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  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://americasforum.org/archives/833' addthis:title='Central Planning Update (In Theory And Practice) – You Are Here ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>Volatility Is The Price Of Real Progress As we all ponder what may come at us in 2012, the ongoing volatility in almost every corner of every marketplace is certainly concerning, as it should be.  This record volatility has enormous implications for any investor, but especially those in leveraged ETF’s.  Volatility is the anathema to these vehicles, as has been well discussed, but that does not diminish their targeted usefulness. As a portfolio manager I use leveraged inverse ETF’s as hedges against the dramatic downside.  They have a very narrow window and only perform when the market more or less moves in a straight-line down – just as it did in early October 2008, May 2010 or July/August 2011.  Other...

    Central Planning Update (In Theory And Practice) – You Are Here

    Posted on December 30, 2011 | No Comments
    Volatility Is The Price Of Real Progress As we all ponder what may come at us in 2012, the ongoing volatility in almost every corner of every marketplace is certainly concerning, as it should be.  This record volatility has enormous implications for any investor, but especially those in leveraged ETF’s.  Volatility is the anathema to these vehicles, as has been well discussed, but that does not diminish their targeted usefulness. As a portfolio manager I use leveraged inverse ETF’s as hedges against the dramatic downside.  They have a very narrow window and only perform when the market more or less moves in a straight-line down – just as it did in early October 2008, May 2010 or July/August 2011.  Other...

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  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://americasforum.org/archives/773' addthis:title='Rockefeller, Morgan, and War ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>This article is excerpted from Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy, chapter 8, “Rockefeller, Morgan, and War” (1984; 2011) During the 1930s, the Rockefellers pushed hard for war against Japan, which they saw as competing with them vigorously for oil and rubber resources in Southeast Asia and as endangering the Rockefellers’ cherished dreams of a mass “China market” for petroleum products. On the other hand, the Rockefellers took a noninterventionist position in Europe, where they had close financial ties with German firms such as I.G. Farben and Co., and very few close relations with Britain and France. The Morgans, in contrast, as usual deeply committed to their financial ties with Britain and France, once again plumped early for war with Germany,...

    Rockefeller, Morgan, and War

    Posted on November 7, 2011 | No Comments
    This article is excerpted from Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy, chapter 8, “Rockefeller, Morgan, and War” (1984; 2011) During the 1930s, the Rockefellers pushed hard for war against Japan, which they saw as competing with them vigorously for oil and rubber resources in Southeast Asia and as endangering the Rockefellers’ cherished dreams of a mass “China market” for petroleum products. On the other hand, the Rockefellers took a noninterventionist position in Europe, where they had close financial ties with German firms such as I.G. Farben and Co., and very few close relations with Britain and France. The Morgans, in contrast, as usual deeply committed to their financial ties with Britain and France, once again plumped early for war with Germany,...

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  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://americasforum.org/archives/776' addthis:title='CIA Report: United States Negative $561 Billion ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>The U.S. Is At The Bottom Of The List Of 191 Nations! This Is Not An Accident! The United States of America is being destroyed. It is an intentional and strategic plan designed to break the once most powerful nation on earth in order to bring in a World Socialist Government and one world currency. If you have any doubt about this fact, look at the CIA chart which shows the U.S. at the bottom of 191 nations with a negative $561 billion account balance. There is no way that this happens by accident, it is clearly a planned event. The invisible government or the elite who control this world have decided to kill the dollar and kill the U.S. They planned...

    CIA Report: United States Negative $561 Billion

    Posted on November 7, 2011 | No Comments
    The U.S. Is At The Bottom Of The List Of 191 Nations! This Is Not An Accident! The United States of America is being destroyed. It is an intentional and strategic plan designed to break the once most powerful nation on earth in order to bring in a World Socialist Government and one world currency. If you have any doubt about this fact, look at the CIA chart which shows the U.S. at the bottom of 191 nations with a negative $561 billion account balance. There is no way that this happens by accident, it is clearly a planned event. The invisible government or the elite who control this world have decided to kill the dollar and kill the U.S. They planned...

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  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://americasforum.org/archives/767' addthis:title='UN, Monsanto, mining, oil & gas companies directing BLM plans for our public land ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>Debbie Coffey PPJ Gazette How does the UN, Monsanto, mining, and oil & gas companies get their hands into Bureau of Land Mangement (BLM) Resource Management Plans and Environmental Assessments to dictate the use of our public lands (and our future)? Well, I found one way. I noticed that two companies, Tetra Tech and Environmental Management & Planning Solutions, Inc. (EMPSi), are preparing BLM (and Forest Service) Resource Management Plans (RMPs), Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), Environmental Assessments (EAs) and other reports. (So what do we pay BLM employees to do, just look pretty in their uniforms?) Tetra Tech It’s not some small environmental company. Tetra Tech has 13,000 employees in 330 offices around the world. Tetra Tech owns about 25 other...

    UN, Monsanto, mining, oil & gas companies directing BLM plans for our public land

    Posted on November 3, 2011 | No Comments
    Debbie Coffey PPJ Gazette How does the UN, Monsanto, mining, and oil & gas companies get their hands into Bureau of Land Mangement (BLM) Resource Management Plans and Environmental Assessments to dictate the use of our public lands (and our future)? Well, I found one way. I noticed that two companies, Tetra Tech and Environmental Management & Planning Solutions, Inc. (EMPSi), are preparing BLM (and Forest Service) Resource Management Plans (RMPs), Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), Environmental Assessments (EAs) and other reports. (So what do we pay BLM employees to do, just look pretty in their uniforms?) Tetra Tech It’s not some small environmental company. Tetra Tech has 13,000 employees in 330 offices around the world. Tetra Tech owns about 25 other...

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  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://americasforum.org/archives/761' addthis:title='Oakland Protest Turns Rowdy as Whole Foods Vandalized ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>ADAM MARTIN1,537 ViewsNOV 2, 2011 Update (9:35 p.m. EDT): With the arrival of the after-work crowd, the protest’s ranks have swelled to an estimated 10,000 as the march makes its way down to the port. So far, it’s peaceful. The protest’s live stream shares this picture via Twitter, courtesy of ABC News:   Update (6 p.m. EDT): Reports of property damaged in the rally have started coming in via Twitter. Some protesters (reportedly with the anarchist Black Bloc contingent) vandalized a Whole Foods minutes ago after rumors circulated the store had threatened to fire employees who left work to join the protest. A tweet from Mother Jones says that “seems untrue.” San Francisco Chronicle reporter Demian Bulwa tweeted this photo: Elsewhere, protesters smashed windows at a Chase bank earlier in the afternoon Global Exchangetweeted...

    Oakland Protest Turns Rowdy as Whole Foods Vandalized

    Posted on November 3, 2011 | No Comments
    ADAM MARTIN1,537 ViewsNOV 2, 2011 Update (9:35 p.m. EDT): With the arrival of the after-work crowd, the protest’s ranks have swelled to an estimated 10,000 as the march makes its way down to the port. So far, it’s peaceful. The protest’s live stream shares this picture via Twitter, courtesy of ABC News:   Update (6 p.m. EDT): Reports of property damaged in the rally have started coming in via Twitter. Some protesters (reportedly with the anarchist Black Bloc contingent) vandalized a Whole Foods minutes ago after rumors circulated the store had threatened to fire employees who left work to join the protest. A tweet from Mother Jones says that “seems untrue.” San Francisco Chronicle reporter Demian Bulwa tweeted this photo: Elsewhere, protesters smashed windows at a Chase bank earlier in the afternoon Global Exchangetweeted...

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  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://americasforum.org/archives/757' addthis:title='Thirty companies paid no U.S. income tax 2008-2010:report ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>(Reuters) – Thirty large and profitable U.S. corporations paid no income taxes in 2008 through 2010, said a study on Thursday that arrives as Congress faces rising demands for tax reform but seems unable or unwilling to act. Pepco Holdings Inc, a Washington, D.C.-area power company, had the lowest effective tax rate, at negative 57.6 percent, among the 280 Fortune 500 companies studied. The statutory U.S. corporate income tax rate is 35 percent, one of the highest in the world; but over the 2008-2010 period, very few of the companies studied paid it, said the report. The average effective tax rate for the companies over the period was 18.5 percent, said Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation...

    Thirty companies paid no U.S. income tax 2008-2010:report

    Posted on November 3, 2011 | No Comments
    (Reuters) – Thirty large and profitable U.S. corporations paid no income taxes in 2008 through 2010, said a study on Thursday that arrives as Congress faces rising demands for tax reform but seems unable or unwilling to act. Pepco Holdings Inc, a Washington, D.C.-area power company, had the lowest effective tax rate, at negative 57.6 percent, among the 280 Fortune 500 companies studied. The statutory U.S. corporate income tax rate is 35 percent, one of the highest in the world; but over the 2008-2010 period, very few of the companies studied paid it, said the report. The average effective tax rate for the companies over the period was 18.5 percent, said Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation...

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  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://americasforum.org/archives/721' addthis:title='You don’t own yourself — the Federal Reserve does. ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>by Gary Vey for viewzone For a while I have been receiving e-mails from a good friend who has asked me to investigate something weird about the Birth Certificates. He wanted me to take a look at them because they have certain numbers and other things printed on them that need an explanation. When I looked at my own Birth Certificate, I noticed it was a copy of the original. So I went through old boxes and baby books that my Mom had saved before she died and found what I was looking for — my original Birth Certificate. It was brittle and yellowed with decades of age but — wow — it was NOT the original! What I have...

    You don’t own yourself — the Federal Reserve does.

    Posted on July 13, 2011 | No Comments
    by Gary Vey for viewzone For a while I have been receiving e-mails from a good friend who has asked me to investigate something weird about the Birth Certificates. He wanted me to take a look at them because they have certain numbers and other things printed on them that need an explanation. When I looked at my own Birth Certificate, I noticed it was a copy of the original. So I went through old boxes and baby books that my Mom had saved before she died and found what I was looking for — my original Birth Certificate. It was brittle and yellowed with decades of age but — wow — it was NOT the original! What I have...

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  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://americasforum.org/archives/709' addthis:title='Big Pharma attempting to corner the market on medical marijuana ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>(NaturalNews) As DEA raids and IRS harassment continue on state-approved medical marijuana, Big Pharma eyes the profitability of cannabis and prepares to muscle in, using its lobbyists and government connections to ensure a monopoly on legal sales of the drug. In early April of 2011, two drug manufacturing giants, G.W. Pharmaceuticals and Novartis, announced they had formed an alliance to license and market GW’s Sativex, a liquid cannabis drug. The drug is already available in Great Britain, as well as Canada and Spain. Thelicensingagreement with Novartis will enable sales to expand into markets in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.FDAPhase III trials are still being organized for Otsuka, GW’s partner for licensing Sativex for the US market. Unlike other cannaboids...

    Big Pharma attempting to corner the market on medical marijuana

    Posted on May 28, 2011 | 2 Comments
    (NaturalNews) As DEA raids and IRS harassment continue on state-approved medical marijuana, Big Pharma eyes the profitability of cannabis and prepares to muscle in, using its lobbyists and government connections to ensure a monopoly on legal sales of the drug. In early April of 2011, two drug manufacturing giants, G.W. Pharmaceuticals and Novartis, announced they had formed an alliance to license and market GW’s Sativex, a liquid cannabis drug. The drug is already available in Great Britain, as well as Canada and Spain. Thelicensingagreement with Novartis will enable sales to expand into markets in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.FDAPhase III trials are still being organized for Otsuka, GW’s partner for licensing Sativex for the US market. Unlike other cannaboids...

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  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://americasforum.org/archives/674' addthis:title='Bioaccumulation: Why Fukushima Matters ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>By Lucas Whitefieldhixson Bioaccumulation:  Why Fukushima Matters What is Bioaccumulation?Simply Stated - All living organisms are connected to each other through a food chain.  It takes more organisms in the beginning of a food chain to support a smaller number of organisms at the end of the chain.  Where bioaccumulation refers to how pollutants enter a food chain; biomagnification refers to the tendency of pollutants to concentrate as they move from one trophic level to the next, up the “food chain.”  Bioaccumulation refers to how pollutants enter a food chain Biomagnification refers to the tendency of pollutants to concentrate A Deeper Definition Bioaccumulation refers to the accumulation of substances, such as pesticides, or other organic chemicals in an organism. [1]...

    Bioaccumulation: Why Fukushima Matters

    Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Comments
    By Lucas Whitefieldhixson Bioaccumulation:  Why Fukushima Matters What is Bioaccumulation?Simply Stated - All living organisms are connected to each other through a food chain.  It takes more organisms in the beginning of a food chain to support a smaller number of organisms at the end of the chain.  Where bioaccumulation refers to how pollutants enter a food chain; biomagnification refers to the tendency of pollutants to concentrate as they move from one trophic level to the next, up the “food chain.”  Bioaccumulation refers to how pollutants enter a food chain Biomagnification refers to the tendency of pollutants to concentrate A Deeper Definition Bioaccumulation refers to the accumulation of substances, such as pesticides, or other organic chemicals in an organism. [1]...

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  • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://americasforum.org/archives/626' addthis:title='Dumbing Down Society Part I: Foods, Beverages and Meds ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>Is there a deliberate effort by the government to dumb down the masses? The statement is hard to prove but there exists a great amount of data proving that the ruling elite not only tolerates, but effectively introduces policies that have a detrimental effect on the physical and mental health of the population. This series of articles looks at the many ways the modern man is being dumbed down. Part I looks at the poisons found in everyday foods, beverages and medications. The theme of dumbing-down and dehumanizing the masses are often discussed in articles on The Vigilant Citizen. The presence of those concepts in popular culture are, however, only the outward and symbolic expression of the profound transformation happening in our society....

    Dumbing Down Society Part I: Foods, Beverages and Meds

    Posted on April 24, 2011 | 2 Comments
    Is there a deliberate effort by the government to dumb down the masses? The statement is hard to prove but there exists a great amount of data proving that the ruling elite not only tolerates, but effectively introduces policies that have a detrimental effect on the physical and mental health of the population. This series of articles looks at the many ways the modern man is being dumbed down. Part I looks at the poisons found in everyday foods, beverages and medications. The theme of dumbing-down and dehumanizing the masses are often discussed in articles on The Vigilant Citizen. The presence of those concepts in popular culture are, however, only the outward and symbolic expression of the profound transformation happening in our society....

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