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S&P Expects Greece To Default Soon!

  • I can’t tell you which of the last 5 straws will break the camel’s back. But it is coming. The sovereign debt domino will fall and it will cascade across the world. Got physical gold yet?
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  • S&P expects Greece to default soon! 
    (Reuters) – Greece will default shortly on its debt obligations, a senior Standard & Poor’s official told Bloomberg Television on Monday. “Greece will default very shortly. Whether there will be a solution at the end of the current rocky negotiations I cannot say,” said Moritz Kraemer, the head of the agency’s European sovereign ratings unit. “There is a lot of brinksmanship on and a disorderly default will have ramifications on other countries but I believe policymakers will want to avoid that … The game is still on.”
    (Reporting by Emelia Sithole-Matarise and Anirban Nag)

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IMF Executive Warns of Eurozone ‘Spiral’!

  • IMF executive warns of eurozone ‘spiral’! 
    by AFP
    A senior International Monetary Fund executive warned on Monday that Europe required bold action to avert a “downward spiral” that could drag the world economy into “catastrophe”. IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton, in his first major speech since his appointment late last year, told a meeting of Asian finance and banking chiefs in Hong Kong that the world economy was in trouble.
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    “At the global level, the pace of economic activity is weakening, and the risks for Europe and the world are high,” he told the Asian Financial Forum. “Rather than allow ourselves to be paralysed by pessimism, it is time to focus on the more hopeful perspective of working our way through this crisis.”
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    His comments came after US-based ratings agency Standard and Poor’s last week downgraded the sovereign debt ratings of nine eurozone countries including top-rated France and Austria. The move will increase the affected countries’ borrowing costs and could lead to a similar downgrades of the European Financial Stability Facility, the eurozone’s bailout fund.
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    Lipton said the “good news” is that “we know what policies are needed, and we are busy trying to muster the finance to support those policies”. But without bold and concerted international action,”Europe could be swept into a downward spiral of collapsing confidence, stagnant growth, and fewer jobs,” he said. “And in today’s interconnected global economy, no country and no region would be immune from that catastrophe. This is especially true for Asia,” Lipton added.
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    Asia’s relatively strong economies have already been hit by the fallout from Europe, with export markets drying up and higher capital reserve requirements forcing European banks to sell assets and pull cash out of emerging markets.
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Jim Willie: “China Has Stated A U.S. Attack On Iran Will Result In A Chinese Military Response”!

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Alex Jones: The Accelerating Disintegration of America!

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Explosive Words: US Media First To Bomb Iran!

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Jim Rogers: Lazy Bank & Ratings Clique Must Take a Hit !

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Guns on The Table: UK Pushes Iran Oil Ban!

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William Engdahl: US Economy Goes Down The Tube by Days!

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Anger & Amnesty: ‘Syria Pawn in Game of Shadows’!

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False Flag Psyop: US Warns of Bangkok Terror Threat !

  • The Illuminists are ratcheting up their false flag terrorism and psyop to divide the world into 2 camps. They want to polarize the world into a: Zionist West (and their allies) vs Muslim World (and their allies). This is all part of their Satanic World War 3 plan.
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  • If you study the history of terrorism, you will realize that they are tools of western Illuminist intelligence agencies: Mossad, CIA, MI6 … Muslim terrorism is organized / financed / controlled / planned by western Illuminist intelligence agencies. The general public/sheeple do not know what is going on and are not to blame. I do not blame Americans for what their Illuminist government do because if Americans really know what is going on, they will hang all the snakes in power publicly! America, unfortunately, is scheduled for destruction and will be merged into the coming Luciferian World Government/Order.
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  • This current warning about Hezbollah launching an attack in Thailand is pure psyop BS. It is done by Al CIAda and its allies. This is done to build sympathy for the Anglo-American-Zionist war mongering against Iran/Syria. Do not be taken for a ride.
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    US warns of Bangkok terror threat! 
    by http://www.independent.co.uk/
    Thai police were questioning a Lebanese man with alleged links to Hezbollah militants as the US Embassy and Israel warned Friday of a “real and credible” terrorist threat against Americans and Israelis in Bangkok.
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    The warning comes during heightened tension over US and Israeli responses to the prospect that Iran is going forward with developing nuclear weapons. Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which has been accused of carrying out terrorist attacks in the Middle East since the 1980s, is avowedly anti-Israel and widely considered to act as a proxy for Iran.
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    Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said Thai authorities received a tip-off before New Year’s of a planned attack, which was said to target Israelis. “At first we were told the Palestinians were behind it but it turned out to be the Hezbollah,” he told The Associated Press. He did not say who provided the tip-off.
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    He said police detained on Thursday a Lebanese suspect with alleged links to Hezbollah.
    Thai authorities had been “following two Lebanese men and called in one of them … for questioning,” Chalerm said. “Technically the two men have not committed any crimes under the Thai law, so we could only use the immigration law to keep this one suspect in custody,” he said. He was not clear on what happened to the second suspect.
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    Chalerm spoke hours after the US Embassy in Bangkok sent an “emergency message” to American citizens earlier Friday warning of a possible terrorist attack.
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    … for more click here!

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Iran Target of ‘False Flag’ Strategy?

“I am concerned .. a contrived Gulf of Tonkin type incident may well occur to gain popular support for an attack on Iran!” - Ron Paul 1:24 onwards

  • The Anglo-American-Zionist ruling elites have used false flag attacks as a justification for wars of aggression. If they are unable to get Iran to response militarily to their covert provocations, they will attempt another false flag stun. You have to be literally an idiot to want to serve in the military for such Illuminist ruling elites.
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  • The real aggressors are America and Israel. The country under existential threat is Iran. Iran does not have a nuclear bomb or a nuclear weapons program. It has abided by he Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty and all its nuclear work is supervised by international watchdog agencies. This is unlike Zionist ’666′ Israel which has at least 400 nuclear bombs and has constantly refused to abide by international laws!
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    Iran target of ‘false flag’ strategy? 
    by Jim Fetzer, a former Marine Corps officer, is McKnight Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota Duluth and the founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.
    by Joshua Blakeney is a graduate student at the University of Lethbridge, member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Staff Writer at Veterans Today.
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    everal warnings of an imminent “false flag” attack by the Israeli-influenced US on one of its own warships, which will be attributed to Iran, have been reported by several reliable sources. In recent years “false-flag” terrorism has been utilized multiple times by US and Israeli political actors to provide pretexts for otherwise unjustifiable, anti-Islamic military excursions. The plan is to justify an all-out assault on Iran based upon a new fabricated “Pearl Harbor”.
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    Israel is the primary motivator behind the attempts to destabilize Iran. US traditional foreign policy was one of attempting to foster stability in the Middle East for oil markets. The Zionist impulse, conversely, is to destabilize all potential regional hegemons and carve the Middle East up into ethno-religious statelets.
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    Thus, since the fraudulent events of 9/11, we’ve seen a policy of Middle East disintegration being pursued by Israeli-influenced American politicians. Indeed, recently released CIA memos reveal that Mossad agents have been posing as CIA agents and conscripting anti-Iranian terrorists.
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    Former Israeli intelligence officer, Avi Perry, startlingly wrote in a January 9th Jerusalem Post article of a forthcoming “ ‘Pearl Harbor’ scenario, in which Iran [will] launch…a “surprise” attack on the US navy,” giving the US “the perfect rationalization to finish them [Iran] off.” Tellingly, Perry chose to put the word “surprise” in quotation marks. Is Perry telling us something?
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    Perry asserts: “[an] Iranian attack on an American military vessel will serve as a justification and a pretext for a retaliatory move by the US military against the Iranian regime.” However, Perry identifies “a US aircraft carrier” as the likely target of this imagined Iranian attack. We beg to differ. There are major indications that the vessel of choice is to be the USS Vincennes. The fourth USS Vincennes (CG-49) is a US Navy Ticonderoga class Aegis guided missile cruiser. On July 3, 1988, the ship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 civilian passengers on board, including 38 non-Iranians and 66 children.
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    This would be an ideal vessel for the staged provocation as it could be easily sold to the world as having been Iranian retribution for the 1988 downing of Flight 655. That way the evident lack of motive for Iran to provoke the US and Israeli military will be replaced by a perceived “motive.” No one will stop to ask themselves why Iran would thereby engage itself in a major war. 
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    If we were to believe the Wikipedia version of history the Vincennes has already been scrapped. The Wikipedia article for the Vincennes states, “The Vincennes was completely scrapped by 23 November 2011.” If that were true it could not be used as the target of this “false-flag” attack. Yet we have photographic and testimonial evidence suggesting otherwise. A reliable source interviewed by one of us has brought us up to speed on the latest developments:
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    “We now know what that INACTIVE Ticonderoga class AEGIS missile cruiser got towed out of here under cover of darkness for. It’ll likely be the sacrificial lamb that starts the war with Iran….
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    “Why else would they move it when all the rest sit at a buoy here for months before they finally leave to be sunk?
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    “I told this to a former 9/11 Truth person back when that ship got moved that it was likely to be used for a FALSE FLAG attack. Well, we’ll soon see if I was right about this one.”
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    Since the ship left Puget Sound in the dead of night about two months ago, it’s most probable location today is at the 5th Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain for safe keeping until the time comes for its deployment.  The ship would have been refurbished and repainted and provided with remote control capabilities.
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    “That is the only location in the region outside of Haifa Harbor where she could probably be at least partially concealed by cocooning the superstructure to make it less obvious who she is. Meanwhile, the US Navy is compiling a list of casualties based upon deceased sailors, very much as was the case on 9/11,” we were advised.
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    Former Israeli false-flag attacks, such as on the USS Liberty in 1967, and the Argentine attacks in 1992 and in 1994, demonstrate Israel’s willingness to attack US targets, on the one hand, and its own people, on the other.
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    It’s highly probable that, having shipped the Vincennes into an acceptable location, that the Mossad, which has also been implicated in the events of 9/11, would do the rest of the dirty work.  Or the United States, which has become Israel’s lackey, might blow up one of its own ships, which would be a literal and a figurative sign of how low the US has sunk.
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    As a Marine Corps officer, I, Jim Fetzer, swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic. Neither I nor any other officer I know ever swore allegiance to the State of Israel. Our leaders are not only betraying our own Constitution but have turned our nation into a servant of an unworthy, brutal and tyrannical master, who couldn’t care less about the best interests of American citizens–and our own leaders not only permit this to happen but actually promote it.
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    In light of recent “deep political events” in Iran, including the recent murder of Iranian nuclear physicist Professor Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, it would not be surprising if the US and Israel were to raise the ante by implementing a fraudulent trigger incident, which may very well ignite World War III.
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    Because of the pervasiveness of US-Israeli deceptions, an increasing number of public intellectuals are awakening to the prospect of these fraudulent events before they happen, as appears to be the case with this initiative. We can’t be certain about all of this, because we are on the outside, looking in.  Perhaps the USS Vincennes actually has been scrapped.  But on this point the world can rest assured: they haven’t scrapped the plan!

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Stephen Lendman: Planned Regime Change in Iran and Syria!

  • Stephen Lendman has an excellent blog (http://www.sjlendman.blogspot.com/). He writes no BS truth on socio-geopolitical issues. (emphasis mine)
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    Planned Regime Change in Iran and Syria 
    by Stephen Lendman
    Plans are longstanding. Timing alone isn’t known. Signs suggest 2012. If sanctions, subversion, cyberwar, and targeted assassinations fail, expect hot conflict to follow. On January 9, the Washington Post quoted an anonymous US intelligence official saying America’s goal for Iran is “regime change.” A next day article retracted the statement, saying:
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    “An earlier version of this article reported that a US intelligence official had described regime collapse as a goal of US and other sanctions against Iran. An updated version clarifies the official’s remarks.”
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    In other words, the Post retracted its correct assessment. Indeed, Washington’s longstanding goal is regime change by whatever means necessary, including war. Recent reports and events are worrisome. On January 13, the The Tribune Company headlined, “US troops quietly surge into Middle East,” saying:
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    CENTCOM head General James Mattis “warned that he needed additional forces to deal with Iran and other potential threats….”
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    As a result, 15,000 combat troops are positioned in Kuwait. “The new units include two Army infantry brigades and a helicopter unit.” In addition, two aircraft carrier battle groups remain in the region. Nuclear armed and dangerous, they include a carrier, two guided missile cruisers, a guided missile destroyer, another anti-submarine (ASW) one, an ASW frigate, two attack submarines, and a combined ammunition, oiler, supply ship.
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    On January 13, Foreign Affairs contributor Mark Perry headlined “False Flag,” saying:
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    US intelligence files reveal that “Israeli Mossad officers recruited operatives belonging to the terrorist group Jundallah by passing themselves off as America (CIA) agents.”
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    Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, part of Washington’s worldwide propaganda operation, reported them responsible for assassinating high-ranking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) officers and other government officials. The State Department designates Jundallah (a militant Pakistan group, allegedly with Al Qaeda and Taliban links) a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Washington strategically uses insurgent groups like Al Qaeda as allies and/or enemies. Israel’s policy is similar.
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    CIA memos suggested no direct Jundallah contacts. They also showed US intelligence familiarity with Mossad practices, and perhaps encouraged them. Nonetheless, Perry said “they were stunned by the brazenness of the Mossad’s efforts,” operating “nearly in the open.”
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    Though no evidence links Jundallah with targeted Iranian assassinations, The New York Times reported that current and former US officials say “(t)he CIA has repeatedly tried to derail Iran’s uranium enrichment program by covert means, including introducing sabotaged parts into (its) supply chain.”
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    A Final Comment
    Throughout US history, false flag big lies provided pretexts for militarism, wars, occupations, domestic repression, and national security state extremism. More recent examples alone are notable, including the fake August 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, manufactured ones to depose Panama’s Manuel Noriega, collusion and deception conning Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait, 9/11 to attack Afghanistan, WMD lies precipitating Iraq’s attack and occupation, and falsified reports about Gaddafi to target Libya.
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    Is Syria next, then Iran, then global war followed by militarized homeland repression? Using Obama as front man, out-of-control militarists make it possible!
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    Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
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    … for more click here!

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The Daily Bell: Beijing And London – One World After All ! The Anglo-American Power Elites And Their World Government Agenda!

  • This is an excellent article confirming what I have been saying for years: Illuminist intelligence agencies, Illuminist MSM, World Government …etc. (emphasis mine)
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    Beijing and London – One World After All ! 
    by http://www.thedailybell.com/
    London Wants to Tap Chinese Currency Market … Britain plans to turn London into a major foreign exchange trading center for the Chinese renminbi to benefit from faster growth in Asia while strengthening the city’s position as a financial center in the wake of the banking crisis. George Osborne, the chancellor of the Exchequer, said during a visit to Hong Kong on Monday that he was working with Chinese and British banks to establish London as a new hub for the renminbi market. – Deal Book/NY Times
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    Dominant Social Theme:
    London seizes an opportunity within the context of making the City grow. Just business, you know.
    Free-Market Analysis: Suddenly, having pushed Europe away, the City is eagerly embracing China, as we can see from the New York Times article excerpt above. Do you believe this, dear reader? We don’t. To us it seems like one more step on the “long march” toward the much touted, elitist New World Order.
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    Too big a jump in logic? Follow our reasoning through the rest of this article. First of all, we have to question the New York Timescredibility. Myriad documents on the Internet now prove fairly conclusively that the Times is a kind of mouthpiece for the US Intel complex. What the CIA wants, the Times prints.
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    Of course, the CIA – to complicate matters – is not working for the US government or its “people” but for a tiny, elite clique of impossibly wealthy central banking families headquartered in London with arms in Rome, Washington DC and Tel Aviv.
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    The goal of this tiny group of intergenerational elites and their colleagues and enablers in the corporate, military and political world is to build global government, a seamless intercontinental sociopolitical and economic facility. In order to create such an ambitious paradigm, it is not enough to stitch European countries together. Asia and China must be brought into the fold as well.
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    The Anglosphere, as we call it, often does this by military means, by the way. Wars are the crucible, apparently, in which one-world government is forged. This would explain, for instance, the increasing obviousness of the phony Cold War, as well as the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts – which also included, at least to some degree, Cambodia and Thailand.
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    It is war that gives the West’s massive mercenary forces the justification to bring to bear secret invasions and manipulations of various countries. It is war that allows the Anglosphere to destabilize regimes it does not favor while putting into power those with whom it can work in the future.
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    We think we see this not just in Asia, but in China, too. Well hidden in 20th century is at least the possibility that there was secret funding and encouragement for Chairman Mao and his takeover of China. This is basically a historical fact when it comes to the USSR. Why shouldn’t it be the same for the Red Dragon?
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    The elites apparently always seek this kind of polarization. It is part of a larger Hegelian Dialectic that is intended to move free markets and freedom-oriented countries into a far more militarized posture. The Cold War basically put military powers in charge in both Europe and America. The questionable “war on terror” is now doing so again.
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    It is not enough, however, to create a war, or even a totalitarian society. Once the initial authoritarian state has been put into play, the inevitable “liberalizing” can begin. We have seen this now not just with the USSR, but with China, Cuba and even Vietnam.
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    Of course, the response will come quickly – Marxism doesn’t work and the dictatorial elites running these countries have adopted a more businesslike approach to markets in order not to lose power. This is perfectly possible – but it is too neat. Too clean.
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    We’ve started to believe in Directed History, you see. That’s the kind of history that seems real but is not. It is instead a kind of stage play. The power elite, having placed its disciples into every nook and cranny of the world’s political system now stages elaborate fantasies for the masses.
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    It’s been doing this for a very long time, perhaps a century, perhaps three – for however long the current conspiracy to create world government has been in place. (Or perhaps it’s evolved.)
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    No matter. These fantasies are abetted by the West’s bought-and-paid for mainstream media. We have long since concluded that every major article of this sort that appears in the “Mockingbird” media is a kind of lie. That goes for this latest story about London and Chinese currency.
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    If the New York Times is explaining that London and Beijing are to grow closer together for business reasons, we immediately look for another reason. In fact, this idea that China is an exploitable capitalist environment is laughable. No, in our view, China is verging on an economic meltdown that will make Europe’s “sovereign crisis” look positively mild.
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    We have a lot of trouble believing it’s real. In fact, we’d speculate it is the most blatant kind of elite dominant social theme. These fear-based promotions are intended to frighten (mostly) Western middle classes into giving up wealth and power to specially prepared globalist institutions like the UN,IMF and World Bank.
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