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By Apolitical Wahine, on July 17th, 2010
Am I the only one who is sick and tired of listening to the media rehashing the Mel Gibson tapes? There are so many important issues that could be discussed – like whether Lindsay Lohan will actually show up for incarceration or whether the oil cap will hold or whether the Koreans will loft a bomb towards Hawaii.
Mel Gibson and the Witch
Personally, I don’t care what Mel said to
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By A Realpolitik, on July 15th, 2010
Follow-up to part one.
Article From The Patriot Post – Barackracy, Part 1
Reversing Course and Restoring Liberty
Alexander’s Essay – July 15, 2010
Barackracy, Part 2
“The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3 pence on tea, the magnitude of the evil comprised in the precedent. Let them exert the same wisdom, in watching against every evil lurking under
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By A Realpolitik, on July 8th, 2010
I do not go out looking for local articles but this one was given to me by my daughter.
At first I didn’t think much of it but then realized the magnitude in which both poverty and homelessness are spreading across this country. I am sure you have stories like this in your hometown newspaper. I am also sure many towns and cities across this great country are experiencing similar problems.
It seems that stories
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By A Realpolitik, on June 23rd, 2010
The insight on this story was provided to me by Jay Updike. Thanks Jay.
The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster was prophesied in 1903 by Gustav Meyrink, a European author, banker and occultist.
In his 1903 short story – Petroleum, Petroleum – he actually says it is a prophecy.
 Gustav Meyrink (1868 – 1932): author of the short story Petroleum, Petroleum (1903)
Biography of Gustav Meyrink
Gustav Meyrink, most famous for his novel The Golem, was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and had all kinds of occult connections. In his collection of short stories published in 1913, Meyrink commented:
“To ensure that certain prophecies I have made come to the notice of the public, I submit the following tale which was written in 1903…”
In this ‘story’ he actually mentions the Gulf of Mexico as the location of the disaster. And he says the goal of the oil spill is to destroy the human habitat and human life itself.
Petroleum, Petroleum – itself is about an evil chemist who intentionally causes an oil disaster by blowing up oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico. This destroys the lives of the people living along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. The oil spills into the Gulf for years as the rest of the world bickers about what to do, covering all oceans. This causes seawater to no longer evaporate and it stops raining. This should destroy the rest of humanity. Exactly the intention of the evil chemist, who created the oil spill.
Websites and radio shows dedicated to conspiracies and the New World Order are using this 1903 short story to say the Gulf of Mexico oil rig Deepwater Horizon was blown up on purpose and the oil will be allowed to leak into the water for years to come, allowing the New Wold Order to use the disaster to create their one world order.
Hereby a link to the English Translation of Gustav Meyrink’s Short Story Petroleum Petroleum (1903) in which he foresaw the BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. According to some conspiracy websites and radio shows this proves that the oil leak was created on purpose to depopulate the Gulf region.
The Story;
It was Friday – noon – that Dr. Kunibald Jessegrim poured the strychnine slowly into the stream. A fish appeared on the surface – dead – with the belly up.
“That’s how dead you would be,” said Jessegrim to himself and stretched himself, – glad that he had thrown the thoughts of suicide away with the poison.
Three times in his life he had already seen death in the eye this way, and each time he was held back by a feeling that he was still going to be called on to do great things – a great, all-encompassing vengeance – which chained him to life again.
The first time he wanted to end his life was when they stole his invention – then years later, when they chased him from his job because he did not stop pursuing and exposing the thief of his invention, – and now, because – - because – -
Kunibald Jessegrim groaned as the thought of his great sorrow came to live again.
- Everything was gone – all he cared for – everything he once treasured and held dear. – And only the blind, narrow-minded, baseless hatred, of a crowd, fired up by slogans, which was against everything that was different had done this to him.
- All the things he had done, invented and proposed. Hardly had he started, he had to stop – before him the “Chinese Wall”: the love of people the average and the catchword “but”.
- – - “Scourge of God” – yes, that is the name of salvation. – Good Lord, Almighty. Let me be a destroyer – a Attila! – The anger flared inJessegrim’s heart.
- Timur Lenk, the Genghis Khan, as he limps through Asia anddevastated Europe’s farmlands with his Mongol reign – the Vandal leaders who can only find peace on the ruins of Roman works of art – they were all his kind – strong, untamed brothers, born in an eagle’s nest.
- An immense, boundless love for these creatures of the God Shiva awoke in him. – The ghosts of these dead will be with me, he felt – and a different entity entered his body – like lightning.
If at that moment he had been able to see himself in a mirror the wonders of the transformation would have remained no longer a puzzle. – - Thus, the dark forces of nature fall into the blood of man – deeply and quickly.
Dr. Jessegrim had a profound knowledge – he was a chemist, and he had stamina. – In America, people like that are successful, – No wonder he soon had money – wealth even.
He had settled in Tampico in Mexico, and through trade in mezcal, a new drug used in the narcotics and medical trade, which he knew how to prepare chemically, he made millions. He owned many square miles of land around Tampico, and the enormous amount of oil wells promised to increase his fortune immeasurably.
But that was not what his heart longed for.
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By MaureenMHill, on June 21st, 2010
Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is the procedure the energy industry and drilling companies use to blast through underground rock to uncover natural gas, oil and ground water wells. It has been used commercially since 1949.
Each well requires a pressurized injection of nearly 600 chemicals, including known carcinogens and neurotoxin’s. These hazardous chemicals are finding their way into drinking water. One month before the gulf oil rig explosion, Energy and Environmental Daily, an independent
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By Rick Osmon, on June 19th, 2010
I contend since an “ex” is a has been and a “spurt” is actually a drip under pressure, then phonetically at least, an “expert” can be defined as simply “a has been drip under pressure”.
Continue reading the rest of the article… Oil Spill: Box O’ Truisms
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By Kelly Quinn, on June 16th, 2010
Stone the flamin’ crows!
What next? Queensland coppers, according to the local rags, will soon be able to hit ya with a $100 on-the-spot fine for swearing in public.
Ya pullin’ me leg surely?
Queensland is still part of Australia ain’t it?
What bloody bastard came up with this codswallop? Swearin’ is an integral part of being an Aussie. A true blue one anyways. Swearin’s part of the lingo! ‘Strewth’, ‘blimey’, ‘bloody’, ‘bastard’, ‘shit’,
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By Kelly Quinn, on June 13th, 2010
June 8, 2010 started out like any normal day for me.
I woke up, organised the family for the day ahead, and went to work. It was not long after I arrived at work that my view of the world, and my trust in the ‘powers that be’ took a major blow. Sitting at my desk during a break, I read The Courier-Mail. June 8 was World Oceans Day and the newspaper included
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By A Realpolitik, on June 7th, 2010
Here are just some of the many other conspiracy theories circling the Internet: Food for thought.
Deepwater Horizon
Gulf oil gusher conspiracy cover-up: Was this disaster just an accident, or were other more sinister forces at play in order to further cripple society toward a more manageable population size? Ominous midnight symbolism. BP’s “live” feed caught in an obvious short loop shows further evidence of cover-up. Though the explosion happened on April 20,
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By Rick Osmon, on June 6th, 2010
Here’s a surprise for you: BP is not the Worst Villain in the Deepwater Horizon explosion and sinking.
Nor is the US government to blame for allowing “evil, mean, and nasty” offshore drilling. Not even the consumers of petroleum products are to blame for this spill. But before I name the Worst Villain (sounds like the title for a new reality TV show, doesn’t it? Think I’ll pitch that one…soon), I need to present
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By A Realpolitik, on June 5th, 2010
If there was a lesson to be learned from this why did we not learn it?
It seems the only thing we know is that the Gulf will recover and at some point so will the livelihoods of those affected. The primary difference between the two spills is that with the Ixtoc 1 about half the oil may have burned away in the rig fire that lasted for months. About a quarter of the remaining oil
Continue reading the rest of the article… Ixtoc 1 disaster remains the world’s worst oil spill, so far!
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By Rick Osmon, on June 3rd, 2010
File this one under the heading of “extremely disturbing”.
Channel 2 News in Atlanta recently aired a special report about the struggle surrounding illegal immigration along Arizona’s border with Mexico. It is a story that never made the major news outlets and never will, but it certainly should.
In addition to finding the bodies of illegal immigrants, losing property, livestock, vehicles, clothes, household goods, and livelihood by the untold millions to theft
Continue reading the rest of the article… The Untold Side Of Illegal Immigration
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By A Realpolitik, on June 3rd, 2010
We are greatly concerned with how this disaster is affecting our coasts but little attention is given to how our neighbors too the south will be affected. Cuba relies heavily on it’s fishing industry for a good portion of it’s own food source. While we here in the United States do have other options when it comes to food, Cuba relies on the seafood industry as a major portion of their diet.
The
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By A Realpolitik, on June 3rd, 2010
Of course they are. Could the money they are spending daily on buying these terms from Google be spent more wisely on clean-up? As their stock values plummet BP is struggling to control the news coverage especially on the Internet. Meanwhile there are thousands of miles of shoreline being destroyed with little to no action being taken.
Possible the most hated man in America, Tony Hayword. Especially after his statement “We’re sorry for the massive disruption it’s
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By A Realpolitik, on May 30th, 2010
I never really felt as though this would work. The “heavy” mud they are pumping isn’t that heavy at those depths. If it weren’t for the gas escaping along with the oil they might have had half a chance but how is any mud or fluid going to hold back gas? As I said in previous post, they have opened Pandora’s Box. When you consider the velocity that this oil is blowing out at there is
Continue reading the rest of the article… Top Kill Fails: Time to try a common sense approach.
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By A Realpolitik, on May 24th, 2010
It seems they are attempting to shut the barn door after the horse is already out. We can only guess at what information has been accessed and sold to God knows who, and NOW they say they are going to do something about it.
Only because they got caught… Can you say: Class-action suit.
Story By Cecilia Kang | May 24, 2010; 8:00 AM ET | Washington Post
Gallery: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
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By A Realpolitik, on May 24th, 2010
As a person that is fairly new to Facebook it is un-nerving to think that information posted on the site is not as “private” as Facebook leads you too believe. Not that I put anything on there that is embarrasing or private but the basic personal information going into some huge database somewhere is not what their privacy statement states.
Facebook Privacy Policy.
Facebook admits to privacy mistakes
Story By: Web User, Mon, 24
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By A Realpolitik, on May 24th, 2010
This is Iran’s way of trying to look good when we all know it is just a ploy to avoid sanctions. The whole deal will be nullified if the US goes to the UN for increased sanctions.
Story by: Voice of America
Iran has submitted a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency outlining an agreement to send its enriched uranium abroad.
The letter, delivered Monday (at 0830 UTC), outlines the plan in which
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By A Realpolitik, on May 24th, 2010
When will the government take over?
It would be nice to think having the government take over would be a good thing. Experience has shown that when the government “takes over” things have a tendency to go from bad to worse. It seems to me that the smartest people in the business are already working hard at trying to fix the leak (gusher).
I do believe at first BP (British Petroleum) was more concerned with regaining control of the leak, not shutting it off. At this point though, they realize the cost involved with clean-up and the other losses they will incure far outweighs whatever profits they might have realized by regaining control. It is really turning into a catastrophic disaster that will scar the Gulf for years too come, if not forever.
The Story: BP Oil Spill Day 35: Is It Time to Push BP Aside?
Government Threatens to Take Over if BP Does Not Make Progress
By SAM CHAMPION and KATE McCARTHY
May 24, 2010 – ABCNews.com
Frustration along the Gulf Coast is mounting and the government has threatened to take over the cleanup process in the Gulf of Mexico if BP does not make progress soon as the oil spill enters its fifth week.
La. Gov. Bobby Jindal works to create sand barriers to contain oil damage. “If we find that they’re not doing what they’re supposed to be doing, we’ll push them out of the way appropriately and we’ll move forward to make sure that everything is being done to protect the people of the Gulf Coast,” Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said Sunday.

BP acknowledged that the government is not happy with the progress in capping the underwater gusher so far, but said the government’s position “is no different from our own view.”
“We are putting everything we know how to do at this. We’ve got the best people, the best scientists with us from our own company or across the industry or from government,” BP COO Doug Suttles said on “GMA.” “I think everyone is frustrated, we’re frustrated, clearly the secretary [Salazar] is and they want us to get this done as quickly as we can.”
The impact from the spill has affected 150 miles and the oil has pushed 12 miles into the heart of Louisiana’s mashes and wet lands. Although the government has threatened to take over the cleanup process, officials have acknowledged that BP has more expertise.
Today Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Secretary Salazar will lead a Senate delegation to check on BP’s progress.
At least six million gallons of oil have been spilled, although some scientists argue it is much more than that.
BP said the scale of damage is unknown and they “will be monitoring that for many decades.”
Last week BP successfully siphoned off more than a half a million gallons of the oil using a mile-long tube, but that rate has been reduced because of the amount of gas also coming out of the well, according to BP.
“We continue to try to get the tool placed even more precisely inside this piece of pipe. We are averaging a little less than 2,000 barrels of oils of a day. Now, that is good because that is 2,000 barrels that doesn’t spill,” Suttles said.
BP had hoped to attempt a “top kill” approach to block the well head using mud and cement Sunday, but that has since been delayed until Wednesday, Suttles said.
“The challenge here is doing things in 5,000 feet of water. What looked like a fairly simple task, when you have to do those with those robotic submarines — even small things sometimes can take longer than we estimate,” Suttles said.
BP has “other options” to pursue if the top kill approach does not work. Suttles said ultimately he hopes the spill will not be “catastrophic” because “there have been oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, there are natural seeps in the Gulf of Mexico and that environment seems to recover from those things.”
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