Monday, September 15, 2014
It's Official: #ISIS is now also an oil cartel
From Zerohedge:
We recently explained how ISIS remains so well funded but what was unclear was who exactly what purchasing their 'recently-provisioned' oil reserves? The assumption being some desperate third-world nation or some scheming offshore hedge-fund arbitrageur; however, as Sott.net reports, a senior European Union official has revealed that some EU member states have purchased oil from ISIL Takfiri militants despite their rhetoric against the group. The official declined to disclose any names but Turkey remains a front-runner (having already shunned President Obama) and potentially France (after their recent anti-Petrodollar comments).
As The Daily Signal's Kelsey Harkness ( @kelseyjharkness ) notes,
According to the Iraq Energy Institute, an independent, nonprofit policy organization focused on Iraq’s energy sector, the army of radical Islamists controls production of 30,000 barrels of oil a day in Iraq and 50,000 barrels in Syria.And now we know who is buying... (as Sott.net reports)
A senior European Union official has revealed that some EU member states have purchased oil from ISIL Takfiri militants despite their rhetoric against the group.* * *
In a briefing to the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, EU Ambassador to Iraq Jana Hybas-kova said some European countries have purchased crude from the ISIL.
She, however, refused to disclose any names despite pressure by some Parliament members to do so.
The EU official also warned against any support by the West for separatist Kurdish groups who, she said, would destabilize the Middle East.
Earlier reports accused Turkey of buying and transporting oil from both the ISIL and Qaeda-linked Nusra Front. According to the reports, Western intelligence agencies could track ISIL oil shipments as they moved across Iraq and Turkey.
ISIL reportedly controls eleven oil fields in northern Iraq as well as Syria's Raqqa province.
US intelligence officials estimate that the Takfiri militants earn more than USD 3 million a day from oil profit, theft, human trafficking and ransom. They say the militants sell oil and other products via established networks in Turkey, Jordan and Iraq's Kurdistan region. ?Turkey has denied reports of involvement in ISIL's oil smuggling operations.
There are plenty of things to worry about these days
From Zerohedge:
There are plenty of things to worry about these days. A cursory look through today’s (13 Sep 14) drudgereport.com sets the tone: the Pope says WWIII is underway; a senior Democrat accuses the Republicans of endangering civilization; drones are invading the privacy of citizens; militias are blocking traffic in the Mexican border; Feds run a US$589 billion budget deficit; the UK might fall apart; the Ebola epidemic is getting serious in Africa; a mystery virus spreads to NY and CT (and we could not resist adding this one: Hillary Clinton is doing yoga).
With all of this in our minds it is easy to forget, or at least put in proper context, the extraordinary progress that mankind has achieved over the centuries against remarkable odds. World population has steadily increased, proving Malthus wrong. Serious diseases like polio and smallpox, which affected even monarchs and presidents over the centuries, have been eradicated. We can crisscross the planet in less than 24 hours and put satellites in deep space. The baby boomers and their offspring are the most prosperous generations the world has ever seen.
This shows that with enough intelligence, political will, common sense and perseverance most challenges we face as a species can be overcome. This should provide a decent amount of hope that we can tackle whatever we are facing right now.
So why worry?
Well, what will happen if we start losing those qualities and values as a global society? Which is why we believe that the following graphs are the scariest in the world today:
WORLD IQ LEVEL OVER TIMEThe average world citizen is getting dumber while our means of doing harm are increasing. This trend is clearly not our friend.
Source: MailOnline, University of Hartford.
INDEX OF MILITARY EXPENDITURES OVER TIME (1950 = 100)(a)
Source: SIPRI.
(a) Based on NATO expenditures (in 2011 constant US$), the longest data series publicly available.
Consider the following.
Countries around the world today spend over US$1.7 trillion on weaponry - more than the total global investment in energy supply. Beyond the manufacturers and suppliers downstream, this produces zero economic benefits (weapons become obsolete very quickly and do not generate any returns; on the contrary as, well, they blow stuff up) and the associated costs add to already bloated government debt levels. And that’s US$1.7 trillion less available each year to improve world education, food and fuel availability, the environment and shifting global demographics, all critical issues of the 21st century.
Also concerning is the fact that control over these weapons can be quickly lost, creating the prospect of blowbacks, never ending conflicts and major tragedies.
Prior to 1991, the Soviet Union had more than 27,000 nuclear warheads and plenty of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium to triple that number. While there have been no confirmed reports of missing or stolen former-Soviet nuclear weapons (astonishing given all the political and economic turmoil since then), there is ample evidence of a significant black market in nuclear materials. How long before someone in that rapidly expanding pool of idiots gets a hold of some is anybody’s guess.
Note: accidents can happen as well, adding to the unease of handling this type of firepower. For instance, in 1961, a B-52 carrying two nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload very close to Goldsboro in North Carolina. Five of the six fuses designed to prevent a detonation failed in one of the bombs, with only the last one averting a nuclear explosion. That was an unbelievable close call.
And now turmoil is spreading across the Middle East yet again. With all the conflict going on, anyone showing up and volunteering to fight for one of the sides will be given free food and weapons, courtesy of the associated regional and international powers. Will those weapons stay there, concerning as that might already be for local populations, or will they be used elsewhere, even if the conflict is contained or resolved? As we all know fundamentalists – probably the most idiotic of the bunch – are ready to do anything.
Humanity cannot risk its future falling into the hands of increasingly lethal buffoons. The stakes are just too high now. Hopefully our leaders are paying attention, but this should concern us all. Let’s try to be smart about it – while the smart is still going.
Massive climate action march to rock NYC #climate2014
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You need to look up "weather modification" and "solar radiation management". It's not HUMANS that are affecting #climatechange. It's the SUN stupid.
You need to look up "weather modification" and "solar radiation management". It's not HUMANS that are affecting #climatechange. It's the SUN stupid.
Help Obama Kickstart World War III
Be a trendy Google, Facebook loving Obama supporter and you'll get to wear your mark of the beast in a brand new cool looking Apple iWatch, which can be synchronized with your Google Glass and all your Google and Apple products whether you like it or not.
Just pay your taxes and watch TV so Obama can continue executing a plan that was laid out years ago, even before 9/11/2001.
Just pay your taxes and watch TV so Obama can continue executing a plan that was laid out years ago, even before 9/11/2001.
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Will a YES in Scotland be a Black Swan to Global Banksters? #IndyRef
Is Scotland's vote for freedom on Thursday, Sept. 18 really a "black swan" event?
We're with you Scotland! Break free and perhaps the rest of the world will join you. The banksters may blame the coming war and depression on your actions but their gig has been up for a long time.
We're with you Scotland! Break free and perhaps the rest of the world will join you. The banksters may blame the coming war and depression on your actions but their gig has been up for a long time.
September 11, 1989; East Germans Flee as Soviet Union Crumbled
Early in September 1989 about 15,000 people from the then German Democratic Republic (East Germany) had traveled to Hungary in the hope of being allowed to travel onwards, through Austria, to the Federal Repbulic of Germany (West Germany). (At the time it was very difficult for East Germans to get permission to travel to the West, but travel to other Eastern Bloc countries was much easier). The Hungarian government was embarrassed by the influx of refugees from East Germany and on 11 September 1989 it opened its border with Austria permanently, and amid much media publicity, the East Germans in Hungary traveled on to West Germany. In effect, the Hungarian government lifted (or breached) the Iron Curtain separating the Eastern Bloc from the rest of Europe. For East Germany and the other Soviet satellite states it was the beginning of the end. Before 1989 was over, all the East European dictators outside the Soviet Union had been overthrown.
FAMILY GUY - Boston Marathon and Robin Williams Predictive Programming
This is very impressive! Odd conspiracy theory tin foil hat wearing material to be sure. But, can you deny the coincidences?
The Truth About John McCain American Traitor
Should it be any surprise to anyone that John McCain kisses Obama's ass
with every move he makes, that he refuses to close our borders or to
protect the American people? John McCain has a proven track record of
treason against the United States of America, her military forces and
and the men this gutless yellow coward turned against and abandoned in
Vietnam. If we want to heal America we must first remove, through the
voting booth, it's diseases.
with every move he makes, that he refuses to close our borders or to
protect the American people? John McCain has a proven track record of
treason against the United States of America, her military forces and
and the men this gutless yellow coward turned against and abandoned in
Vietnam. If we want to heal America we must first remove, through the
voting booth, it's diseases.
Why 9-11 Truth Matters So Much #Uncover911
Why do so many people spend countless hours, months, years of their lives researching and investigating the attacks of 9/11? Because there is a lesson to be learned, because we were attacked, because there was a cover up, because we've since engaged in 13 years of war and terror around the world, and because it appears the blowback from previous foreign policy fuckups is now threatening us with a yet another decade of war.
And the United States do not have the money to fight senseless wars. The global ponzi scheme of the Federal Reserve Note and the U.S. petrodollar is at the end. The BRICS nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, are being joined by dozens of other nations eager to get off the U.S. dollar for international trade. We've burned all the bridges. We've spent all the good will from World War II. It's time the truth come out and the ultimate regime change to occur.
And the United States do not have the money to fight senseless wars. The global ponzi scheme of the Federal Reserve Note and the U.S. petrodollar is at the end. The BRICS nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, are being joined by dozens of other nations eager to get off the U.S. dollar for international trade. We've burned all the bridges. We've spent all the good will from World War II. It's time the truth come out and the ultimate regime change to occur.
Saturday, September 13, 2014
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