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What does Walmart have to do with clean water? I am not a "Romney Robot" I am a Canadian, I really don't know anything about Romney. To suggest Home Depot and Lowes are "not large enough to dictate prices" when was the last time you saw a neighborhood hardware store?
And having worked at the Pentagon, myself, for a number of years...I knew that there were anti-aircraft weapons mounted on top of the Pentagon to protect the Pentagon from an air attack. Funny that it wasn't "protected" that day.
Funny, also, that the fighter jets that are normally scrambled, if something fishy is going on in our skies...let alone 4 "hijacked" airliners, weren't even scrambled until much later..heading the wrong way...out over the ocean.
How very convenient...eh?!!
In the simulation, one would have a computer program that simulates an 'attacking' server and a 'response' server. One server simulates buys, and the other simulates sells. It does not take a lot of effort to switch simulation from targeting test database servers to real-life production database servers. However, if the war game servers are simulating banks, none of the originating bank trade data ever gets copied to a disaster recovery server (test servers are not copied to disaster recovery sites), nor does it get found on an originating bank server.
Hence, under a scenario like this, one half of the clearing and settlement data would be missing - which is exactly what caused and led to the US securities settlement problems in the weeks that followed the attack. At least two of the traders who knew how to run those programs were present and died in the attack.
Note that the Cantor-Fitgerald executives involved in the games survived, and the Cantor-Fitzgerald traders were victims on 911.
It is of notable coincidence that the few published notes on the games indicated the primary trades analyzed during the games were trades in government securities, oil and gold. The coincidence is rooted in the observation that it is these three types of assets that have become the focal point of nearly any and all contrarian theories explaining the events of 9/11.
In conclusion: in addition to the worst act of terrorism to ever occur o American soil, the largest ever theft in America occurred, displacing at least $230 billion in assets in the period of a few hours, coincidentally occurring just shortly before, and during the terrorist attacks of that day.
Are we supposed to believe, in addition to the other incredible feats accomplished by the "terrorists" that day: that they also managed to covertly extract billions in US assets during the attack?
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These quotes were from the you-tube video posted below but it also states that they got most all of this information from a two books: "Murdering Liberty, Killing Hope" and "Nine Eleven Gold" both written and researched by Jeff Prager.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYc6LWYeQsU
Information on these reported illegal trades was recovered by Convar and given to the FBI, and subsequently 'buried' by the FBI and the 9/11 Commission.
Without the actual trade data (which the FBI has, according to Convar) it stands to reason that most, if not all, of these illegal trades on September 11 were being pumped through Cantor Fitzgerald - the largest of the US bond traders, the only company which had no on-site surviors that day, and the company that had just set up computerized trading with the source bank of the illegal stock trades.
Both Cantor-Fitzgerald (North Tower) and the Office of Naval Intelligence (Pentagon) seem to have been targeted for assured destruction by near-direct hits from hijacked airliners.
Cantor-Fitzgerald has been reported as the 'holder' of $240 billion of ten year old Durham/Brady Bonds that were due on or around September 11th. These bonds were reported t have been put into the market by Alan Greenspan, Oliver North, and George Bush Sr. in 1991, backed by gold securities and Swiss gold bullion, backed (in full or part) by the 'Durham Trust.'
The interesting aspect of these accusations is that the Chairman of the Federal Reserve - a privately held, commercial group of banks - and the President of the United States are reported to have illegally created these securities, and the Office of Naval Intelligence - destroyed in the attack on the Pentagon - was hot on the tail of these securities.
The attack of Flight 77 took out not only the Navy Command Center, but a small Navy intelligence group as well. 39 of the 40 Office of Naval Intelligence investigators were killed and their collected evidence destroyed.
If the Navy had this relationship with Cantor-Fitzgerald, and had made economic attacks a part of their war gaming drills during two prior occasions, it seems appropriate to assume that on September 11, and employee(s) of Cantor-Fitzgerald might have been tasked with running computer simulations of an economic attack on the US securities market, not knowing a real attack was underway.
If you don't see the difference you will never understand and are joining the Romney Robots. The Walton Family didn't create Wal Mart, Sam Walton did.
Home Depot and Lowes, currently are not large enough to dictate prices or policies that impact the community like Wal Mart. Read cited articles.
If you want to understand the different go to Google and read John Maxwell (Leadership guru) very successful and his writing about Costco's management philosphy where they give back to the community and its employees. Costco also offers low cost good, although they offer better quality ( MHO) than Wal Mart.
No one is jealous of the rich, but object to the rich who think like European Royality that God has ordain their wealth and therefore they have a right to dictate to the rest of us how to live our lives or ignore democracy when we vote for representatives who create EPA because we want a country with clean air and water.
Wal Mart activities in Mexico make their ethics very questionable.
"At least seven of the top Cantor-Fitzgerald executives were absent from the office at the time of the attack. The President of Cantor-Fitzgerald was taking his child to a first day of kindergarten, and six more executives were scheduled for a fishing trip that day. The trip was reportedly cancelled due to inclement weather at 8:00 am..."
"What then seems so out-of-place about seven executives being absent from work during peak trading hours? Three of these executives had been key participants in a US Navy/Cantor-Fitzgerald sponsored, war game simulation of an attack on US securities just a year earlier...
A year earlier, a group of Cantor-Fitzgerald traders and executives participated in providing analysis to the Office of Naval Intelligence and the Council on Foreign Relations on the impact of a financial attack on the US. To do such, they would have needed to create a massive computer-simulation of trades, the programs for which could easily be used to pump volumes of actual illegal trades into the real-life system.
These programs should have been operational on September 11th as part of a broader synchronization of Department of Defense war games. The "war games" connection is important and disturbing. As documented later in this report...At least six major U.S. war games were under way on September 11, having been "rescheduled" from their original date in October.
Found in the observation of the Director of Convar, a German company responsible for recovering data from computer hard drives recovered from the WTC: Convar found that there was a deluge of electronic trading just minutes before the first plane struck. Quoting a December 16 report from Reuters, writer Kyle Henry found a compelling quotation from one of Convars directors: Peter Henschel, director of Convar, said, "not only the volume, but the size of the transactions was far higher than usual for a day like that..."
The Reuters story was partially confirmed by a Deutsche Bank employee who had survived the attacks by fleeing the WTC after the first plane hit. According to the employee, about five minutes before the attack the entire Deutsche Bank computer system had been taken over by something external that no one in the office recognized and 'every file was downloaded at lightening speed to an unknown location.'
Co-incidentally, in August of 2001, the Deutschebank - the bank of origin for numerous illegal stock trades or 'put option' made in the days preceding the attack - had just signed an agreement with Cantor-Fitzgerald to install Cantor-Fitzgerald's eSpeed(TM) trading system.
'..the eSpeed New Jersey office provided electronic trading services in derivatives and commodities using a software package called TreasuryConnect, which had been bought from an Enron subsidiary and licensed on August 1, 2001.'
Richard Wagner, a data retrieval expert, estimated that more than $100 million in illegal transactions appeared to have rushed through the WTC computers before and during the disaster.
Early 2000..Naval War College in Newport, Road Island and the Wall Street bond firm Cantor Fitzgerald partner a new venture called New Rule Sets Project..directed by Thomas Barnett..senior strategic researcher at the Naval War College. It explores how globalization is altering America's definition of national security. They held a three day long workshop, in the World Restaurant on the 10th floor of the north WTC tower, where Cantor Fitzgerald has offices. Attending were Wall Street heavyweights, senior national security officials, and leading experts from academia and think tanks. They discussed globalization's future and what threats could derail it. They explored scenarios such as a terrorist strike on Wall Street, war in the Persian Gulf, and a financial crisis in Asia. The second workshop was attended by 3 mysterious people. The Pentagon and the intelligence community had developed a laser-like focus on China as the rising near-peer competitor.
Barnett visited the WTC 2 or 3 dozen times between 1998 and 2001...the last visit just 4 days before 9/11. He also visits the Pentagon regularly. Barnett's two mentors at the firm of Cantor Fitzgerald, Bud Flanagan and Philip Ginsburg, were "conveniently" not at the WTC offices that day. Withing weeks of 9/11, Barnett was made an assistant for Rumsfeld's newly created Office of Force Transformation.
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=new_rule_sets_project_1
Why do Americans hate successful people so much? Home Depot and Lowes have done exactly what Walmart has done and no one says a word. If you are share holders and not a family it is ok.
It is interesting idea to thank the Waltons, I guess the American Indians should thank the Europeans and the American Americans should thank the Europeans that brought them to North America.
Have you reviewed the impact of Wal Marts on local economies, wages, etc.
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2405-real-cost-walmart.html
"The research, done by a Northwest community group, estimates that one Walmart store, which is set to open in a Washington neighborhood, will decrease the community's economic output over 20 years"
http://www.sonoma.edu/users/c/cuellar/econ411/The%20Effect%20of%20Wal-Ma...
Our results indicate a negative and statistically significant effect on the wages of workers in regions located within 20 miles of a Wal Mart. We fail to find a consistent effect on employment resulting from Wal Mart’s entry. We use a fixed effects model and correct for endogeneity of Wal Mart’s decision to enter into a region by using instrumental variable regression.
So it sounds like people have a lot to be thankful for. This proves Thom's point about the Wealthy abusing the commons to make themselves uber rich. Wal Mart doesn't provide health care so employees end up at the emegency room, their wages are depressed so they can't afford insurace and quality for assitance.
So let us celebrate the Waltons and all the good they done. You can also go talk to the Aztecs about celebrate Columbus.
The Waltons provide people all over the world with low cost products. They have saved low income families billions of dollars when they need it the most. They should be rewarded for that.
No more private money, change campaign financing structure to set levels per candidate.
Max Keiser been all over this for some time . His prediction no one will be prosecuted , the corruption goes to far up the food chain , right to Cameron,Clegg and Obama. I agree.
Come on, Thom. You're smarter than this. There was no filibuster. There was the threat of a filibuster. And the Democraps folded like the card table they always are. Remember what happened when the situation was reversed, and the Democraps were in the minority, when they threatened to filibuster? The Cons simply threatened to take the filibuster away and the Democraps folded like the card table they always are. This is a rigged game that the Cons always win and the Craps always lose, and that's exactly the way both parties want it. It's no different than the Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Washington Generals, and let's not pretend it's anything other than that.
This is my truthful story of getting a voter ID. My husband was born in Canada. Was adopted at birth to an US father/Cdn mother. The father fought in WW!! through Canada due to America's no-involvement in the beginning. After the war, he took his family back to the US.. The mother became a landed immigrant with full rights. My husband grew up not even knowing he was adopted until he went to Nam. The US used to make you a citizen under a parents citizenship; but, changed that after he returned from Nam...He was told by his mother to apply or citizenship. He did. Now, he's 65 and ready to retire and collect SS. Unfortunately, a fire a long time ago destroyed his citizenship card = no SS w/o it. We applied for a new replacement card. After over $1000 and a year of back/forth crap from Homeland Security who kept saying "You're not a citizen...prove it" give us your "A" number..."We did a manual search and exhausted all avenues and no record of your citizenship" ....we lucked out and someone in the local court told us to contact the Nat'l Archives....we rec'd his records. Can you believe how hard it was to get a replacement card and how much it cost only to go through this crap? They couldn't contact Nat'l Archives to find his proof? He was in Special Forces and highly decorated and they treated him like a criminal. Good Luck to those who need id's!!!!
What you espouse is NOT the facts. Obama has Never been against labor. Labor supports Obama, just not as much as before due to the decline of membership; but, they still do. Don't vote for Obama and we will live in tyranny...that's what you really want? Research your own facts; but, don't write comments that aren't!!!
I watched a news broadcast one day that showed people protesting Obama's tax increases. When the reporter asked them "What tax increases has Obama put through"? None of them knew...they just reiterated the lies of the New Right. When the reporter told them the truth, they totally rejected it. The New Right strategy of ...If you tell the lie enough times, people will believe it to be truthful...works well on those that are either prejudice, bigotted, angry, mad, or inept to research the truth. Will Romney win? Yes, he will. Voter repression, remapping, redistricting, black box voting machines and little known...bills being secretly placed within unrelated bills that are going to prevent us from verifying the ballots....now, add the MILLIONS of dollars for false advertising...You really think Obama can overcome the adversity? Doubt it.
I would really like to think that American's are smart enough to see through all these attack ads by those who wish to remain anonymous. The Senate Republicans filbustered two votes on the Disclose Act when in the past they were all for transparency in elections. What changed? Citizens United is what and all the money pouring into Republican campaign coffers and now they accuse the Democrats of wanting to "target" those campaign donors, especially the so called non profits, who should be investigated by the IRS for violations of their non profit status.
Unfortunately, many Americans are just too busy or too disgusted to pay sufficient attention to what's going on. They are not questioning enough what they're told on the mainstream media news programs. I've actually run into people who didn't even know what Citizens United was, which is downright scary.
I would like to suggest that with all this money coming from who knows where, we have an example of the Manchurian Candidate! What do you think?
I also want to say that I enjoy your show but I haven't yet called in. Keep it up.
There are not that many owners of the USA. We are owned by Jardines Fleming and an old Italo-Germano-Viennese banking coven. China is owned by them too, and has been since the British forced their opium trade through Hong Kong.
Switzerland calls itself a "neutral" company, charming as it is. Neutral means they will hold funds outside the reach of United States jurisdiction. Concealed money has been piling up for more than 100 years in Suisse, and pooled with the assets of the 700 Princes of Liechtenstein and the Queen, is enough to bring us to our knees, along with the rest of Europe.
Back to Colonial Days. Kochs are just local yokels compared to the arms manufacturers of Germany and England.
Face the facts, neither Romney or Obama are pro-labor.
The job killing plan may have come from Republicans but there is every indication that their plans were facilitated by Obama's patronage to the same monied special interest groups. Being from Wisconsin, I'll be "too busy" to vote for Obama this time around.
Vote Jill Stein.
One can only imagine how much bidding and counter bidding goes on in the purchase of our country. How many owners of the USA do you think exist? Will the owners fight over us or do they have a hierarchy or code to avoid turf wars? What might turf wars look like and what are the potential effects of them?
Keeps the old Synapses and Dendrites and Axons and....whatever from getting rusty. Just hope my Telomeres stay in good shape and apoptosis goes as it should.
"Turd Blossom" was the smartest thing Bush ever said.
Reply to #2..I suspect you may be right...they might try to pull a fast one. As most people will have had enough of both Romney and Obama...especially Romney...and while many people will decline to vote for Obama...or even not at all...the Republicans could spring an (October) surprise on us and win this thing. FSM, I hope not! I hope Jill Stein wins it...or even Roseanne Bar. That would really shock the entrenched good-ole-boy network of corruption.
As a recent convert, I would say that Mormonism is definitely Christianity. Jesus Christ and the atonement of Jesus Christ is so central and core to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints... An article in the mormon news room at http://www.mormonnewsroom.org best sums up how central Jesus Christ is to the church, to the lives of it's members, to even our relationship with Heavenly Father.
"Jesus Christ is central to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which bears His name. Every prayer in the home and every sermon in a chapel closes in the name of Jesus Christ. The emblems of the sacrament (communion) that are taken weekly in worship services are symbols of His atonement. Latter-day Saints wholly accept the New Testament accounts of the birth, life and ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He, like His Father, has a physical body — the same body that walked out of the tomb after His resurrection, and which He invited His apostles to “handle … and see” (Luke 24:39).
As the only perfect man who ever lived, Jesus set the example in His life for all to follow. Because humans fall short, Christ’s atoning sacrifice pays the price of sin on condition of individual repentance. His sacrifice also allows all humankind to be resurrected into immortality. He is the Savior, and in a future time will be the Judge."
I would encourage all who read this and are interested to browse http://www.mormonnewsroom.org or www.mormon.org to start. The Church is so rich in its understanding of life, how everything in this world through the laws and principles on which it operates testifies of the light, love, and truth that comes from following not just principles in isolation but in the context of our flesh and blood experience of the world around us, of the lives we touch, of the connections we make, of the memories we make!