NATO’s Core Function is to Advance US Global Interests and Foreign Policy Goals.

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

Time for NATO to face new realities NATO’s Core Function is to Advance US Global Interests and Foreign Policy Goals.

An article by Kate Hudson,  a leading anti-nuclear and anti-war campaigner nationally and internationally. Posted on ‘informationclearinghouse.info’

May 21, 2012 London, UK – As Chicago prepares for the first North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) leaders’ summit ever to be held on US soil, many will reflect on the organisation’s strength, durability, and the way in which it has adapted to a changing world. Indeed, few international institutions have undergone such an extreme makeover as NATO. From its ostensible origins as a defensive alliance facing off against the Soviet Union in 1949, it has seamlessly morphed into an openly aggressive, globe-straddling operation, whipping recalcitrant states into line in its self-appointed capacity as the righter of international wrongs. Vigilante-style, it can ride roughshod over the qualms of the United Nations – and often the restrictions of international law – to assert or impose its own view of peace and freedom. Occasionally it presents a softer face, protecting aid or pursuing humanitarian goals, yet no one is in any real doubt that NATO is all about hard power.

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On Russia, G8 Summit, Syria, Iran, NATO. ? Pandora’s Box.

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

“MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned on Thursday that military action against sovereign states could lead to a regional nuclear war, starkly voicing Moscow’s opposition to Western intervention ahead of a G8 summit at which Syria and Iran will be discussed.

“Hasty military operations in foreign states usually bring radicals to power,” Medvedev, president for four years until Vladimir Putin’s inauguration on May 7, told a conference in St. Petersburg in remarks posted on the government’s website.”

[Source for this extract – http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-18/europe/31764888_1_prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-arkady-dvorkovich-nuclear-programme ]

Much to be learnt from this NSNBC article.

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By Christof Lehmann, nsnbc –NATO and Chicago prepare for NATO`s 25th Summit while a 17 nations war games exercise is planned in northern Jordan, near the Syrian border. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called US President Obama and declared that he will not take part in NATO`s Summit. Russia is threatening with the option of a preemptive strike over NATO missile defense shield, while NATO is expected to declare the missile defense shield, stationed in Central Europe, and claimed to be directed against Iran as operational during NATO`s Summit. U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, Ivo H. Daalder, and the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and Commander of the U.S. European Command, James G. Stavridis publish an article in “Foreign Affairs“, praising NATO`s successful intervention and victory in Libya, emphasizing NATO`s new international role, and it´s meeting of  “the responsibility to protect” as justification for military intervention…

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Humanity at the Height of Folly – Fukushima woes

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

Nuclear Power and Earthquake Zones,  by Richard Wilcox

Every living thing could use a little mercy now Only the hand of grace can end the race Towards another mushroom cloud People in power, well They’ll do anything to keep their crown I love life, and life itself could use some mercy now Yeah, we all could use a little mercy now I know we don’t deserve it But we need it anyhow We hang in the balance Dangle ‘tween hell and hallowed ground Every single one of us could use some mercy now”

— Mary Gauthier, “Mercy Now” 1

We have heard much about Japan’s Fukushima Unit 4 nuclear spent fuel pool and the huge amount of radioactivity that could be released if that pool were to go dry, crack, fall apart or collapse.2 As former Japanese diplomat to the United Nations, Akio Matsumura, recently warned the world:

The highly radioactive spent fuel assemblies at the Fukushima-Daiichi power plants present a clear threat to the people of Japan and the world. Reactor 4 and the nearby common spent fuel pool contain over 11,000 highly radioactive spent fuel assemblies, many of which are exposed to the open air. The cesium-137, the radioactive component contained in these assemblies, present at the site is 85 times larger than the amount released during the Chernobyl accident. Another magnitude 7.0 earthquake would jar them from their pool or stop the cooling water, which would lead to a nuclear fire and meltdown. The nuclear disaster that would result is beyond anything science has ever seen.  Calling it a global catastrophe is no exaggeration. If political leaders understand the situation and the potential catastrophe, I find it difficult to understand why they remain silent. The following leaves little to question:

1. Many scientists believe that it will be impossible to remove the 1,535 fuel assemblies in the pool of Reactor 4 within two or three years.

2. Japanese scientists give a greater than 90 percent  probability that an earthquake of at least 7.0 magnitude will occur in the next three years in the close vicinity of Fukushia-Daiichi.

3. The crippled building of Reactor 4 will not stand through another strong earthquake.

4. Japan and the TEPCO do not have adequate nuclear technology and experience to handle a disaster of such proportions alone.3

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AGW – NASA part of the propaganda machine

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

The science is not settled.
The truth is not being told to the public.
Top scientific organizations (eg NASA) are being complicit in broadcasting propaganda and are being caught out!

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Fukushima forever by Mark Sircus

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

This is very serious stuff!

In the first week after Fukushima, this physicist genius called for a massive international effort to bury the entire nuclear complex to protect as much as possible the human race from nuclear contamination. Dr. Michio Kaku said early on that “Tepco utility people are outclassed and overwhelmed and should be removed from their positions and that we would see increases in leukemias and thyroid cancers from the massive amounts of radioactive iodine being released.” Now he is...

In the first week after Fukushima, this physicist genius called for a massive international effort to bury the entire nuclear complex to protect as much as possible the human race from nuclear contamination. Dr. Michio Kaku said early on that “Tepco utility people are outclassed and overwhelmed and should be removed from their positions and that we would see increases in leukemias and thyroid cancers from the massive amounts of radioactive iodine being released.”

Now he is weighing in with the threat from the spent-fuel pool in reactor building No. 4 in focus saying, “People don’t realize that the Fukushima reactor is on a knife’s edge; it’s near the tipping point. A small earthquake, another pipe break, another explosion could tip it over and we could have a disaster much worse, many times worse than Chernobyl. It’s like a sleeping dragon.”

Kaku explains that just in the last few weeks it has been reported to some degree that Units 2, 3 and 4 have been shown to be in a very dire situation. Unit 2 is completely liquefied, something that’s never been seen in the history of nuclear power, a 100% liquefaction of a uranium core. Unit 4, on the other hand, has an even worse problem as it’s a spent-fuel pond that is totally uncovered because of a hydrogen explosion that took place last year.

The issue of planetary contamination is more important than the economic crisis the media is covering, which threatens to go into its own kind of meltdown. Economies grow and collapse as civilizations rise and fall. There have always been the good times when life is sweet and the bad times when human savages must have their wars or when Nature decides to have her way with us or when the elite bankers’ monetary games run through their cycles.

What are our chances of this nuclear nightmare going away?

Things are so bad at Fukushima that, “Humans cannot come close to certain parts of the reactor site and even robots get fried. They’re delicate machinery; their micro-circuitry cannot withstand the intense bombardment of radiation,” reports Kaku.

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Posted on May 22, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

Comments from readers, usually on other blogs, show disbelief of Israel’s extensive control of the US government, banking and media. In fact just about everything, including the entertainment industry and security organizations.
Here is convincing evidence about who is really controlling your (American) state.

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Ending the Mindset That Gets Us into War

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

A post from Sott.net, by David Swanson, War is a Crime.  Source linked here.

It provides a picture of the unnecessary promotion and inhumanity of wars to which I dedicate this blog.

The Pentagon, the beating heart of the American War Machine

Militarized Chicago – Next month in Baltimore they’re going to celebrate the War of 1812. That’s what we do with wars. We say they’re the last resort. We say they’re hell. We say they’re for the purpose of eliminating themselves: we fight wars for peace. Although we never keep peace for wars. We claim to wage only wars we have been forced into despite all possible effort to find a better way. And then we celebrate the wars. We keep the wars going for their own sake after all the excuses we used to get them started have expired. The WMDs have not been found. Osama bin Laden’s been killed. Al Qaeda is gone from the country where we’re fighting it. Nobody’s threatening Benghazi anymore. But the wars must go on! And then we’ll celebrate them. And we’ll celebrate the old ones too, the ones that were fought here, the ones that were in their day not quite so heavily painted as last resorts or humanitarian missions. Last year Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee persuaded Congress to create an Iraq-Afghanistan Wars holiday. It’s on our calendars now along with Loyalty Day (formerly May Day), Veterans Day (formerly Armistice Day), Memorial Day, Yellow Ribbon Day, Patriots Day, Independence Day, Flag Day, Pearl Harbor Day, and of course September 11th, among many others. Last week there was an Armed Forces Spouses Appreciation Day. The military holiday calendar is like the Catholic saints’ days now: there’s something every day of the year. But there’s no celebration of the times we avoided war. We claim to prefer peace to war, but we don’t make heroes of those presidents or Congresses who most avoided war. In fact, we erase them. Our history books jump from war to war as if nothing happened in between. Nobody celebrates 1811, only 1812. Even the peace movement doesn’t celebrate the past decade’s prevention, thus far, of a war on Iran. Some might say that once an unavoidable war begins we have to celebrate the brave sacrifices of the soldiers and sailors. Even if the war was a bad idea, we can’t blame those who participated in it. They were too ignorant and obedient to do otherwise, but they were brave and loyal. We weren’t in their shoes. We had other means to pay for college. So we are obliged to celebrate their moral failings. We must value bravery and loyalty above intelligent independent thinking. And, because they ignorantly and obediently supported the war, we must do so too — even if we honestly don’t.

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Italian Court Rules MMR Vaccine Did Trigger Autism

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

This is certainly welcome news, even if it took so long that current formulations of vaccines may have been altered. Nevertheless, there are obvious current life and health risks from vaccines. The manufacturers will learn from this that they cannot continue without responsibility to the public safety.

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Cold hands & feet

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

By Susan Curtis,  NYR Natural News

Poor circulation can lead to a tendency to getting cold hands and feet, which can be an uncomfortable problem during the winter months.

When it’s cold your body automatically draws blood away from the extremities to keep your core and internal organs warm. So when the temperature drops we all need a bit of extra help to keep hands and feet warm.

The first thing to do is review your outerwear. Whether you are exercising, shopping or going to work, winter shoes and socks need to protect your feet from the elements. Go for practical over glamorous every time. If you can’t get away with wearing furry boots in the office, then keep a pair of  ‘work shoes’ in your desk and make sure you commute in warm, appropriate footwear.

The same goes for gloves. It can be hard to get into the habit of putting them on when you go out but keeping your hands protected reaps benefits, not only in keeping them warm, but in keeping your skin protected from cold and chapping.

At home you could turn the heat up at home, but it’s healthier (and these days less expensive!) to keep the temperature in your home a bit lower and dress warmly, in thin, adjustable layers, not forgetting the socks and slippers.

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US propaganda facilitated by changes in the Constitution

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

The bill’s supporters say the informational material used overseas to influence foreign audiences is too good to not use at home, and that new techniques are needed to help fight Al-Qaeda, a borderless enemy whose own propaganda reaches Americans online.

“A CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT ONCE CHANGED FROM FREEDOM, CAN NEVER BE RESTORED. LIBERTY, ONCE LOST, IS LOST FOREVER.”
~JOHN ADAMS

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