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ALTERNATIVE NEWS
11 Feb 2013
Apartheid UK: British state spies on Muslims
Show This To Anyone That Believes That “Things Are Getting Better” In America

"We (U.S.) Are A Part of A Death Squad Country" Daniel Ellsberg
Frank Giustra Speaks at World Outlook Financial Conference
Sandy Hoax Is Embarrassing The 911 Truthers
Banksters "Hold British people hostage": The great escape artist
By Ian Fraser: It has been described as the biggest banking felony in
history … yet no-one has been prosecuted for the Libor fixing scandal.
Ian Fraser looks at the RBS sacrificial lambs.
DURING Royal Bank of Scotland’s IT meltdown last summer, chief
executive Stephen Hester referred to the risk “that you turn over rocks
and find new things [that you have to clean up].” Last Wednesday, nearly
five years on from the £45.5 billion taxpayer funded rescue of the
Edinburgh based lender, a vast rock was hoisted aloft by three
regulators. What lurked underneath was not a pleasant sight.
In a deferred prosecution deal with the United States Department of Justice, Commodities Futures Trading Commission and the London-based Financial Services Authority, the bank admitted that between 2006 and 2010 staff based in London, Singapore, Tokyo and the US conspired to manipulate the global financial benchmark, the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) calculated in both Swiss Francs and Japanese Yen. They did this in order to make money for themselves and the bank at the expense of others. Libor is a global benchmark used to price some $300 trillion of contracts, ranging from mortgages to student loans to interest-rate swaps, calculated by averaging out submissions from up to 40 global banks
“This is the biggest scandal, the biggest anti-trust felony, in the history of the world, and it continued for years,” said Bill Black, associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and a world leading expert on financial crime.

In a deferred prosecution deal with the United States Department of Justice, Commodities Futures Trading Commission and the London-based Financial Services Authority, the bank admitted that between 2006 and 2010 staff based in London, Singapore, Tokyo and the US conspired to manipulate the global financial benchmark, the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) calculated in both Swiss Francs and Japanese Yen. They did this in order to make money for themselves and the bank at the expense of others. Libor is a global benchmark used to price some $300 trillion of contracts, ranging from mortgages to student loans to interest-rate swaps, calculated by averaging out submissions from up to 40 global banks
“This is the biggest scandal, the biggest anti-trust felony, in the history of the world, and it continued for years,” said Bill Black, associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and a world leading expert on financial crime.
First time since 1948, propaganda is now legal in the U.S.
By Max Keiser: On 12/29/12, President Obama signed HR
4310, the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. Section 1078 (thomas.loc.
gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.4310:) of the bill authorizes the use of propaganda
inside the US, which had previously been banned since 1948 when the Smith-Mundt
Act was passed.
History of Section 1078:

2) Domestic propaganda legislation introduced by Rep. Thornberry as stand-alone legislation not related to NDAA, HR 5736, entitled ‘Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012.’ Defeated in committee vote. (5/10/12)
3) Exact text of HR 5736 introduced as Section 1097 of third version of NDAA, which was approved by the house. House sends bill to Senate. Section 1097 is entitled ‘Dissemination Abroad of Information about the United States.’ The text of this Section 1097 is virtually identical to that of HR 5736, except one word is removed (see below)*. (5/18/12)
4) NDAA referred to Senate. Section 1097 appears in fourth version of bill, ‘Referred in Senate’ version. In this version, there is a Section 1078, listed as ‘Authority for Corps of Engineers to Construct Projects Critical to Navigation Safety’ (6/19/12)
5) Section 1097 does not appear ‘Public Print’ version, nor does Section 1078. There is no section regarding ‘Dissemination Abroad of Information.’ (12/4/12)
6) In, ‘Engrossed Amendment Senate’ version, Section 1097 reappears as ‘Transportation of Individuals to and from Facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs.’ There is no section regarding ‘Dissemination Abroad of Information.’ (12/12/12)
7) Final version of bill is returned to House and Senate for re-approval. Section 1097 does not appear, and the ‘Transportation of Individuals’ clause does not appear elsewhere in the bill. Section 1078 reappears, now entitled ‘Dissemination Abroad of Information about the United States.’ The text of this Section 1078 is identical to the text of Section 1097 from the third version of the bill discussed in point #3. (12/21/12)
8) Obama signs this final version of HR 4310. (12/29/12)
That is the basic history of this bill. All
information is sourced from Library of Congress.
Ahmadinejad: ‘I’m ready for direct talks with US if pressure stops’

“You pull away the gun from the face of the Iranian nation, I myself will enter the talks with you,” he said.
His statement is in stark contrast to the words of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme leader of Iran, who has the final say on all key decisions, who said earlier this week that talking to the US would not solve any problems.
“Some naïve people like the idea of negotiating with America, however, negotiations will not solve the problems,” said Khamenei, who then accused the US of “holding a gun against Iran and saying you want to talk”.
The Ayotallah’s words follow an invitation by vice president Joe Biden to hold bilateral talks between Washington and Tehran.
The NWO and Israel 'who have loads of nukes, have the bad form to' suspect Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons, while Iran denies these claims and insists its nuclear program is purely for civilian purposes.
Going Rambo on U.S. Police Corruption
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