Tuesday, 21 June 2011 05:46 Tuesday, 21 June 2011 05:43 'As the mainstream media continues to be obsessed with Anthony Weiner and his bizarre adventures on Twitter, much more serious events are happening around the world that are getting very little attention. In America today, if the mainstream media does not cover something it is almost as if it never happened. Right now, the worst nuclear disaster in human history continues to unfold in Japan , U.S. nuclear facilities are being threatened by flood waters, the U.S. military is bombing Yemen, gigantic cracks in the earth are appearing all over the globe and the largest wildfire in Arizona history is causing immense devastation. But Anthony Weiner, Bristol Palin and Miss USA are what the mainstream media want to tell us about and most Americans are buying it.' Read more: 12 Things That The Mainstream Media Is Being Strangely Quiet About Right Now Tuesday, 21 June 2011 05:42 '"Debtocracy" a 75-minute documentary made for $15K has inflamed popular resistance in Greece by casting the debt crisis in a new light. Seen on the Internet by over a million Greeks, the film convincingly argues that the debt is a neo-liberal ("Economic Hitman") scam and there are strong precedents for repudiating it. The brainchild of Costas Lapavitsas, an economist and professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, the film introduces the concept of "odious debt" which was used in 2003 by the United States to renounce Saddam Hussein's $120 B debt to Russia and France.' Tuesday, 21 June 2011 05:39 'Representing the first time the substance has been detected at the crippled plant, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported on Sunday that seawater and groundwater samples taken near the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan have tested positive for radioactive strontium. And according to a recent report inThe Japan Times, levels of strontium detected were up to 240 times over the legal limit, indicating a serious environmental and health threat. Tuesday, 21 June 2011 05:37 'Every indication suggests that Bilderberg-approved Texas Governor Rick Perry is set to become the frontrunner in the Republican race to challenge Barack Obama for the presidency, illustrating once again how a shady, secretive and undemocratic global elite holds the reigns of true power while Americans are distracted by the delusional notion that they have a genuine choice in 2012. “Perry has said he will announce his decision soon. One member of his campaign team said he was closer than ever to joining the race and he was testing the prospects in the early caucus and primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. If he does stand, Republicans at the New Orleans conference predicted he would become the frontrunner of a so-far uninspiring field,” reports the London Guardian.' Read more: Bilderberg-Approved Perry Set to Become Presidential Frontrunner Tuesday, 21 June 2011 05:30 'Eurozone ministers have postponed an emergency multi-billion-euro loan to debt-ridden Greece, pressuring the country to introduce tighter austerity measures. During a meeting in Luxembourg, eurozone finance ministers postponed a final draft extending 12 billion euros (USD 17 billion) in emergency loans to Greece, requiring the Greek parliament to pass a new austerity package worth 28 billion euros, Reuters reported. Read more: Eurozone Postpones planned Greek Loan Tuesday, 21 June 2011 05:36 'While we were not watching, conspiracy theory has undergone Orwellian redefinition. A “conspiracy theory” no longer means an event explained by a conspiracy. Instead, it now means any explanation, or even a fact, that is out of step with the government’s explanation and that of its media pimps. For example, online news broadcasts of RT have been equated with conspiracy theories by the New York Times simply because RT reports news and opinions that the New York Times does not report and the US government does not endorse.' Read more: 9/11 and the Orwellian Redefinition of 'Conspiracy Theory'Rense & Celente - The American Dream is Gone
Radioactivestrontium, which is known to accumulate in bones and eventually lead to diseases like cancer and leukemia, is one of at least three "hot particles" being continually released by the damaged plant, according to experts. The others include radioactive cesium and plutonium, both of which are implicated in causing birth defects, cancer, and death.'
Eurozone Postpones planned Greek Loan
The delay comes as Greece is expected to pay an installment of last year's 110 billion euro bailout loan from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund by mid-July.'
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