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The End in Sight for the USA?

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:34:41 +0000

I’m not one to follow Infowars.com very often. But this article by Paul Craig Roberts is very telling.

When certain movies first come out, if they have a patriotic bent to it, are usually panned by the Holloywood critics. Example: Red Dawn, The Postman, Mad Max movies, etc. Got a theme going there now don’t we? I’m going to quote below the plot summary for the movie “The Postman.” And for those who need reminding, the lead actor was Kevin Costner. Will Patton played the role of General Bethlehem. Eric Roth did the screenplay and David Brin the novel.

In the year 2013 civilization has all but destroyed itself. After a war that decimated the government and most of the population of the United States (possibly the world) people struggle to survive against starvation and rogue groups of armed men. One such group is called the Holnists. This group is bigger than any other and their leader, General Bethlehem, has delusions of ruling the country. A drifter is captured by the group and forced to join. He escapes at the first chance and happens on a mail jeep with a skeleton in it. The skeleton is wearing a postal uniform and the drifter takes it to keep him warm. He also finds a mailbag and starts conning people with old letters. The hope he sees in the people he delivers to changes his plans and he decides that he must help bring the Holnists down.

Set in 2013, after the war has destroyed most of USA, including the government. A solitary traveler is captured by a fascist military group called the Holnists led by Hitler-like General Bethlehem. When he escapes from the Holnists he finds an abandoned mail Jeep and uniform, and starts to travel through small cities, telling them he is a postman, a representative of the restored United States. No one believes him at first, but soon he has followers, and they start to prepare a revolt against Holnists. end quote.

Personally, I liked “The Postman” when it came out along with “Red Dawn” when it too first came out. But such movies were dismissed when they first came out. But hey, they are making a remake of “Red Dawn” right now! This time, the USA is taken over by the Chinese instead of the Soviets.

The article by Paul Craig Roberts made me think back to that movie as well as the other similar movies. Back in 2009, there was the movie ‘The Road” as the most recent example that I can think of. And then, I remembered back in late 2008, the Russian Political Scientist, Igor Panarin; that predicted the end of the USA (in its current form) taking place in 2010. My link to that article is in the ref section below as well.

Politics for the past 20 years have paved the way for our society to be broken up into “clans” as Mr. Roberts writes about in this article of his. The current administration thinks printing more and more money will somehow “pull” this nation out of this depression (still being called a recession to dull the minds of the masses). The democrats have engaged in class warfare for decades. Control of the Department of Education-instead of improving our student’s scholarly endeavours on the national level, has in fact dumbed them down even more. This in turn, limits entry into the middle class and having productive lives with a better income level. A young man today will more likely go straight into the workforce and start earning a income while similar aged women will go ahead and go onto college.

Please read this article on Infowars.com and begin thinking for yourself how are you going to survive if the mid-term elections in 2010 go for the democratic (socialist) party instead of the efforts of the Tea Party (dragging along a ‘reluctant to make waves’ Republican Party). Will Russian professor Igor Panarin predicts come true or not this year?

Be sure to vote in 2010! America’s future as a country is at stake!

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Ref. Infowars.com. “The Year America Dissolved” by Paul Craig Roberts. July 28, 2010. (http://www.infowars.com/the-year-america-dissolved/).

Image: Movie “The Postman” (1997)

Flash255Bunker.com blog article “Breakup of the United States in 2010?” (http://flash255bunker.blogspot.com/2008/12/breakup-of-united-states-in-2010.html).

IMDb, “The Postman” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119925/).

BP Says it Stopped the Oil Finally

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:50:07 +0000

After 85 days and 180+ million gallons of crude oil and methane released into the Gulf of Mexico, BP released the news that they had finally stopped the flow of oil! They said that at 3:25 pm EST, the last of three values were closed on the 75-ton call. Now they are into a 48-hour wait and see period to see if the cap will hold or not.

But it is just a temporary fix. BP still is depending on the relief well that is closing in of the original pipe.

For more details, please use the link below to read the original article.

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Ref. Yahoo.news. July 15, 2010. By Colleen Long & Harry R. Weber, AP writers. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill;_ylt=AihedCr1bCoiZviZRpUAx8Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNoY3JtbTFxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNzE1L3VzX2d1bGZfb2lsX3NwaWxsBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDNwRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDYnBub29pbGxlYWtp).

NASA – The New State Department?

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:35:20 +0000

To Bolden go where no human has gone before!

Sorry about that bad pun about the NASA administrator, Charles Bolden. Couldn’t resist it. But the main reason for this post is this “new” mission for NASA to “Improve” relations with the Muslim World…

Whisky Tango Foxtrot! For the sorry ass details, you can read the actual foxnews. com report yourself.

(Quote)

“When I became the NASA administrator — or before I became the NASA administrator — he (Obama) charged me with three things. One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science … and math and engineering,” Bolden said in the interview. (End Quote).

The first objective is a no brainer. Inspire the youth for the sciences. The second one also a no brainer: improve international relations. The ISS (International Space Station) is that example. The third part, I will quote this part specifically, (Quote)to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science … and math and engineering(End Quote).

I question the use of the word “dominantly” in this statement. Alarm bells are going off in the back of my brain over this statement and I cannot put my finger on it specifically. Call a hunch, or the Force is tingling; alerting me to something is wrong here.

The other link is the rebuttal. Michael Griffin, former NASA administrator under the Budh administration.

(Quote) Griffin said Tuesday that collaboration with other countries, including Muslim nations, is welcome and should be encouraged — but that it would be a mistake to prioritize that over NASA’s “fundamental mission” of space exploration.

“If by doing great things, people are inspired, well then that’s wonderful,” Griffin said. “If you get it in the wrong order … it becomes an empty shell.”

Griffin added: “That is exactly what is in danger of happening.”

He also said that while welcome, Muslim-nation cooperation is not vital for U.S. advancements in space exploration.

“There is no technology they have that we need,” Griffin said. (End Quote).

Griffin is right. No middle eastern muslim nation has the technology that we need to improve space flight over what we already have. So again, what gives with the Obama administration telling Bolden to go out and make these statements other than protecting his paycheck?

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Ref. foxnews.com. “NASA Chief: Next Frontier Better Relations With Muslim World” July 7, 2010 (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/05/nasa-chief-frontier-better-relations-muslims/).

(http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/06/nasa-official-walks-claim-muslim-outreach-foremost-mission/).

FINALLY-Assistance for Gulf spill

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:29:52 +0000

From AP, dated June 29, 2010 quoting the entire article:

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in dealing with the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The State Department said in a statement Tuesday that the U.S. is working out the particulars of the help that’s been accepted.

The identities of all 12 countries and international organizations were not immediately announced. One country was cited in the State Department statement — Japan, which is providing two high-speed skimmers and fire containment boom.

More than 30 countries and international organizations have offered to help with the spill. The State Department hasn’t indicated why some offers have been accepted and others have not.

(end quote)

WHAT IN THE HELL TOOK SO DAMN LONG TO COME TO THIS CONCULSION?!

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Ref. Yahoo.com, June 29, 2010. “U.S. accepts international assistance for Gulf spill” ap article. (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-accepts-international-apf-4104246595.html?x=0&.v=2).

The Shanks Dimension, May 1, 2010. (http://www.theshanksdimension.com/2010/05/deepwater-horizon-target-of-north-korea-special-ops-service/).

Anri Suzuki Wants to Make Things Right With China

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:37:20 +0000

Lets shake things up a bit shall we? In a Whisky Tango Foxtrot moment, I came across this little bit of news. Plus the young lady is cute to stare-uhmm, look at too.

Beautiful 24-year old Anri Suzuki, supposed history teacher and adult fim star (in which order? Teacher first, then film star or vice versa?). This lovely young lady has offered herself up to compensate Chinese men for the brutal treatment that Japan dished out to China in World War II.

The following is the main quote of the article: Anri Suzuki said she was so shocked to learn about her nation’s past that it was time to make up for her country’s early 20th century wrongs by giving back, one man at a time.

Anri Suzuki told the Korean Times: “We have to respect history and cannot obliterate it. I want to cure the wounds of Chinese with my body, and I am practicing this by having sex with Chinese students in Japan.”

“I think it is psychological compensation to them. Actually, Chinese students treat me more friendly and comfortably than Japanese.” (End Quote).

But it is interesting to note that this is one of the first ‘overtures’ made to the Chinese people for the Rape of Nanking, genocide, the war in general. Between the years 1937 and 1945, 23 million people died in the Sino-Japanese War-18 million of them civilians.

Hey, what about on this side of the Pacific huh? Little places like Pearl harbor, Midway, Wake, Guam, etc? There are some hurt feelings over here as well that need taking care of. Oh well, shes going to be very busy indeed I guess.

Still, its a publicity stunt to make a name for herself I feel, and it worked. I’m posting this story about her on my blog.

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Ref.

The Jawa Report June 16, 2010 (http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/202902.php).

Interested-Participant, June 16, 2010. “Sex Offered as Compensation for War Crimes” (http://interested-participant.blogspot.com/2010/06/sex-offered-as-compensation-for-war.html). pictures of Anri Suzuki from the IP blog.

General Vallely Calls for President Obama’s Resignation!

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:49:27 +0000

This is a POWERFUL letter that all Americans should read. First came across this on World Net Daily and then one of the links that lead to Patriots Heart Network. After reading it, I added Paul E. Vallely’s website – Stand Up America – to my links. Pay attention to the President Lincoln inaugural address warning he gave.

(begin General Paul E. Vallely’s letter)

From General Paul Valley:

Lincoln Reagan Dinner

June 5th, 2010

Virginia City, Montana

The Declaration of Independence states: “To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their Safety and Happiness.”

We cannot permit the current leaders in the White House and Halls of Congress to continue in their efforts to lead us down the road of Progressive Socialism and destruction of America. This is the current battle that we Constitutionalists face and we must be aggressive in our efforts. Incompetence, Deceit, Fraud, Corruption, Dishonesty and Violation of the US Constitution and oaths of office of officials now come into play as relates to our National Character, National Security, Economy and the Nation’s well-being and is the rationale for resignations. Demand Resignation of derelict officials by the people of this country in now required.

Where is our Moral Compass?

The oath of office is simple and reads:

“I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.” Sadly, we have seen them violate their oath. Fraud, lying, and corruption are rampant and some have engaged in treasonous activities, and they effectively thumb their noses at us and have sold you to the highest bidder.

The Articles of Confederation were replaced with the Constitution, which granted the federal government enough authority to cultivate, promote and secure the Blessings of Liberty. The balance of authority and individual liberty was understood. Power was confined to that which was enumerated in the Constitution with a certain and meaningful intent for check and balances.

Lincoln issued this warning in his inaugural address, “Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government and form a new one. This is a most valuable and sacred right – a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world.” Being a representative republic, not a democracy, “rising up” means other than revolution by means of arms. The people must “rise up” from the grass roots across this great country as we think of the greater good of this and future generations. We are limited in the peaceful transfer of power…resignation, death, elections, and impeachment.

“We the People” have had enough. Enough is Enough. The Obama White House and identifiable Members of Congress are now on a progressive socialist, treasonous death march and are bankrupting and weakening the country. We have watched them violate their sacred oath of office.

“We, the People” cannot wait for and solely rely on the next round of elections in November of this year. It is now and each day that these public servants must put the citizen’s interests above self-interest by resigning immediately. Our so-called Representatives and Senators are more interested in party loyalty than performing their duties. So, do not expect them to resign en masse or be impeached. Therefore the “people” must decide. A civil uprising is brewing. We now must call for the immediate resignation of Barry Soetero (AKA President Barack Hussein Obama) …..based on Incompetence, Deceit, Fraud, Corruption, Dishonesty and Violation of the US Oath of Office and the Constitution.

And a call for a National Petition for new elections to select the next President of the United States of America must be initiated. We can wait no longer for a traditional change of Power and New Government.

(end letter)

UPDATE 1 (June 10, 2010): Some new posts relating to this subject. From the Capitalist on Newsvine.com (http://thecapitalist.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/11/2919844-time-to-demand-obamas-resignation). From Alan Caruba (http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com/2009/06/time-to-demand-obamas-resignation.html). And from the Steady Drip (http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/aka-obama-fans-all-together-now-say-omg.html). This is part of that post on The Steady Drip (Obama “I have nothing to hide but I’m hiding it.” -Revised June 5, 2010) that caught my eye.

(Begin Quote) One high profile example of the Hawaiian birth certificate policy was the president of the first Chinese republic. Sun Yat-sen was born on 12 November 1866 to a peasant family in the village of Cuiheng, China, but by 1904 he had a Hawaiian birth certificate and was officially a citizen of the United States. The wording on Sun Yat-sen’s Hawaiian birth certificate reveals that at age 18 he “made application for a Certificate of Birth. And that it appears from his affidavit and the evidence submitted by witnesses that he was born in the Hawaiian Islands.” Appears? It also appears that AKA Obama was born in Hawaii. Does the AKA Obama birth certificate on file with the State of Hawaii have language similar to the birth certificate of SunYat-sen?

The only way to know where AKA OBAMA was actually born is to view AKA OBAMA’s original birth certificate on file in Hawaii to see what kind of birth certificate it is, and to examine what corroborating evidence supports what it says about AKA OBAMA’s alleged place of birth. If the birth was in a hospital, as AKA OBAMA has maintained, such evidence would be the name of the hospital and the name and signature of the doctor who delivered him.

Here is the information on Hawaiian law that makes it clear why we will never know the truth until we see the actual birth certificate.http://www.westernjournalism.com/?page_id=2697

The records of hospitals in Hawaii have been searched and there is no record of Stanley Ann Obama ever having given birth to a child. In a November 2004 interview with the Rainbow Newsletter, Maya Soetoro told reporters her half-brother Sen. Barack Obama was born on Aug. 4, 1961, at Queens Medical Center in Honolulu. After it was concluded that Obama and his mother were never there in February 2008, Maya told reporters for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin that Obama was at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. Obama and Mom were never there either. AKA Obama has said he was born at Kapiolani Medical Center yet no hospital official has suggested that their facility should be designated as the birth place of a President. Odd! (end quote).

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Patriotsheartnetwork.net (http://www.patriotsheartnetwork.net/profiles/blogs/general-demands-obamas)

WorldNetDaily, Bob Unruh. June 8, 2010. (http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=164409). photo taken from this article.

Stand Up America (Paul E. Vallely website)(http://standupamericaus.com/).

Bolton to Israel: Strike Iran Now!

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:51:07 +0000

This is a very insightful read on the current situation as far as these two nation states are concerned.

The original story was posted on World Net Daily back on March 7, 2010.

Quote: “Right now we know about the facilities. … We know where they are,” he said. “We know exactly what their dimensions are, and I think they are susceptible to an Israeli attack.”

Former American UN ambassador John Bolton said an Israeli military option “isn’t there forever. … If Israel is going to use military force, it needs to use it sooner rather than later.” end quote. The above quote was made with WND senior reporter Aaron Klein who was hosting New York’s WABC 770 AM radio program where the interview took place.

But the article from Reaganite Republican Resistance blog went into greater detail. This is a quote from two paragraphs in this expanded article:

Regardless, in most any nuclear or conventional scenario, all-out war looks like a real bad bet for Tehran… they have almost no chance of defeating Israel in an expanded conflict, if the Iranians would even fight hard for the widely-reviled regime. And unlike recent tepid IDF campaigns -i.e. Lebanon 2006- Israel would fight this one to win… and win BIG. Tehran would have to be nuts to want this fight… but unfortunately for all of us, they are just that.

Consider that Israel has 200+ atomic devices: while Iran may have one soon, it would not be weaponized just yet… so no way to deliver it to Israeli territory. Even if Iran bought miniaturized nuclear devices from another rogue state, then pulled-off some sort of small-scale “suitcase” nuke smuggled in by terrorists… Israel is capable of delivering a devastating retaliation equal to 2,000 Hiroshimas, turning all of Iran into a glass-floored, self-lit parking lot. While it’s commonly noted that the Persian state is much larger in area than Israel, the majority of Iran’s industry is concentrated -in Tehran- and located in a geographic bowl… almost perfectly situated to suffer maximum damage from an Israeli attack on Iran. end quote.

Consider the recent “incident” at sea that put Israel in such a bad light as far as the propaganda goes. For more details on this, please check out my article on The Shanks Dimension (link listed below). The news of late that Israel will now station one of its submarines on patrol in the Persian Gulf. I have posted links from Global Security about Iranian and Israeli Air Force and Navy information for more detail information about their respective force structures.

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Ref. Reaganite Republican Resistance blog. June 7, 2010.(http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/2010/06/john-bolton-israel-must-strike-iran-now.html).

Global Security-Iran Airforce Summary.(http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/airforce.htm).

Global Security-Iran Navy Summary (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/navy.htm).

Global Security-Israel Air Force Summary (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/iaf.htm).

Global Security-Israel Navy Sumary (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/navy.htm).

WND. March 7, 2010. (http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=127255).

The Shanks Dimension. “Israel’s Navy in the News” June 1, 2010. (http://www.theshanksdimension.com/2010/06/israels-navy-in-the-news/).

Israel’s Navy in the News

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:09:13 +0000

With the recent events of Israel sending it’s Shayetet 13, a naval commando unit, boarded the protest boats at around 4:00 A.M. Once the troops were ordered to board those so called Peace flotilla ships (this author’s viewpoint), the damage to the Israeli nation – no matter what option the Israelis took – would be bad. Weapons were found on board. These so called peace activists attacked the boarders, knifing one and tossing another soldier over the side from the looks of one video. Stun grenades, fire bomb(Molotov cocktail?).

The “flotilla” came from Turkey. No incidents were encountered on five of the six vessels boarded. But it was the sixth vessel that made the news and once again – no matter what Israel did, world opinion would go against it – as planned from the start. On that sixth boat, the Turkish-flagged ferry Mavi Marmara; nine passengers were killed. among the activists who were killed in the struggle were recovered pistols along with their empty casings.

Seven Navy commandos wounded, two seriously. And they were sent in with paint ball guns-at least these troops had actual guns and ammo for backup. But they were met with metal poles and knives at first, then the live fire from the pistols.

Gaza is at war with Israel. A naval blockade by Israel is legal. But this story only leads to other stories that caught my eye recently.

First, the news about Israel stationing some of its subs, so that at least one sub will be operating off the Iranian coastline. Three of Israel’s its five Dolphin class submarines will be in the Red Sea from now on. These Dolphin class submarines are presumed to be armed with cruise missiles (equipped with nuclear warheads). Two of these subs are brand new and the older boats of this class have since been upgraded to include the larger fuel capacity, converting more torpedo tubes to the larger 650mm size, and installing new electronics. The fuel and torpedo tube mods appear to have something to do with stationing the subs off the coast of Iran. The new Dolphins cost about $650 million in US dollars.

These submarines were built by Germany for Israel and have larger fuel capacity (to make the trip around the Horn of Africa if needed) if the Suez canal is unavailable in the future. Larger fuel capacity also equals longer on station time. Stated endurance is over 10,000 kilometers and about 50 days at sea.

The Dolphins have a fuel cell base propulsion system which makes them very quiet. Hard to detect by the Iranians. The first 3 subs Israel received did not have the AIP (Air Independent Propulsion) system.

Key Data (from Naval-technology.com):

Crew 30

Dimensions:

Length 57.3m

Beam 6.8m

Displacement (Surfaced) 1,640t

Displacement (Dived) 1,900t

Performance:

Dived Speed 20kt

Snorting Speed 11kt

Range Surfaced 8,000 miles at a surface speed of 8kt

Range Dived 400 miles at a dived speed of 8kt

Diving Depth 350m

Endurance 30 days

Weapon Systems:

Weapons Capacity 16 surface-to-surface missiles or torpedoes

Surface-to-Surface Missile Harpoon

Bow Torpedo Launch Tubes 10

Four Tubes 650mm diameter

Six Tubes 533mm diameter

Torpedoes DM2A3

Weapon Control ISUS 90-1 TCS

Electronic Warfare4CG(V)2 Timnex electronic support measures

Sensors:

RadarElta surface search radar, I-band

CSU 90 hull-mounted passive and active search and attack radar

FAS-3 flank array passive search radar

SonarPRS-3 passive ranging sonar

PeriscopesKollmorgen periscopes

Propulsion:

Engines3 x 16V MTU 396 SE 84 diesel engines

Alternator3 x 750kW

MotorSiemens 2.85MW sustained power motor

Single shaft

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Why post such in depth data on these submarines? Recently, I have been investigating as best as I can through the internet, the rumors about the North Korean mini sub supposed attack on the BP floating oil rig Deepwater Horizon. I was going through the motions of a google search when I came across some web forum where someone was blaming Israel for sinking the South Korean frigate. If the reader wishes to read such “information,” they are welcome to do so. I however, do not give any credence to that type of fiction. Why you ask? If I’m still looking into the North Korean mini sub rumor even after all this time – why will I not give any consideration to this rumor? Because it was racially, and religious (anti-Jewish) motivated in my opinion.

But, today’s search also lead me to this interesting article in Haaretz.com, dated June 1, 2010. Entitled “Mossad Chief: Israel gradually becoming burden on U.S.” The first paragraph really grabbed my attention, quote: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan said on Tuesday that Israel is progressively becoming a burden on the United States. “Israel is gradually turning from an asset to the United States to a burden,” said Dagan, speaking before the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. end quote.

It is sad, but with the current administration of American President Barrack H. Obama – Mr. Dagan is correct. It might be better to say that Israel is a burden to Obama and his followers, but not to the American people in general.

UPDATE 1 (June 1, 2010): The Jerusalem Post ”IDF: Global Jihad on flotilla” by Yaakov Katz. First paragraph is pretty important here. Dozens of passengers who were aboard the Mavi Marmara Turkish passenger ship are suspected of having connections with global jihad-affiliated terrorist organizations, defense officials said on Tuesday, amid growing concerns that Turkish warships would accompany a future flotilla to the Gaza Strip. (http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177169). And this from The New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/turkish_blood_bath_Jean7yjj5Salz75brRSsMJ#ixzz0peJthsmc).

UPDATE 2 (June 4, 2010): Two items today. This from The Jerusalem Post (http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177445). And this from Information Dissemination this bit of theory. (http://www.informationdissemination.net/2010/06/hezbollah-threatens-unrestricted-naval.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+InformationDissemination+(Information+Dissemination)).

UPDATE 3 (June 8, 2010): This bit of news from something called the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center entitled “IHH Preparations for a Violent Confrontation with IDF Soldiers Aboard the Turkish Ship Mavi Marmara. Initial conclusions from questioning passengers and examining equipment on board the ship.” (http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e110.htm).

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REF. June 1, 2010. Naval-technology.com. SSK Dolphin Class Attack Submarine, Israel.(SSK Dolphin Class Attack Submarine, Israel).

Dolphin-class submarine (http://www.armybase.us/2009/09/israel-gets-two-more-dolphin-class-submarines-from-germany/).

Strategypage.com. June 1, 2010. (http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20100601.aspx?).

Reuters AlertNet. April 17, 2010.(http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1184543.htm).

tIMES Online. May 30, 2010. (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7140282.ece).

Haaretz.com. June 1, 2010. by Jonathan Lis. (http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/mossad-chief-israel-gradually-becoming-burden-on-u-s-1.293540).

Haaretz.com. June 1, 2010. by Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff, Anshel Pfeffer.(http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-navy-commandos-gaza-flotilla-activists-tried-to-lynch-us-1.293089).

My previous article dealing with NK subs/Deepwater Horizon (http://www.theshanksdimension.com/2010/05/deepwater-horizon-target-of-north-korea-special-ops-service/).

Memorial Day-Arlington Cemetery Images

admin — Sun, 30 May 2010 13:43:10 +0000

Here is but a small sampling of what Memorial Day is all about. Be it at Arlington cemetery or in your own town’s cemetery.

A careful observer will note that these photographs show members of all four branches of the military plus the U.S. Coast Guard. Photos can say more in one picture than a thousand words.

Just remember those who gave all for you to be able to live free.

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images(http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/index.htm).

Bells Tolling for Democrats? Charles Djou(R) wins Hawaii’s Special Election

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:58:05 +0000

Charles Djou is now the winner of Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District defeating Democrats Colleen Hanabusa (who got 31% of the vote) and Ed Case (with 28%). Djou won with 40% of the vote in the special mail-in election. As the original article for this post says, right on Obama’s home turf.

Congressionman Djou will now head off to Washington D.C. to take over the office of Democrat Neil Abercrombie. Abercrombie said the following, “I congratulate Mr. Djou. Serving in the United States House of Representatives, for whatever period of time, is a great honor and even greater responsiblity. The majority of voters in the district supported Democratic candidates in this special election. I am confident that a Democrat will win the congressional race in the general election.”

Hanabusa and Case both vowed to keep on fighting against Djou in the primary race in Novemeber. While the victor in this election, Charles Djou is still considered to be an underdog for the general election. Hanabusa and Case together has 59% of the vote.

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Ref. Star Bulletin. May 23, 2010. “Djou wins U.S. House seat” by B.J. Reyes.(http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20100523_Djou_wins_US_House_seat.html).