4.3e-06 Bq/liter (0.0000043 Bq/liter of iodine-131) -Source



The Diablo Canyon iodine-131 peak was 0.000188 Bq/liter of iodine-131, or 43.7 times higher than the 0.0000043 Bq/liter peak observed by UC Berkeley.

This was MARCH 23.  November 11 marks Eight Months of essentially non-stop nuclear disbursement.  I wonder what those levels are now?

Look after yourself  Fukushima Diary.  Short answer?  Start taking Calcium and Magnesium.  Especially Calcium.

Scientist Marco Kaltofen Presents Data Confirming Hot Particles  Latest video from Arnie Gundersen and Fairewinds.  Don't have six minutes?  Here's the beef:

Now Mr. Kaltofen did not just look at Japan. He set up monitoring stations in the United States as well. Two of the three monitoring stations in the United States did show hot particles in the air in April. Since then, there have not been any hot particles. But in April, it is clear that, at the worst of the accident, hot particles were wafted across the Pacific and deposited in Seattle and in Boston at least. There is also data that indicates contamination on the ground in the Cascades, which are a mountain range right up against the Pacific Ocean.



So I think we have two problems here. In Japan, there is a personal health issue and what that means is that individuals have received enough radiation that there is going to be a statistically meaningful increase in cancers in Tokyo and especially in Fukushima Prefecture.

In the United States, it is a different story. It is a public health issue and not a personal health issue. What that means is that we will never know who is the individual who got cancer from Fukushima. But we can be sure that the radiation did reach here and that there will be an increase in cancers, especially on the West Coast where the Rocky Mountains stopped most of the radiation and deposited it on the ground.

The costly fallout of tatemae and Japan's culture of deceit  Japan Times.  Excerpts:

There is an axiom in Japanese: uso mo hōben — "lying is also a means to an end." It sums up the general attitude in Japan of tolerance of — even justification for — not telling the truth.

First — defining "telling the truth" as divulging the truth (not a lie), the whole truth (full disclosure) and nothing but the truth (uncompounded with lies) — consider how lies are deployed in everyday personal interactions.



Let's start with good old tatemae (charitably translated as "pretense"). By basically saying something you think the listener wants to hear, tatemae is, essentially, lying. That becomes clearer when the term is contrasted with its antonym, honne, one's "true feelings and intentions."
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Now extrapolate. What becomes of a society that sees lying as a justifiably institutionalized practice? Things break down. If everyone is expected to lie, who or what can you trust?
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..Radiation has no media cycle. It lingers and poisons the land and food chain. Statistics may be obfuscated or suppressed as usual. But radiation's half-life is longer than the typical attention span or sustainable degree of public outrage.



As the public — possibly worldwide — sickens over time, the truth will leak out.

Our near-term and long-term future?  Bleak.

Music: Fall Favorites, 2011

For best results, please use headphones.

Foreclosure firm has Halloween party dressed as depressed homeowners

From Raw Story.  Wow..  Excerpts:

Based on their Halloween costumes from last year, it would not be surprising if employees from foreclosure firm giant Steven J. Baum dressed up this year as homeowners who’ve lost their property thanks to firms like them.
In a column from The New York Times Joe Nocera, a former employee of the Baum firm revealed that his former co-workers did indeed dress as downtrodden individuals with signs representing their depressed state. The ex-Baum employee, who Nocera kept anonymous, told the Times reporter that she wanted to show how the firm had a “cavalier attitude” towards foreclosing people’s homes.
And:
The Baum firm represents virtually all the prominent mortgage lending Wall Street giants, including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
 
I'm sure these..  minions(especially the millionaires..)..  have no idea how big this Artery of Rage they've tapped into really is..  People have lost everything at the hands of a gamed system and it's all a big fucking joke.  I think these people will be shocked, SHOCKED at the response to such actions.  I think everyone will be shocked at the Whatever Happens Next, whatever that is..  Those most shocked will probably be those who think they're One-percenters, but are not.  When the economies of the world collapse, their power will evaporate.  It will be very rough for them.  It will be rough for most all of us, but those most comfortable will lose the most things. 


Deep breath..
 
This is the first time in my life that I've felt like every global scenario possible is overwhelmingly negative to catastrophic, and the only way out, is through.  Our species has entered Dark Times(not just financially-- but in all facets of our..  Reality/Matrix..), the outcome is still uncertain, and the time will certainly become darker for many different people from many, many different worlds..  And you thought you lived in interesting times before 2011! The real test is about to begin, for all of us..
 
The shit's on the rise and it's all in overdrive, man.  If you haven't noticed already, Inertia has taken over.  I feel it to my being that the die has been cast, and now what's left is to watch it unfold..  And so far, The Unfolding has been intense.  Again, this is our history, happening all around us, happening now, happening everywhere.  What has already happened, will happen, and what will happen, has already.
 
I am attempting to bring much more love into my life.  I suggest you do so, too..  Good luck.  Enjoy your time.

This Week In Shakey Shakey..

Geologists closely monitoring surge in Arkansas earthquakes.  The Extinction Protocol.  Excerpts:

The Arkansas Geological Survey says it is stepping up its monitoring of seismic activity in central Arkansas after dozens of small earthquakes in the region. Six minor quakes were recorded Friday near Quitman, the latest of more than 50 temblors in October.

Perspective on these earthquakes have not been framed correctly, as fracking was seen as the only cause of these tremors.  Fracking exacerbated the quakes, but were not primary cause.  This is becoming clear..

The shaking follows more than 1,000 earthquakes centered between Guy and Greenbrier from September 2010 to July of this year, when the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission ordered four gas disposal wells shut down and voted to create a large moratorium area in which no future disposal wells could be drilled. Geologists said the activity – which involves injecting pressurized liquid into the ground – was likely contributing to the shaking. The quakes between Guy and Greenbrier tailed off significantly in August, but more quakes began occurring in October closer to Quitman. It sits about 10 miles northeast of Guy. That distance is potentially concerning, warned Scott Ausbrooks, geo-hazards supervisor for the Arkansas Geological Survey. The Quitman quakes are occurring along the same line as the Guy-Greenbrier ones, but there’s a miles-long gap between Guy and Quitman in which no quakes have been recorded. That might suggest that the tension is building, possibly leading up to a larger quake centered on that gap along the fault.  A similar-sized gap occurred on the southern end of the Guy-Greenbrier fault and it in February unleashed a 4.7-magnitude quake, the largest of any of the recent tremors. Anytime there is a gap in seismicity along an active fault, it “bears watching,” Ausbrooks said.
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Earthquakes continued for years after drilling ended at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado, where an injection well is thought to have initially triggered seismic activity. 

So, the cause remains open; possibly.  Meanwhile, in Oklahoma..

Seismic awakening? Earthquakes are increasing in Oklahoma and no one knows why..  Also from The Extinction Protocol (Great site, btw..)  Excerpts:

Two small earthquakes(3.5 and 3.3) were reported in Oklahoma County early Friday, authorities report.
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Oklahoma is home to the Meers Fault which is located in the southwestern part of the state. State geologists feel Meers is just one part of Oklahoma’s complex geology that makes the state capable of producing an earthquake up to a potential 6.5 magnitude however, that doesn’t account for the latest series of tremors breaking out near Oklahoma City.

6.9 Magnitude Earthquake near the Coast of Central Peru – Oct 28, 2011    The Truth Behind The Scenes.  Excerpts(Plus video, plus a list of 21 6 magnitude plus earthquakes in the last 45 days..):

 A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit near the coast of Central Peru.
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On the same day, 7 aftershocks were recorded from M4.7 to M.5.5. and today, October 29 again 4 aftershocks from M.4.7 to M4.9. 

Earthquake in Turkey and neighboring Armenia damage to the primary  Google Translate via Iran Japanese Radio.  Translated from Japanese, and not well.  In a nutshell:  Big earthquake damages shitty, unsafe nuclear plant.  How badly?  Or..  Not badly? (Magnitude 10?  No containment structures? Sure, dude..) No one knows, yet..

March 9-October 28, 2011: Dawn of the (Ninth) Unity Wave Consciousness

Calleman's calendar ends today.  Not that it hasn't been an insanely active year..  So, now what?  Where do we go from here?

TVs, fridges and fishing boats: How TWENTY MILLION tons of Japan tsunami debris is closing in on Hawaii

From the Daily Mail.  Excerpts:

Televisions, fridges and furniture pieces are heading for Hawaii, as a huge amount of debris from Japan’s earthquake sails across the Pacific.



Up to 20 million tons of debris from the earthquake in March is traveling faster than expected and could reach the U.S. West Coast in three years.


A Russian ship’s crew spotted the debris - which included a 20ft long fishing boat - last month after passing the Midway Islands.

This is also the path that all the radioactive waste water TEPCO has been releasing into the ocean will travel.  So we've got that to look forward to, which is nice..  But by then, I'm sure it won't matter..

Thailand Flooding..

Bangkok faces worst flooding yet, governor warns  CNN.  Excerpts:

The water has reached 30cm (12 inches) in places and is overflowing on to sidewalks and some roads, causing problems for small vehicles and leading to traffic congestion, the agency said.
In a televised address Tuesday night, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the capital could be submerged by as much as 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) of water.


Of particular concern were areas along the Chao Phraya River, which winds through the capital and is expected to overwhelm embankments this weekend.


The Airports of Thailand declared Don Muang airport, which primarily services domestic flights, closed Tuesday night, after floodwaters flowed onto runways and affected the lighting.

Viet Nam: Rising tide- Severe flooding in Saigon/Tides seriously threaten several Mekong Delta provinces  The article translates poorly.  Check out the pictures.

The Thai government is predicting as much as six more weeks of flooding before the water begins to subside.  There will be lots of secondary effects from the prolonged flooding, like more than normal water borne infections and illnesses, worse than normal mold, and prolonged economic slowdowns to shutdowns.  Bangkok's population is close to 11 million with close to three million illegals.  The projected five feet of water covering a vast amount of the city will be disastrous.  Will this story rate anything more than a fifteen second mention on any of the cable news outlets?

Whoopsie!

Occupy Wall Street: Canadian Special Forces provocateur leaves wallet behind  Censored News.  Excerpts:

Canadian Special Forces Agent Dylan Spoelstra, 24, of Toronto, left his wallet behind exposing his identity, after he was arrested at Occupy Wall Street scaling a sculpture on Saturday morning. The police said that after his arrest, he was brought to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation after surrendering just after 9 a.m.



Occupy Wall Street media coordinator Thorin Caristo said when Spoelstra began climbing the reddish-colored Joie de Vivre sculpture in Zuccotti Park, on Saturday at 5:30 am, Caristo said he knew it was staged.

Caristo recalled the event, first saying to himself, “I can’t believe he’s climbing the sculpture."

Police arrived and began inflating airbags. Earlier, families had gathered on Friday at Occupy Wall Street with their children to camp, so it was a special time. However, police cleared them all out during Spoelstra's stunt.
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Then, on Saturday night, Occupy Wall Street security found Spoelstra's wallet, revealing that Spoelstra is a member of Canadian Special Forces.
 
Remember:  From now on out, the really disruptive ones at all peaceful protests will be regarded with suspicion.  I will be totally shocked if this story has legs.  But, mass exposure or not, lots of people seem to have figured this ruse out.  I really hope this movement continues to remain (relatively) peaceful, but the global signs seem to predict otherwise..  How long the peace remains will probably be determined by the public's response to even more provocatuers, staging ever larger provocations..
 
2011.  So far, so intense.

Bot Hit - Mystery Solved

Late in his most recent report, Clif High mentions a very important time marker (towards further social/societal disruption,  etc..) with the entrance of a particular person into the National Landscape.  The hints were enigmatic, and will have to be read for yourselves, but I have very little doubt now:  That person is Herman Cain.

Politics aside, if the Webbots are correct, this is bad news.  Maybe what you are feeling, then, is a Disturbance in The Force.. 

Stuxnet-based cyber espionage virus targets European firms

This time it's called Duqu.  Why not Dookie?  When the cyber war really heats up, that's what'll be dropping worldwide..   The Telegraph has details..

European firms that play a key role in nuclear power and other critical industries have been targeted by a cyber espionage attack based on Stuxnet, the computer virus that was designed to sabotage the Iranian nuclear programme.

Security engineers say it is likely the new variant, Duqu, was created by the same government agencies thought to be behind Stuxnet, an attack that heralded a new era of state conflict online.

But while Stuxnet was created to cause physical damage to Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities by surreptitiously adjusting machinery, Duqu is an intelligence-gathering tool.

The new virus’ precise targets have not been disclosed, but they include European firms that make the software that controls power stations and other industrial facilities. By infiltrating their computer networks, it aims to steal confidential information and potentially reveal vulnerabilities that could be exploited in later attacks.
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Analysis of Duqu has revealed it may have been in use since December last year. It is programmed to remove itself from infected systems after 36 days, so nobody can be sure how many firms have been targeted or how much confidential data stolen.

Same people responsible, not the same people..  It doesn't matter.  Eventually, the Law of Unintended Consequences will come into play..  Cyber-Boomerang doesn't have the elegance I'm looking for, so I will, instead, allow Lenny Kravitz to interject..

Global Economic Collapse: Validation and Better Perception Edition

Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world  New Scientist.  Excerpts:

AS PROTESTS against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy.

The study's assumptions have attracted some criticism, but complex systems analysts contacted by New Scientist say it is a unique effort to untangle control in the global economy. Pushing the analysis further, they say, could help to identify ways of making global capitalism more stable.



The idea that a few bankers control a large chunk of the global economy might not seem like news to New York's Occupy Wall Street movement and protesters elsewhere. But the study, by a trio of complex systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, is the first to go beyond ideology to empirically identify such a network of power. It combines the mathematics long used to model natural systems with comprehensive corporate data to map ownership among the world's transnational corporations (TNCs).


"Reality is so complex, we must move away from dogma, whether it's conspiracy theories or free-market," says James Glattfelder. "Our analysis is reality-based."


Previous studies have found that a few TNCs own large chunks of the world's economy, but they included only a limited number of companies and omitted indirect ownerships, so could not say how this affected the global economy - whether it made it more or less stable, for instance.


The Zurich team can. From Orbis 2007, a database listing 37 million companies and investors worldwide, they pulled out all 43,060 TNCs and the share ownerships linking them. Then they constructed a model of which companies controlled others through shareholding networks, coupled with each company's operating revenues, to map the structure of economic power.


The work, to be published in PloS One, revealed a core of 1318 companies with interlocking ownerships (see image). Each of the 1318 had ties to two or more other companies, and on average they were connected to 20. What's more, although they represented 20 per cent of global operating revenues, the 1318 appeared to collectively own through their shares the majority of the world's large blue chip and manufacturing firms - the "real" economy - representing a further 60 per cent of global revenues.


When the team further untangled the web of ownership, it found much of it tracked back to a "super-entity" of 147 even more tightly knit companies - all of their ownership was held by other members of the super-entity - that controlled 40 per cent of the total wealth in the network. "In effect, less than 1 per cent of the companies were able to control 40 per cent of the entire network," says Glattfelder. Most were financial institutions. The top 20 included Barclays Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and The Goldman Sachs Group.

Marketwatch warns EU banks will crash Wall Street  The Extinction Protocol.  Excerpts:

..the raging European monetary collapse will ripple through America’s banking system, completing the 2008 meltdown that never ended because Wall Street fought all reforms. But now, a bigger meltdown as history repeats a dangerous cycle like the 1929 Crash and Great Depression. History will also deal a fatal blow to Wall Street.
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Weiss’s worst-case scenario highlights everything we’ve both been warning investors about for a long time. The 2008 meltdown never ended, lessons never learned. But now the end game is accelerating. Listen closely: Weiss final warning to all investors: “Get all or most of your money out of danger immediately … above all, stay safe!” Prepare for the coming bank collapse. And discover how this historic scenario will empower the Occupiers message to get money out of elections: “One citizen. One dollar. One vote.”

This crisis continues to gather strength and speed at a truly astonishing pace.  Critical Mass hasn't occurred, but simple observation assumes that status could change at any moment, or for a few more days, weeks, maybe months.  In what form will the Global Economic Body Blow take?

The Big Picture becomes a bit more clear, and a lot more fearsome.  It's coming..