Ralph Nader: Reining in Obama and His Drones

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33188.htm

It appears from recent statements on The Daily Show that President Obama does not share the certitude boldly displayed by Mr. Brennan. On October 18, President Obama told John Stewart, and his audience, that “one of the things we’ve got to do is put a legal architecture in place, and we need Congressional help in order to do that, to make sure that not only am I reined in but any president is reined in terms of some of the decisions that we’re making.”

So in the absence of “a legal architecture” of accountability, do presidents knock off whomever they want to target (along with bystanders or family members), whether or not the targeted person is actually plotting an attack against the United States? It seems that way, in spite of what is already in place legally, called the Constitution, separation of powers and due process of law. What more legal architecture does Mr. Obama need?

Blanking Bradley Manning: NYT and AP Launch Operation Amnesia

http://chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/2301-blanking-bradley-manning-nyt-and-ap-launch-operation-amnesia.html

On Thursday, Bradley Manning, one of the foremost prisoners of conscience in the world today, testified in open court -- the first time his voice has been heard since he was arrested, confined and subjected to psychological torture by the U.S. government.

An event of some newsworthiness, you might think. Manning has admitted leaking documents that detailed American war crimes in the invasion and occupation of Iraq. He has been held incommunicado for more than 900 days by the Obama administration. Reports of his treatment at the hands of his captors have sparked outrage, protests and concern around the world. He was now going to speak openly in a pre-trial hearing on a motion to dismiss his case because of that treatment. Surely such a moment of high courtroom drama would draw heavy media coverage, if only for its sensationalistic aspects.

But if you relied on the nation's pre-eminent journal of news reportage, the New York Times, you could have easily missed notice of the event altogether, much less learned any details of what transpired in the courtroom. The Times sent no reporter to the hearing, but contented itself with a brief bit of wire copy from AP, tucked away on Page 3, to note the occasion.

That story -- itself considered of such little importance by AP that it didn't even by-line the piece (perhaps the agency didn't send a reporter either, but simply picked up snippets from other sources) -- reduced the entire motion, and the long, intricate, systematic government attack on Manning's psyche, to a matter of petty petulance on Manning's part, a whiner's attempt to weasel out of what's coming to him. This is AP's sole summary of the motion and its context:

Private Manning is trying to avoid trial in the WikiLeaks case. He argues that he was punished enough when he was locked up alone in a small cell for nearly nine months at the brig in Quantico and had to sleep naked for several nights.

It is clear what the unnamed writer wants the reader to take away from his passage. We are supposed to think: "That's it? That's all he's got? That they gave him a private room and made him sleep in the buff for a few nights? Is that supposed to be torture?"

Nothing But Counterfeit Political Rhetoric And Hauser's Law

http://truthingold.blogspot.com/2012/11/nothing-but-counterfeit-political.html

All Of This Whining About The Fiscal Cliff Is Pathetic

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/all-of-this-whining-about-the-fiscal-cliff-is-pathetic

There's No Escaping Hauser's Law

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703514904575602943209741952.html?KEYWORDS=hauser

Higher taxes discourage the "animal spirits" of entrepreneurship. When tax rates are raised, taxpayers are encouraged to shift, hide and underreport income. Taxpayers divert their effort from pro-growth productive investments to seeking tax shelters, tax havens and tax exempt investments. This behavior tends to dampen economic growth and job creation. Lower taxes increase the incentives to work, produce, save and invest, thereby encouraging capital formation and jobs. Taxpayers have less incentive to shelter and shift income.

US Power Grid Vulnerable To Just About Everything

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-30/guest-post-us-power-grid-vulnerable-just-about-everything

The National Academy of Sciences on 14 November warned that a terrorist attack on the US power grid could wreak more damage than Hurricane Sandy. It could cause massive blackouts for weeks or months at a time. But this would only be the beginning, the Academy warns, spelling out an “end of days” scenario in which blackouts lead to widespread fear, panic and instability.

Parting Company

By Walter E. Williams

11/28/2012

For decades, it has been obvious that there are irreconcilable differences between Americans who want to control the lives of others and those who wish to be left alone. Which is the more peaceful solution: Americans using the brute force of government to beat liberty-minded people into submission or simply parting company? In a marriage, where vows are ignored and broken, divorce is the most peaceful solution. Similarly, our constitutional and human rights have been increasingly violated by a government instituted to protect them. Americans who support constitutional abrogation have no intention of mending their ways. 

Since Barack Obama's re-election, hundreds of thousands of petitions for secession have reached the White House. Some people have argued that secession is unconstitutional, but there's absolutely nothing in the Constitution that prohibits it. What stops secession is the prospect of brute force by a mighty federal government, as witnessed by the costly War of 1861. Let's look at the secession issue. 
At the 1787 constitutional convention, a proposal was made to allow the federal government to suppress a seceding state. James Madison, the acknowledged father of our Constitution, rejected it, saying: "A Union of the States containing such an ingredient seemed to provide for its own destruction. The use of force against a State would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound." 
On March 2, 1861, after seven states had seceded and two days before Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, Sen. James R. Doolittle of Wisconsin proposed a constitutional amendment that said, "No State or any part thereof, heretofore admitted or hereafter admitted into the Union, shall have the power to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the United States." 
Several months earlier, Reps. Daniel E. Sickles of New York, Thomas B. Florence of Pennsylvania and Otis S. Ferry of Connecticut proposed a constitutional amendment to prohibit secession. Here's my no-brainer question: Would there have been any point to offering these amendments if secession were already unconstitutional? 
On the eve of the War of 1861, even unionist politicians saw secession as a right of states. Rep. Jacob M. Kunkel of Maryland said, "Any attempt to preserve the Union between the States of this Confederacy by force would be impractical, and destructive of republican liberty." 
The Northern Democratic and Republican parties favored allowing the South to secede in peace. Just about every major Northern newspaper editorialized in favor of the South's right to secede. New York Tribune (Feb. 5, 1860): "If tyranny and despotism justified the Revolution of 1776, then we do not see why it would not justify the secession of Five Millions of Southrons from the Federal Union in 1861." Detroit Free Press (Feb. 19, 1861): "An attempt to subjugate the seceded States, even if successful, could produce nothing but evil -- evil unmitigated in character and appalling in content." The New York Times (March 21, 1861): "There is growing sentiment throughout the North in favor of letting the Gulf States go." 
There's more evidence seen at the time our Constitution was ratified. The ratification documents of Virginia, New York and Rhode Island explicitly said that they held the right to resume powers delegated, should the federal government become abusive of those powers. The Constitution would have never been ratified if states thought that they could not maintain their sovereignty. 
The War of 1861 settled the issue of secession through brute force that cost 600,000 American lives. Americans celebrate Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, but H.L. Mencken correctly evaluated the speech, "It is poetry, not logic; beauty, not sense." Lincoln said that the soldiers sacrificed their lives "to the cause of self-determination -- that government of the people, by the people, for the people should not perish from the earth." Mencken says: "It is difficult to imagine anything more untrue. The Union soldiers in the battle actually fought against self-determination; it was the Confederates who fought for the right of people to govern themselves." 
Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. To find out more about Walter E. Williams and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM

Walter E. Williams

Dr. Williams serves on the faculty of George Mason University as John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and is the author of 'Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?' and 'Up from the Projects: An Autobiography.' 

The Humiliation of Bradley Manning

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33174.htm

It is a bitter irony that Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, whose conscience compelled him to leak evidence about the U.S. military brass ignoring evidence of torture in Iraq, was himself the victim of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment while other military officers privately took note but did nothing.

Next generation of airport scanners will scan every single molecule in your body

http://www.naturalnews.com/038135_airport_scanners_TSA_privacy_invasion.html

New airport scanners used by the Transportation Security Administration are already too revealing, and potentially very dangerous to your health. But they're going to seem tame by comparison once the next generation of scanners arrives - and they are on their way.

The U.S. government is developing what are called Picosecond Programmable Laser scanners, through the Department of Homeland Security - machines that will be capable of scanning every single molecule in your body.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/038135_airport_scanners_TSA_privacy_invasion.html#ixzz2DdBgCbKM

OUTRAGE OVER MORSI BUT NOT OVER OUR DICTATOR

http://fff.org/2012/11/27/outrage-over-morsi-but-not-over-our-dictator/

Paul Craig Roberts: The Osama bin Laden Myth

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33163.htm

...if bin Laden had outwitted not only the National Security Agency, the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the FBI, but also all 16 US intelligence agencies, all intelligence agencies of Washington’s NATO puppet states, Israel’s Mossad, and in addition the National Security Council, NORAD, US air traffic control, and airport security four times on the same morning, it would be the greatest feat in world history, a movement building feat that would have made al Qaeda the most successful anti-imperialist organization in human history, an extraordinary victory over “the great satan” that would have brought millions of new recruits into al Qaeda’s ranks. Yet the alleged “mastermind” denied all responsibility.

Hungry For The Holidays: 20 Facts About Hunger In America That Will Blow Your Mind

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33161.htm

All over America there are millions of people that will be missing meals and going hungry this holiday season.  Even as much of the country indulges in the yearly ritual of unbridled consumerism that we refer to as “the holiday season”, more families in the United States than ever before will be dealing with not having enough food to eat.  Food stamp use is at an all-time high.  Demand at food banks is at an all-time high.  They keep telling us that we are in an “economic recovery” and yet the middle class continues to shrink and the number of Americans living in poverty just continues to grow.  

The following are 20 facts about hunger in America that will blow your mind…

DAN NORCINI: "Whack-A-Mole" Job on Gold takes it Down

http://traderdannorcini.blogspot.com/2012/11/whack-mole-job-on-gold-takes-it-down.html

Flash Crash in GOLD A Real Whodunit

http://www.jsmineset.com/2012/11/28/flash-crash-in-gold-a-real-whodunit/

November 28, 2012, at 5:46 pm
by Daniel Duval in the category General Editorial |  Print This Post |  Email This Post

Gold saw a massive 24 tonne sell order (7,800 contracts) at 08:20 a.m. New York time – bang on the opening of the world’s largest gold exchange – which produced a fall of 2.25% in the market price.

If the selling was year-end profit-taking then it was inept. Dealers try and finesse big sell orders into the market to get the best (highest) price for the biggest volume they can and thereby optimize profit – that requires stealth. If on the other hand it was a “fat finger” episode as has been suggested with a broker said to be looking to roll his December gold futures contract then it was even more inept.

More likely this could be a short play, with the seller looking to trigger stops below the market at $1730 and thus extend the move significantly lower and thus increase his profits. If so, he certainly caught the market on the hop as the move is counter-intuitive with everything else that is going on in the economy.

Rising concerns about whether Democrats and Republicans can find common ground between tax increases and entitlement spend reduction remains to be seen. More importantly, the US reaches its law-enshrined debt ceiling of $16.4 trillion early to mid February 2012. That promises fireworks again as it did in August 2011 when gold hit an all time high of $1922 as the market stares into the abyss of a possible US debt default.

Against the current economic backdrop, a short seller would have to be quite brave. In short, we will not know the identity or the reason for the sale for a while. Longer term gold investors should not however be deterred – the rationale for buying gold is as favorable as ever and a degree of patience required.

Ross Norman
CEO
Sharps Pixley, London
www.SharpsPixley.com

GOLD GETS POUNDED ON THE COMEX OPEN

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-28/if-820-am-then-sell-sell-sell-gold

A GOOD BUYING OPPORTUNITY IS NEAR

We're Heading For Economic Dictatorship

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-27/guest-post-were-heading-economic-dictatorship

CME Declares Force Majeure Due To “Operational Limitations” On NYC Gold Depository

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-27/cme-declares-force-majeure-due-%E2%80%9Coperational-limitations%E2%80%9D-nyc-gold-depository

CME Group declared a force majeure at one of its New York precious metals depositories yesterday, run by bullion dealer and major coin dealer Manfra, Tordella and Brooks (MTB), due to “operational limitations” posed by Hurricane Sandy.

MTB has “operational limitations” following Hurricane Sandy and can’t load gold bullion, platinum bullion or palladium bullion, CME Group Inc., the parent of the Comex and New York Mercantile Exchange, said today in a statement.

MTB must provide holders with metal at Brinks Inc. in New York to meet current outstanding warrants in relevant delivery periods with compensation for costs, Chicago-based CME said.

The CME said that MTB will not be able to deliver metal as the lower Manhattan company deals with "operational limitations" almost a month after the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.

MTB is one of five depositories licensed to deliver gold against CME's benchmark 100-troy ounce gold contract, held 29,276 troy ounces of gold and 33,000 troy ounces of palladium as of Nov. 23, according to data from CME subsidiary Comex.

In a notice to customers on Monday, CME declared force majeure for the facility, a contract clause that frees parties from liability due to an event outside of their control.

CME said that individuals holding MTB warrants or certificates for a specific lot of metal stored in the depository, may receive gold delivered from Brinks Co. (BCO) in New York. MTB is responsible for any additional costs incurred by customers receiving metal from Brinks, CME said.

"This shouldn't have a material impact on the way market participants are doing business," a CME spokesman said. "They'll still contact MTB if they want to take delivery on contracts," and MTB will arrange for delivery through Brinks according to Dow Jones Newswires.

In a notice posted to its website dated Nov. 12, MTB said the firm "sustained substantial damages" following Hurricane Sandy's arrival in New York City on Oct. 29, and had curtailed its operations.

The force majeure will remain in effect until further notice from the exchange, the CME said. The delivery period for CME's December-delivery precious metals futures begins on Friday.

Chris Hedges: Stand Still for the Apocalypse

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/stand_still_for_the_apocalypse_20121126/

Humans must immediately implement a series of radical measures to halt carbon emissions or prepare for the collapse of entire ecosystems and the displacement, suffering and death of hundreds of millions of the globe’s inhabitants, according to a report commissioned by the World Bank. The continued failure to respond aggressively to climate change, the report warns, will mean that the planet will inevitably warm by at least 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, ushering in an apocalypse

MARTIN ARMSTRONG'S LATEST POST

Government by Crisis & Attempting to Manipulate the Future

Posted on November 26, 2012

We are facing a very serious crisis in the year ahead. There is no changing the course of government. They will continue to borrow every year. This is far worse than printing money and it is why we will not see hyperinflation. This is actually the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of human existence. This is not Marxism, but Marxism squared. We are not taking from the rich and giving to the poor. There is no paying your “fair share” in any reasonable manner. We are taxing and spending our resources to keep the debt rolling. This is systemically destroying the productive forces within society and transferring that to the bondholders. This is why everything will collapse. It is not the leverage problem of 2007, it is the bloating of pretended pensions that all presume Sovereign Debt is less risky than corporate paper and stocks.We are in a serious state of affairs 

– see Manipulating the World Economy.

(be sure to read this!)

Gold Will Not Be Confiscated, But Your Guns Will Be

November 25, 2012, at 2:24 pm
by Jim Sinclair in the category General Editorial 

Dear CIGAs,

Every governor of every state by law can create and many have created a state defense force. That is not the national guard. As the name implies, it is a state defense force.

It is rumored that these organizations are in the cross hairs of the Administration.

The moment you see these state defense forces under the control of the state governor disbanded, the end has come. The Constitution will no longer exist and the next day I will be writing you from Buckreef in Tanzania.

http://www.jsmineset.com/2012/11/25/gold-will-not-be-confiscated-but-your-guns-will-be/

ARTHUR SILBER: The Bloody Black Comedy of the State

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-bloody-black-comedy-of-state.html

...the Obama administration itself has acknowledged -- the Murder Program murders innocent human beings. This isn't a possibility, something that the administration fears might happen. It has happened in an unforgivable number of cases.

Obama and his fellow murderers kill people about whom they have no specific information at all.

 if you break into someone's house brandishing weapons and the owner kills you, that doesn't give your pals the right to kill the owner, everyone in his family, and a bunch of people who happen to live in the neighborhood.

in every aspect of the Murder Program, the Program targets innocent human beings, and murders them. The Murder Program is a program designed to murder innocent human beings. That is its purpose and its reason for being. This is the program that the Obama administration constantly expands, and the program that it seeks to institutionalize so that it is a fundamental, critical part of U.S. policy going forward.

Evil does not become less evil because people are "open" about it. It is not miraculously transformed into good through some mysterious process of alchemy. Evil becomes only worse, infinitely worse.

No Absence of Malice: Whitewashing the White House Murder Program

http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/2300-no-absence-of-malice-whitewashing-the-white-house-murder-program.html

On Sunday, the New York Times -- the paper of record, the bellwether by which all "serious" American media sets its compass -- published a story about the Obama administration's efforts to codify its "extrajudicial killing program" before the election. The aim, we were told, was to make sure there were "clear standards and procedures" in place to keep the death squads going, even if the president lost the election.

The story was yet another in a series of White House-directed pieces about the killing program, in which anonymous, high-level administration officials leak top-secret information and insider gossip designed to paint the president and his aides as moral paragons struggling nobly to find the most effective and ethical way to use the killing programs and keep Americans safe. That is not only the underlying assumption of the story; it is the only assumption allowed in the story. There are three paragraphs in which duly accredited establishment figures voice what could be taken as mild criticisms about certain tactical aspects of the White House killing program. 

Reports: Obama administration developing formal drone assassination rule book

According to recently published reports, the Obama administration is just now developing a formal set of standards and procedures for carrying out assassinations via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones.

More at EndtheLie.com - http://EndtheLie.com/2012/11/25/reports-obama-administration-developing-formal-drone-assassination-rulebook/#ixzz2DIt1m0x2

Black Friday Sales Wreck Entire Economic System

http://emsnews.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/black-friday-sales-wreck-entire-economic-system/

Americans have less and less to spend on toys.  And the Xmas spirit is quite dead.  Virtually all the buyers on Thanksgiving night were buying for themselves.  This is just unbridled greed and hysteria.  Not gift giving.  And much of what passes for Xmas gifts are unwanted or unneeded.  Before the 20th century, this was a feast day, not a shopping manic event.  Feasts are social occasions.  Shopping mobs are selfish and anti-social.

MARTIN ARMSTRONG'S LATEST POST

Gold – the Rally?

Posted on November 24, 2012

Gold rallied right up to the Daily Bullish Reversal at 1757 reaching 1757.7 closing at 1755.3. The long-term still looks quite interesting. The question that remains is just when will the Sovereign Debt Crisis hit. Europe is starting to show the ancient cracks. In Spain, there is a separatist movement brewing that is along the lines of the two kingdoms that merged to give birth to Spain – the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella. In England there are the Euroskeptics rising calling for a referendum to withdraw from the EU. There are divisions emerging between north and south in Italy. Economics is the great engine behind civilization – its makes it or breaks it.

Against this backdrop, gold is still churning for it is the hedge against government. The problem is, they know that and are starting to pay attention to the gold trade.

See Charts:

14th Amendment Citizenship: Citizen or citizen?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4xV4MTnCdc

Russia Warns Of Catastrophic 21 December 2012 “Event Horizon”

http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1632.htm

...world is about to experience a “technological singularity,” (technological singularity is the theoretical emergence of greater-than-human superintelligence through technological means) which is seen as an intellectual“event horizon,” beyond which events cannot be predicted or understood.

“The Network of Global Corporate Control” (http://occupycorporatism.com/swiss-study-shows-147-technocratic-super-entities-rule-the-world/)  that proves a small consortium of corporations – mainly banks – run the world. This shocking study found that a mere 147 corporations, which form a “super entity,” have control over 40% of the world’s wealth.

...report prepared for the United States Government by the American Institute for CPA's (AICPA) following the 2008 global economic crash titled “Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World” [PDF link] that warns our world’s economic system is no longer under the control of human beings because of its massive complexity and computer usage.

January, 2012 research paper, titled “Artificial Intelligence Will Kill Our Grandchildren” 

The Zionist Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ufLAitMq3zI

Food Banks in the U.S. Running Low on Supplies... Ominous Sign for 2013

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-22/food-banks-us-running-low-supplies-ominous-sign-2013

 As a result of the drought this summer the Federal government ended up buying less food than normal, and because this excess food is used to provide assistance to the poor in many cases, there simply may not be enough to go around.  This sets up a potentially tragic situation as we head into 2013, and is likely to bring heightened social unrest to our shores 

Obama's Gun Ban List Is Out

Alan Korwin - Author Gun Laws Of America GunLaws.com

Here it is, folks, and it is bad news. The framework for legislation is already laid, and the Democrats have the votes to pass anything they want to impose upon us. They really do not believe you need anything more than a brick to defend your home and family. Look at the list and see how many you own. Remember, it is registration, then confiscation. It has happened in the UK, in Australia, in Europe, in China, and what they have found is that for some reason the criminals do not turn in their weapons, but will know that you did. 
  
Remember, the first step in establishing a dictatorship is to disarm the citizens. 
  
Gun-ban list proposed. Slipping below the radar (or under the short-term memory cap), the Democrats have already leaked a gun-ban list, even under the Bush administration when they knew full well it had no chance of passage (HR 1022, 110th Congress). It serves as a framework for the new list the Brady's plan to introduce shortly. I have an outline of the Brady's current plans and targets of opportunity. It's horrific. They're going after the courts, regulatory agencies, firearms dealers and statutes in an all out effort to restrict we the people. They've made little mention of criminals. Now more than ever, attention to the entire Bill of Rights is critical. Gun bans will impact our freedoms under search and seizure, due process, confiscated property, states' rights, free speech, right to assemble and more, in addition to the Second Amendment. The Democrats current gun-ban-list proposal (final list will be worse): 
  
Rifles (or copies or duplicates): 
M1 Carbine,
Sturm Ruger Mini-14,
AR-15,
Bushmaster XM15,
Armalite M15,
AR-10,
Thompson 1927,
Thompson M1;
AK,
AKM,
AKS,
AK-47,
AK-74,
ARM,
MAK90,
NHM 90,
NHM 91,
SA 85,
SA 93,
VEPR;
Olympic Arms PCR;
AR70,
Calico Liberty ,
Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle or Dragunov SVU, Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, or FNC, Hi-Point20Carbine, HK-91, HK-93, HK-94, HK-PSG-1, Thompson 1927 Commando, Kel-Tec Sub Rifle; Saiga, SAR-8, SAR-4800, SKS with detachable magazine, SLG 95, SLR 95 or 96, Steyr AU, Tavor, Uzi, Galil and Uzi Sporter, Galil Sporter, or Galil Sniper Rifle ( Galatz ). 
Pistols (or copies or duplicates): 
Calico M-110,
MAC-10,
MAC-11, or MPA3,
Olympic Arms OA,
TEC-9,
TEC-DC9,
TEC-22 Scorpion, or AB-10,
Uzi. 
Shotguns (or copies or duplicates): 
Armscor 30 BG,
SPAS 12 or LAW 12,
Striker 12,
Streetsweeper. Catch-all category (for anything missed or new designs):
A semiautomatic rifle that accepts a detachable magazine and has: 
(i) a folding or telescoping stock,
(ii) a threaded barrel,
(iii) a pistol grip (which includes ANYTHING that can serve as a grip, see below),
(iv) a forward grip; or a barrel shroud. 
Any semiautomatic rifle with a fixed magazine that can accept more than
10 rounds (except tubular magazine .22 rim fire rifles). 
A semiautomatic pistol that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine, and has: 
(i) a second pistol grip,
(ii) a threaded barrel,
(iii) a barrel shroud or
(iv) can accept a detachable magazine outside of the pistol grip, and
(v) a semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds. 
A semiautomatic shotgun with: 
(i) a folding or telescoping stock,
(ii) a pistol grip (see definition below),
(iii) the ability to accept a detachable magazine or a fixed magazine capacity of more than 5 rounds, and
(iv) a shotgun with a revolving cylinder. 
Frames or receivers for the above are included, along with conversion kits. 
Attorney General gets carte blanche to ban guns at will: Under the proposal, the U.S. Attorney General can add any "semiautomatic rifle or shotgun originally designed for military or law enforcement use, or a firearm based on the design of such a firearm, that is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, as determined by the Attorney General." 
  
  
Note that Obama's pick for this office, Eric Holder, wrote a brief in the Heller case supporting the position that you have no right to have a working firearm in your own home. In making this determination, the bill says, "there shall be a rebuttable presumption that a firearm procured for use by the United States military or any law enforcement agency is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, and shall not be determined to be particularly suitable for sporting purposes solely because the firearm is suitable for use in a sporting event." In plain English this means that ANY firearm ever obtained by federal officers or the military is not suitable for the public. 
  
  
The last part is particularly clever, stating that a firearm doesn't have a sporting purpose just because it can be used for sporting purpose -- is that devious or what? And of course, "sporting purpose" is a rights infringement with no constitutional or historical support whatsoever, invented by domestic enemies of the right to keep and bear arms to further their cause of disarming the innocent.  
  
Respectfully submitted, Alan Korwin, Author Gun Laws of Americahttp://www.gunlaws.com/gloa.htm 
  
Forward or send to every gun owner you know... 

Watch This, If You Want More Proof: 
YouTube - CNN- Obama To BAN Guns SPREAD THIS FOLKS, PLZ! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv3p2lLmjGk 
  
A partial list of gun rights groups: 
  
Gun Owners of America
http://gunowners.org/ 
  
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership http://www.jpfo.org/ 
  
FREEDOM=GUNS
http://www.tcsn.net/doncicci/freedom.htm 
  
National Rifle Association
http://www.nra.org/ 
  
Second Amendment Committee
http://www.libertygunrights.com/ 
  
Second Amendment Foundation
http://www.saf.org/ 
  
Second Amendment Sisters
http://www.2asisters.org/ 
  
Women Against Gun Control
http://www.wagc.com/

THANKSGIVING GREETINGS FROM THE POWERS THAT BE

CENTRAL PLANNING THANKSGIVING

THIS MAY BE A PREVIEW OF THE U.S. IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO

Today, November 22, 2012 Is The 49th Anniversary of the Assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy

"What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children--not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women--not merely peace in our time but peace for all time."

"In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

"And is not peace, in the last analysis, basically a matter of human rights--the right to live out our lives without fear of devastation--the right to breathe air as nature provided it--the right of future generations to a healthy existence?"

"We shall also do our part to build a world of peace where the weak are safe and the strong are just. We are not helpless before that task or hopeless of its success. Confident and unafraid, we labor on" -  

President John F. Kennedy - Full text and video - http://is.gd/M8aElb

MSM Ignored Real Issues

http://usawatchdog.com/msm-ignored-real-issues/

It’s hard to believe how little Americans know about the real issues facing them after $6 billion was spent by both parties getting their message out (a record $2 billion for President alone).  I don’t blame the politicians in this or any election cycle.  After all, why talk about tough issues and choices if you are not pressured to do so.  I blame the mainstream media (MSM) for acting more like cheerleaders and spin doctors than arbiters of truth for the public.  

Shit Goldbugs Say

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JNrjMMy_MM&feature=relmfu

Giving Thanks That It Has Not Come To This

On occasions such as the increasingly binary-outcome world in which we exist today, it is perhaps more important to give thanks not for what has happened, but for what has not...

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-22/giving-thanks-it-has-not-come

The Day the World Ended - WW3 Simulation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wJdgudIUHzs#!

HUMOR: New Medicare Program - Part G

                                            You're a sick senior citizen
                                            and the government says
                                            there is no nursing home
                                            available for you. So what
                                            do you do?

                                            Our plan gives anyone 65
                                            years or older a gun and 4
                                            bullets. You are allowed to
                                            shoot four Politicians.

                                            Of course, this means you
                                            will be sent to prison where
                                            you will get three meals a
                                            day, a roof over your head,
                                            central heating, air
                                            conditioning and all the
                                            health care you need!

                                            Need new teeth? No problem.
                                            Need glasses? That's great.
                                            Need a new hip, knees,
                                            kidney, lungs or heart?
                                            They're all covered.

                                            As an added bonus, your kids
                                            can come and visit you as
                                            often as they do now.

                                            And who will be paying for
                                            all of this? It's the same
                                            government that just told
                                            you that you they cannot
                                            afford for you to go into a
                                            home.

                                            And you can get rid of 4
                                            useless politicians while
                                            you are at it.

                                            Plus, because you are a
                                            prisoner, you don't have to
                                            pay any income taxes
                                            anymore.  Is this a great
                                            country or what?

CREDIT TO GOLDMELTER FOR THE JOKE

ARTHUR SILBER REMINDS US OF WHAT COURAGE IS

SO YOU DON'T GET LOST IN ALL THE PAGEANTRY, FOOD, AND FOOTBALL TODAY, CONSIDER THESE THOUGHTS BY ARTHUR SILBER:

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2012/11/to-all-mewling-itty-bitty-pissants.html

Always remember: in ways we may never know, through the complex interactions of many factors and countless people we may affect only indirectly and through complicated and circuitous routes, we may help to save the life of even one brutalized woman, or one oppressed man, or a single terrified child. Isn't that possibility, however remote it may seem to us in this moment, worth the battle? I think it is. I think it must be.

Many people may call you a son of a bitch, and much worse. So I say: when you fight for that one life, be a son of a bitch. Be the most glorious son of a bitch you can.

GOLDTRADER'S THANKSGIVING MESSAGE

TO ALL MY FOLLOWERS, WHEREVER YOU MAY RESIDE:

BE THANKFUL THAT YOU STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVOLT AGAINST A GOVERNMENT THAT OPPRESSES YOU.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING YOU ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR, YOU HAVE NOTHING WORTH LIVING FOR.

MAY YOU ALL HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR YOUR GOD GIVEN RIGHTS TO BE FREE FROM ANY TYPE OF OPPRESSION NO MATTER WHERE IT COMES FROM.

MARTIN ARMSTRONG'S LATEST ARTICLE

Keeping It Real – WHY THERE CAN BE NO PEG OR STANDARD

http://armstrongeconomics.com/693-2/2012-2/keeping-it-real-why-there-can-be-no-peg-or-standard/

It has never been WHAT is money that is the core problem – but the complete lack of fiscal responsibility. Jefferson had it right – prohibit government from borrowing.

OPT OUT AND FILM WEEK November 19th, 2012 – November 26th, 2012

this campaign is about shining a spotlight on the actions of the TSA not only in airports but in every other place where TSA goons have infested – from subways, to highways, to political events and evenschool prom nights – the imposition of ‘Checkpoint USA’ is upon us and it’s time to let the system know we will not be treated like prisoners in our own country.

Petty tyrants and the people whose orders they carry out behave differently when a camera is rolling and they are exposed to the glare of public attention.

New National Anti-TSA Campaign: Opt Out And Film Week

http://www.infowars.com/optout/

This Thanksgiving, Infowars.com is giving thanks for the First Amendment, by getting back in the faces of those who are attempting to abuse their authority to silence free speech and in turn conceal flagrant abuses of our rights and our basic dignity – with the launch of the national Opt Out and Film campaign.

A beautiful cartoon that exposes the absurdity of the Petraeus saga...

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-20/guest-post-betray-us

A radical idea: instead of carrying out assassinations based on secret kill lists, perhaps the Federal government could start obeying the Constitution, and start issuing arrest warrantsor extradition requests for individuals suspected of criminal activity so that they can be tried by a court of law in front of a jury of their peers. We used to call this strange and antiquated notion due process.

The decision to use flying death robots — or as they are known in common speech “drones” — to indiscriminately assassinate terrorism suspects (and their families and neighbours) has already created a new swelling of anger against America in the nations where suspected terrorists have been targeted. As Obama himself recently put it, “there’s no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders.” Presumably this includes Pakistan, and Yemen, and Libya and Somalia, and other nations where American drone missiles have rained down on citizens.

And one day, other nations  — like China, which is rapidly putting drones into the skies  — might choose to use flying death robots to assassinate their own suspected terrorists on American soil.  Would the American government have any grounds to complain?

Liberty vs. War: A Brief History

http://mises.org/daily/6264/Liberty-vs-War-A-Brief-History

In war, State power is pushed to its ultimate, and, under the slogans of "defense" and "emergency," it can impose a tyranny upon the public such as might be openly resisted in time of peace. War thus provides many benefits to a State, and indeed every modern war has brought to the warring peoples a permanent legacy of increased State burdens upon society.

THE DAILY RECKONING: The Rule of the Downside

http://dailyreckoning.com/the-rule-of-the-downside/

Energy is a good thing. But it is as obedient to the law of Declining Marginal Utility as everything else. The point is obvious, but I’ll prove it anyway. The real question on the table in this section is this: does it also obey the Rule of The Downside? Do you ever reach the point where further inputs of energy are actually negative…or even disastrous? Is there such a thing as too much energy?

In anticipation of the discussion, here are four observations:

1. Energy cannot be divorced from how it is used
2. The more energy resources come under government control, the more unproductive the system becomes
3. Government is subject to the Rule of the Downside too
4. The debt-drenched economies of today’s developed countries are already on the Downside

Read more: The Rule of the Downside http://dailyreckoning.com/the-rule-of-the-downside/#ixzz2CorwT0BW

ARTHUR SILBER: Toward the World Where "Everything Is Possible," and About the Honor of Being Human

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2012/11/toward-world-where-everything-is.html

...most Americans are like the German engineer and all the other hundreds of thousands in Germany in 1935. Hundreds of thousands of Americans, tens of millions of Americans are "not prepared to resist," they are "unprepared." So those who are devoted to evil, who proclaim their dedication to evil every day, continue with their plans, and evil continually expands its reach.

The failure to withdraw to the fullest extent one can means that one continues to support a system that murders, that unleashes destruction around the globe, that causes limitless suffering and pain. In this way, the world may well be lost once more.

...we at least should ask ourselves, especially whenever we are tempted to think, "But what can I do? I don't have a choice, not in any meaningful way" -- especially at those moments, we should ask ourselves: But is that true? Do I need to vote at all? What is the meaning of the act of voting itself, particularly in the system as it exists today? Should I pay taxes? Should I work for this corporation, or that branch of the government?

We should ask ourselves these questions and many related ones. We should ask them all the time. Before we can resist, we must be aware. The purpose of such questions is to know and understand the full meaning of our own choices and actions. 

MARTIN ARMSTRONG'S LATEST POST

Liquidity

Posted on November 20, 2012

The greatest problem we have is that liquidity is down by more than 50% still since 2007 on a global scale. Governments are getting so aggressive with taxation they are killing the global economy causing capital to just hoard. This nonsense of terrorism has created a global tax gathering process that is unbelievable. Hotels in Europe will not allow you pay a bill in cash over 1500 euros. You cannot wire 100,000 SF. The banks tell you to write a check. They call it money laundering making everyone prove it is their money and by the way, did you pay your taxes. Elliot Spitzer and the hooker was picked up as “money laundering” that prompted the investigation. All governments have money laundering agencies that cooperate among each other.

All of this is shrinking the global economy ensuring that a crisis will take place. The more governments follow every cent, the less money moves and the lower the economy spirals down. You need rising liquidity and freedom of movement of capital to create more jobs for the youth. Unemployment in Spain among the youth is over 50%. They are migrating to Brazil for there is no future in Europe.

It is the Sovereign Debt Crisis that is destroying everything. With almost 70% of national debts amounting to accumulative interest, the socialists who hate the rich cannot see what their policies have done. They blame the rich for having anything so they can grab it and do what? Pay the bond holders to keep the debt going? This is the greatest transfer of wealth that would even make Marx vomit.

Government has kept interest rates so low to reduce their deficits. But this policy has robbed the elderly of their income to retire on. Government sucks up everything destroying the entire economy in its wake. There are few jobs for the youth. Buying a home for your retirement is out the window. Saving money for retirement does not work. Government sucks in everything competing with the private sector. Of the $16 trillion debt, can you image how many jobs would have been created had there been no borrowing?

The city of Mainz is a prime example of what awaits us.

•By 1411, gov’t expenditure was 48% due to annuities it had previously issued.

• By 1437, gov’t expenditure was 75% going to the creditors and interest rates continued to rise.

• By 1448, Mainz was forced into bankruptcy when there were no longer buyers for its new debt to pay off the last issue.

The city of Mainz defaulted. They had raised taxes so much the rich left as they are doing today. When there was not enough revenue to pay the creditors, they sacked the city and then burned it to the ground. We just never learn from the past.

History repeats because the passions of man never change. A politician just can’t keep his/her hands out of everyone’s pocket. If someone comes into your home at gun-point and demands your wealth, it is called robbery. When government enters, it is called your obligation. Of course they spend and it is your obligation to pay whatever they sign for with their special interests on which you were never consulted. That is not an Athenian Democracy. That is a Roman Republican Oligarchy.