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The Intel Hub Radio with Special Guest Adrian Salbuchi

The Intel Hub Radio by Shepard Ambellas Tomorrow, December 12, 2010 we will be welcoming Adrian Salbuchi to the show. Adrian will be speaking with us about his new book and first book in English,  “The Coming World Government: Tragedy & Hope” The show starts at 5pm EST on Sunday on the Oracle Broadcasting Radio [...]

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Depopulation of the Gulf Ensues, Follow the Money Trail

The Intel Hub By Shepard Ambellas and Alex Thomas December 12, 2010 Looking back on the BP oil spill you can clearly see that BP was calling the shots from within the government through salted channels and embedded operational tentacles that span throughout the current administration. In order to find out who possibly masterminded such [...]

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The Economy Cannot Recover Until the Big Banks Are Broken Up

 

A lot of people still haven't heard that the economy cannot recover until the big banks are broken up.But as everyone from Paul Krugman to Simon Johnson has noted, the banks are so big and politically powerful that they have bought the politicians and ...

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The Economy Cannot Recover Until the Big Banks Are Broken Up

 

A lot of people still haven't heard that the economy cannot recover until the big banks are broken up.But as everyone from Paul Krugman to Simon Johnson has noted, the banks are so big and politically powerful that they have bought the politicians and ...

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The Economy Cannot Recover Until the Big Banks Are Broken Up

 

A lot of people still haven't heard that the economy cannot recover until the big banks are broken up.But as everyone from Paul Krugman to Simon Johnson has noted, the banks are so big and politically powerful that they have bought the politicians and ...

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5 Signs the End is Near for the Criminal Banks

When will we get justice from the banksters? HINT: As soon as we demand justice and not a moment sooner. Activist Post Could it be any more clear?  The international banks are proven criminal entities — everyone knows it, and everyone is beginning to openly say it. Yet they are still apparently considered “Too-Big-to-Jail” by our [...]

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Myths and Facts: Study Verifies That There Is No Value In Any Flu Vaccine

Editorial at preventdisease.com A remarkable study published in the Cochrane Libary found no evidence of benefit for influenza vaccinations and also noted that the vast majority of trials were inadequate. The authors stated that the only ones showing benefit were industry-funded. They also pointed out that the industry-funded studies were more likely to be published [...]

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The CIA Created ‘Safe Haven’ For Nazis and Jews?

The Intel Hub By Katherine Smith The Long-hidden report: CIA created ‘safe haven’ for Nazis in US obtained by the New York Times November 13, 2010, may be the most concrete account yet of the role that prominent members of Germany’s Nazi party played in the early, formative years of the CIA, following World War [...]

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Our survey certainly shows there is a significant population of people on the Gulf Coast who eat a heck of a lot more seafood than the FDA believes.

 

Our survey certainly shows there is a significant population of people on the Gulf Coast who eat a heck of a lot more seafood than the FDA believes. Dr. Gina Solomon, UC toxicologist, on flaw in government seafood tests...

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Happy Holidays From BP, the Gift That Keeps on Giving

 

Happy Holidays From BP, the Gift That Keeps on Giving By Jerry Cope Huffington Post Original Article Under gray overcast skies eight months after the BP blowout in the Gulf of Mexi...

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Oil-spill cleanup continues

 

Oil-spill cleanup continues By Nikki Buskey Houma Today Original Article HOUMA — Oil cleanup efforts are wrapping up in Terrebonne, as crews begin the exhaustive process of check...

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Gulf oil spill hurt SC businesses

 

Gulf oil spill hurt SC businesses By Sammy Fretwell State Original Article When BP’s disastrous oil spill closed fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico last summer, it drove up the pric...

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FDA not considering Gulf seafood consumption in safety estimates, says coalition

 

FDA not considering Gulf seafood consumption in safety estimates, says coalition By Ben Raines Press-Register Original Article A coalition of environmental groups accuses the U.S. ...

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A Government by The Fascists for The Fascists

S. Paul Forrest Activist Post A fascist state exists where a nation begins to allow the control of its government by corporatism, single party political interests, and law enforcement that reaches beyond the normal necessity of such.  There are many other defining characteristics of a fascist condition, but in the United States of America these [...]

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This Week in the Gulf

 

Here are this week's updates on the Gulf:“We keep seeing this foam coming in just about everyday” — “They keep spraying” dispersant says Emergency Operations Center workerFeds now ignoring workers who report being sprayed by Corexit (VIDE...

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Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: White House Cabinet Member Suggested Killing an American Service Man to Justify War

 

On Monday, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Hugh Shelton told told Jon Stewart that a Clinton cabinet member proposed letting Saddam kill an American pilot as a pretext for war in Iraq:(And see this; and this excerpt from General S...

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NEW TEST RESULTS: Royal Red Shrimp Collected by Commercial Fisherman in Open Gulf Waters Contaminated with Dangerous Levels of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

NEW TEST RESULTS: Royal Red Shrimp Collected by Commercial Fisherman in Open Gulf Waters Contaminated with Dangerous Levels of Petroleum Hydrocarbons We’ve noted them individually but let’s connect some dots, be...

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The Face Of Courage

IMVA By Dr. Mark Sircus Just minutes after finishing yesterday’s newsletter I opened up a link sent to me by a friend in England. Open it only when and if you are ready to read one of the most disgusting stories you will ever read. It’s about a young girl named Hollie with Down syndrome [...]

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Seafood-Testing Flaw: Assumption of How Much Seafood Gulf Residents Eat Is Way Too Low

 

Seafood-Testing Flaw: Assumption of How Much Seafood Gulf Residents Eat Is Way Too Low Most critics of the government’s seafood-testing program have focused on the tests themselves, confronting issues like using whole...

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Seafloor Samples Show Troubling Effects Of Oil Spill (AUDIO)

 

Seafloor Samples Show Troubling Effects Of Oil Spill (AUDIO) By Richard Harris NPR Original Article Scientists trying to determine the fate of the oil from the BP blowout recently ...

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Hard to Deny: Even Pro-Business Media Outlets Reporting There’s Oil Blanketing Gulf Floor

 

Hard to Deny: Even Pro-Business Media Outlets Reporting There’s Oil Blanketing Gulf Floor Everyone knew that the use of unprecedented amounts of dispersants would be one of the ongoing issues of the BP oil spill. Did ...

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At least two barrier islands to be rebuilt with $100 million in BP money

 

At least two barrier islands to be rebuilt with $100 million in BP money By Mark Schleifstein Times-Picayune Original Article Louisiana coastal restoration officials plan to use $1...

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Thousands Of Students Riot In UK, Royal Car Attacked!

The Intel Hub Thousands of angry protesters rioted in the streets of the United Kingdom on Thursday, furious over tuition increases that essentially tripled education costs. 12 officers and 43 protesters were injured along with 12 arrests. Police were seen battling with angry students throughout the streets. Protesters attacked police and buildings alike. The anger reached [...]

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The Truth about Personal Debt They Never Told You

As I begin to write this article, I feel a sense of urgency to share as much of what I know as possible, in an effort to forewarn you, the reader about what is happening with Americans all across the nation, about what banks and collection agencies are doing to pillage homes, bank accounts, and [...]

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I Won’t Invest Another Penny Until the Criminals Who Caused the Financial Crisis Are Safely in Jail

 

Here's an idea for a bumper sticker:I Won't Invest Another Penny Until the Criminals Who Caused the Financial Crisis Are Safely in JailCan you imagine how much pressure would be put on the government to start real prosecutions if a million of us put th...

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Pentagon Papers Whistleblowers Call for a New 9/11 Investigation

 

The main players in releasing the Pentagon Papers were Daniel Ellsberg and Senator Mike Gravel.Ellsberg is, of course, the former military analyst and famed whistleblower who smuggled the Pentagon Papers out of the Rand Corporation. Senator Gravel is t...

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TSA Subjects Indian Ambassador To US To Glass Cage

Editors Note: These agents should be immediately arrested. TSA agents are putting American citizens inside a glass box for over an HOUR! This is illegal, this is disgusting and this is not America! The American people must continue to expose these TSA goons. We need multiple federal indictments! Steve Watson Infowars.com The Indian embassy in [...]

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Zillow: U.S. Home Prices Will Lose $1.7 Trillion This Year

 

First Case-Shiller called a double dip in home prices.Then Roubini said that the United States “real estate market, for sure, is double dipping”, and and predicted that banks could face another $1 trillion in housing-related losses.Now Zillow is f...

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S.510 “Hitched” A Ride On Massive Budget Bill, 1984 Is Here

The Intel Hub Democrats passed a massive budget bill late Wednesday night. The bill narrowly passed by a 212-206 vote. “A widely backed food safety bill is hitching a ride on the legislation. The measure passed the Senate by a 73-25 vote last week but got caught in a snag because it contained revenue provisions [...]

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Secretary of the Navy Hatches Brilliant Plan to Sell More Gulf Seafood and Transport Oil to the War Zone

 

An unknown quantity of Gulf seafood is tainted with oil and/or dispersant. See this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this.Some have speculated that Gulf seafood would be quietly sold to makers of ...

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Department of Justice "Crackdown" On Wall Street Is Just a P.R. Stunt Targeting Small-Time Crooks

 

Alan Greenspan, William Black, James Galbraith, Joseph Stiglitz, George Akerlof, Chris Whalen and many other economists and financial experts all say that the economy cannot truly recover unless those who committed fraud are prosecuted.So we should be...

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China: U.S. In Worse Shape than Europe | Rogers: "Britain is totally insolvent"

 

Reuters notes:Li Daokui, an academic member of the central bank's monetary policy committee, said that U.S. bond prices and the dollar would fall when the European economic situation stabilized."For now, market attention is still on Europe and for t...

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Reuters: Republicans Are Trying to Intentionally Bankrupt California and Illinois to Weaken Unions

 

The New York Times points out that some states like California and Illinois are at risk of default, and that a default could spread to other states:While next year could be even worse, there are bigger, longer-term risks, financial analysts say. Their...

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WikiLeaks, WikiDrama and WikiGossip

 

What should we make of the Wikileaks story?Obviously, the Swedish "sex crime" charges are ridiculous, as are the death threats against Wikileaks founds Julian Assange. See this, this and this.Some leading first amendment advocates support Wikileaks as...

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How Effective Would a Payroll Tax Holiday Be In Spurring Employment and Stimulating the Economy?

Obama's tax deal with Republicans extends the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy for another 2 years.As Bloomberg notes, Obama said that "he still believes the nation can’t afford to permanently extend the top tax rates".But as Mish points out:Of course t...

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Nouriel Roubini Confirms Double Dip In Housing

 

I noted last week that there is a double-dip in housing.Today, Nouriel Roubini agreed:The country’s real estate problems are “underappreciated,” and banks could face another $1 trillion in housing-related losses, Mr. Roubini said in a phone int...

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No, The Big Banks Have Not "Paid Back" Government Bailouts and Subsidies

 

The big banks claim that they have paid back all of the bailout money they received, and that the taxpayers have actually made money on the bailouts.However, as Barry Ritholtz notes:Pro Publica has been maintaining a list of bailout recipients, updatin...

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Does Bernanke Look Like a Man Who is Confident About the State of the Economy and the Prospects for Recovery?

 

There is a lot to say about Bernanke's comments on 60 Minutes today.Bernanke's statement that unemployment is the biggest impediment to economic recovery is ironic, given that Bernanke's policies have increased unemployment. See this and this.Harry Bl...

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Why we are Feinberg’s ’sore point’

 

Why we are Feinberg’s ’sore point’ By Frances Coleman Press-Register Original Article In light of Ken Feinberg’s observation last week that Alabama has become &...

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NEW TEST RESULTS: Sea Nettles – A Common Food for Bottlenose Dolphins – Contaminated with Alarming Levels of “Persistent Toxic Components of Crude Oil”

NEW TEST RESULTS: Sea Nettles – A Common Food for Bottlenose Dolphins – Contaminated with Alarming Levels of “Persistent Toxic Components of Crude Oil” Sample description: Composite of 3 sea ...

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It looks like everything’s dead.

 

It looks like everything’s dead. UGA professor Samantha Joye after recent dive aboard Navy research sub Alvin

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After the Spill: Few Signs of Life on Gulf Floor (VIDEO)

 

After the Spill: Few Signs of Life on Gulf Floor (VIDEO) By Matt Gutman & Sarah Netter ABC News Original Article In exclusive trip aboard research sub, scientist shows how oil has ...

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Grand Isle wonders what’s next

 

Grand Isle wonders what’s next By Nate Monroe Houma Today GRAND ISLE — People on Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island live on the edge. The only road to Grand Isle, La. 1, i...

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The Charade Continues with BP Claiming Official Oil-Flow Estimates Should Be Cut in Half

 

The Charade Continues with BP Claiming Official Oil-Flow Estimates Should Be Cut in Half The new BP oil-spill estimates are setting up a bad joke: What do toxic oil-layered sea-floor samples from the deepest part of the Gul...

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BP lawyers say Gulf of Mexico oil spill size is overestimated by government

 

BP lawyers say Gulf of Mexico oil spill size is overestimated by government By Steven Mufson Washington Post Original Article BP lawyers have said that government estimates of the ...

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US Considered Arresting Noted CIA Asset Ahmed Wali Karzai For Drug Running

The Intel Hub By Alex Thomas According to a state department cable released by Wikileaks, officials within the Kabul Embassy actively discussed arresting Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai. While the recent Wikileaks release has been called into question due to it’s mostly pro establishment stance, at least one cable seems to bring [...]

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David Stockman: The Only Job Growth In the Last Year Has Been In Part-Time Jobs Averaging $20,000/Year

 

The former director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan - David Stockman - just gave some stunning statistics on unemployment.Stockman told CNBC that two-thirds of the jobs which have been created in the last year - the jobs whic...

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Child Splashed with Gulf Water Gets Cigar Like Burn On Face

NRDC Darla Rooks is a bayou fisherman to the core. When she married Todd 20 years ago, she wore her white plastic fishing boots under her wedding dress. Todd and Darla love shrimping in the coastal waters of Louisiana the way cowboys love riding the west Texas range.  It’s in their blood—a  calling passed down [...]

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New BP challenge to spill size could affect fine

 

New BP challenge to spill size could affect fine By Dina Cappiello Associated Press Original Article WASHINGTON – BP is mounting a new challenge to the U.S. government’s es...

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Giant Tar Mat Threatens Parts Of Orange Beach (VIDEO)

 

Giant Tar Mat Threatens Parts Of Orange Beach (VIDEO) By Pat Peterson WKRG Original Article A giant tar mat…nearly an eighth of a mile long…is washing up west of Cotton...

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