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Secret FDIC Plan to Loot Bank Accounts

by Stephen Lendman

It shouldn't surprise. It's already policy. Market analyst Graham Summers explained. Depositor theft is coming. Europe is banker occupied territory. So is America. 

Exploiting Holocaust Remembrance Day

by Stephen Lendman

Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated annually. It runs from sundown April 7 to sunset April 8. This year's theme is "Defiance and Rebellion during the Holocaust: 70 years Since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising."

Sunday night Warsaw and Jerusalem ceremonies included government officials, dignitaries and holocaust survivors.

New York Times Supports Targeted Killings

by Stephen Lendman

It doesn't surprise. When America goes to war or plans one, Times editors march in lockstep. They support imperial lawlessness. More on that below.

America's AfPak war is illegal. Tactics include targeted killings. Drones, helicopters and other conventional air strikes are used. 

Destabilizing Venezuela: Longstanding US Policy

by Stephen Lendman

It doesn't surprise. It's likely happening ahead of Venezuela's April 14 presidential election. It'll continue when it's over. 

Washington tolerates no independent governments. It demands pro-Western ones. It wants them serving US interests. Outliers are targeted for regime change.

More Peace Process Hypocrisy

by Stephen Lendman

On April 6, John Kerry began a multi-nation tour. He'll travel to Europe and East Asia. His first stop is Turkey. He'll meet with Netanyahu and Abbas. He wants peace talks restarted. More on that below.

Peace process deception is policy. It's always been a charade. It is now. Israel wants it that way. So does Washington.

Defending IMF Financial Terrorism

by Stephen Lendman

On March 29, New York Times editors headlined "Strengthening the IMF." What demands abolition, they support. It doesn't surprise. 

Iranian Nuclear Talks

by Stephen Lendman

On April 5, so-called P5+1 talks began. They picked up where previous ones left off. Countries involved include America, Britain, China, Russia, France and Germany. Almaty, Kazahhstan played host. It did so for the second time.

Iran participates in good faith. Saeed Jalili heads its negotiating delegation. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton represents P5+1 countries.

Another Dismal Jobs Report

by Stephen Lendman

Putting lipstick on this pig doesn't wash. One analyst said March data was miserable from every angle. Economist David Rosenberg called it "one soft US jobs report." It "quash(ed) the consensus view of economic re-acceleration."

Permanent War: Longstanding US Policy

by Stephen Lendman

Wars define America. They reflect longstanding policy. They're permanent. They've been waged every year in the nation's history. They target enemies at home and abroad. When none exist, they're invented.

Peace is a non-starter. It's always been that way. It never had a chance. It doesn't now. It's systematically spurned. 

BOJ Increases QE

by Stephen Lendman

On April 4, the Financial Times headlined "Bank of Japan follows the Fed, on steroids." Pedal-to-the-metal reflects new governor Haruhiko Kuroda's policy.

Playing the North Korea Card

by Stephen Lendman

For decades, North Korea's wanted normalized relations with Washington. It's been repeatedly rebuffed. Promises made were broken. America needs enemies. 

Institutionalized Barbarism: Official Israeli Policy

by Stephen Lendman

A previous article discussed Arafat Jaradat. Shin Bet interrogators killed him. They tortured him to death. Independent autopsy results proved it. 

Public Banking: What Better Time Than Now

by Stephen Lendman

Money power in private hands games the system. It does so destructively. Controlling money, credit and debt for private enrichment assures speculation, booms, busts, inflation, deflation, instability, crisis, recessions and depressions.

Israeli Murder by Neglect

by Stephen Lendman

Israel operates one of the world's most unconscionable gulags. Thousands of Palestinian political prisoners fill it.  

Fundamental human rights are denied. Torture, ill-treatment and medical neglect are commonplace. 

Tariq Aziz: Victim of US Imperialism

by Stephen Lendman

He's ill, isolated and fading. His life hangs in the balance. Washington likely wants him dead. He blames America, Israel and Britain. They bear responsibility for destroying Iraq. More on him below.

Guantanamo Hunger Strike Spreads

by Stephen Lendman

Detainees have few ways to resist. Refusing food challenges injustice. It's now past two months. 

Media scoundrels at first ignored it. Now they say little. Capitol Hill's quiet. Pentagon officials downplay it. Russia Today reports it daily. More on that below.

Playing the Venezuelan Anti-Semitism Card

by Stephen Lendman

Throughout his tenure, Washington officials vilified Chavez unjustifiably. So did media scoundrels.  

He was America top hemispheric enemy. Donald Rumsfeld once likened him to Hitler. Pat Robertson called for his assassination. Anti-semitism accusations surfaced often.

Expanding Draconian Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Powers

by Stephen Lendman

A previous article discussed CFAA. It explained the following:

It's an anti-hacking law. It's a computer trespass law. It criminalizes accessing computer systems "without authorization." 

"(E)xceeds authorized access" terminology was left undefined.

Scandal Hits Cyprus

by Stephen Lendman

Grand theft is official Cypriot policy. Bank account haircuts are authorized. Those above 100,000 euros are targeted.

Depositors may lose much more than initially thought. Minimally it's around 40% of their money. It may be double that amount or more. Potentially it's everything. 

Monsanto Protection Act

by Stephen Lendman

Agribusiness giant Monsanto's the world's leading GMO seed producer. They're hazardous to human health. They should be banned. They proliferate.

GMO foods and ingredients are toxic. They're unsafe to eat. Independent studies prove it. Monsanto and other agribusiness giants want all animal and vegetable life forms patented. They want worldwide food control.

America's War on North Korea

by Stephen Lendman

On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended. An uneasy armistice persists. The heavily fortified 2.5 mile Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separates North and South. Occasional incidents occur.

Discriminatory Israeli Land Policies

by Stephen Lendman

On March 28, Haaretz headlined "Just 0.7% of state land in the West Bank has been allocated to Palestinians, Israel admits."

Depositor Haircuts Spreading

by Stephen Lendman

A previous article called them the new normal. Bad ideas spread fast. Canada endorses Cypriot harshness. Its "Jobs Growth and Long-Term Prosperity: Economic Action Plan 2013" says so.

Commemorating Land Day

by Stephen Lendman

On March 30, Palestinians worldwide observe Land Day. They've done so since 1976.

Nationwide protests and general strike action erupted. At issue was Israel's land confiscation policy and brutal occupation harshness. 

Regime Change Begins at Home

by Stephen Lendman

Charles Derber's book by that title says it's the only way to free America from corporate rule. It transformed America from "we the people" to what CEOs say goes.

Depositor Haircuts: The New Normal

by Stephen Lendman

On March 29, Cyprus Mail said banks opened Thursday. They did so amid calm. 

Long lines queued. People waited patiently. A feared stampede didn't materialize. Whether it's the calm before the storm remains to be seen.

Cyprus Postmortems: Part II

by Stephen Lendman

On March 28, Cyrus Mail said banks opened for the first time in almost two weeks. They did so at midday local time. Cypriots face draconian restrictions. How they'll react remains to be seen.

NYT Editors Ignore GMO Health Dangers

by Stephen Lendman

It doesn't surprise. Times policy is irresponsible. It's unprincipled. It's reprehensible. It's longstanding. It supports wealth, power and privilege. 

It endorses what demands condemnation. It ignores GMO dangers. Doing so betrays its readers. More on that below.

Honduran Police State Repression

by Stephen Lendman

On June 28, 2009, Obama colluded with Honduran fascists. With US approval and support, they ousted Honduras' democratically elected president.

Manuel Zelaya was arrested at home. Security forces confronted him at gunpoint.

New BRICS Development Bank Announced

by Stephen Lendman

In September 2006, four original BRIC nations met in New York. On May 16, 2008, Yekaterinburg, Russia hosted a full-scale diplomatic meeting.

In June 2009, Brazil, Russia, India and China again met in Yekaterinburg.