Geopolitical – Week of 11.03.13

China’s Inevitable Changes
Stratfor | 05 November 2013
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will convene its Third Plenum meeting Nov. 9…

Saudi Nuclear Weapons ‘On Order’ from Pakistan
BBC News | 06 November 2013
Saudi Arabia has invested in Pakistani nuclear weapons projects…

Medical Identity Theft is Fast-Growing and Dangerous
Dallas News Business | 16 September 2013
Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in America…

Top Generals: Obama is ‘Purging the Military’
WND | 01 November 2013
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, recipient of the U.S. military’s highest decoration…

Tim Berners-Lee: Encryption Cracking by Spy Agencies ‘Appalling and Foolish’
The Guardian | 06 November 2013
Inventor of world wide web condemns ‘dysfunctional and unaccountable’ oversight as intelligence chiefs face MPs…

Hacked Voicemails Found in Safe of Murdoch’s UK News Company, Court Told
Reuters | 07 November 2013
Recordings of hacked voicemail messages from then British Home Secretary were found…

UK Intelligence Leaders to Testify for the First Time Since Snowden Leaks
RT | 07 November 2013
The United Kingdom’s three primary intelligence chiefs are scheduled to testify in front of parliamentary leaders…

Iran: Nuclear Plan ‘Backed’ by 6 World Powers
MSN News | 07 November 2013
Iran’s plan to cap some of the country’s atomic activities in exchange for selective relief…

Decommissioning Fukushima: How Japan Will Remove Nuclear Fuel Rods From Damaged Reactor
The Telegraph | 06 November 2013
The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is soon to begin the delicate and perilous process of removing…

Obama’s Ex-Bodyguard: Scandals ‘Worse Than You Know’
http://youtu.be/-nfA7IyL1pk
YouTube | 01 November 2013
Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino…

BBC Documentary: Who Gets the Best Jobs?
http://youtu.be/6bD7U8kqI8A
YouTube | 03 May 2013
Richard Bilton examines the social barriers that have contributed to the UK being more unequal than at any other time in history…

U.S. Is Losing Advantage in Spying, Report Says
The New York Times | 05 November 2013
A congressional panel created long before the recent revelations about government electronic spying operations…

In Defense of Food Stamps
The Wall Street Journal | 05 November 2013
A successful poverty program is being unfairly criticized. Here are the facts…

Schumer: Provide Tracking Devices for Autistic Kids
New York Post | 05 November 2013
The federal government should provide tracking devices for autistic kids so another child doesn’t go missing, Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday…

Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat Was Assasinated With Radioactove Polonium, Tests Show
Zero Hedge | 06 November 2013
And so another conspiracy theory, that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned with Polonium, becomes non-conspiracy fact…

Obama Signs Dictatorial Executive Order Imposing Debunked Climate Change Policies
Infowars | 02 November 2013
The Obama administration on Friday once again disrespected the Constitution by signing an executive order that circumvents Congress and the American people…

The Clinton Show Returns
The Wall Street Journal | 03 November 2013
Hillary and Bill Clinton are gearing up for a 2016 presidential run…

Google’s Eric Schmidt Lambasts NSA Over Spying
The Wall Street Journal | 04 November 2013
Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt reacted to reports that the U.S. government allegedly spied…

Earthquake Hits Close to Fukushima, Tremors Felt as Far as Tokyo
RT | 03 November 2013
A 5.0 earthquake was registered on Japan’s east cost in a prefecture neighboring Fukushima…

Customers Caught on Cameras: Minority Report-Style Eyeball Scanners to Identify Shoppers in UK
RT | 04 November 2013
Face-scanners equipped with a hidden camera have been installed in 450 Tesco petrol stations in the UK…

Germany Looks at Keeping its Internet, E-mail Traffic Inside its Borders
The Washington Post | 01 November 2013
The news that the National Security Agency has its eye on much of the world’s electronic communications has shocked Germans…

Brazil Admits It Spied on U.S. and Other Diplomats
USA Today | 04 November 2013
The Brazilian government confirmed Monday that its intelligence service targeted U.S., Russian, Iranian and Iraqi diplomats…

Bipartisan House Gives in to Wall Street and Passes Dodd-Frank Rollback Drafted by Citigroup Lobbyists
The Raw Story | 01 November 2013
A bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives rolled back one of the key elements of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law passed…

Japan’s New State Secrets Law Raise Fears Over Fukushima Reporting
Fukushima Update | 28 October 2013
Many issues of national importance to Japan, probably including the state of the Fukushima power plant…

The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About – Trans Pacific Partnership Discussion Begins at 13:30 Into the Video


Moyers and Company | 01 November 2013
Secrets… The innocent lives lost in drone wars and the trade deal Washington and big business are trying to hide…

Documents Reveal “Chemtrails” Originated at Department of Defense
Veterans Today | 30 October 2013
Contrary to rumors of “conspiracy theory”, the Department of Defense first published “Chemtrails” in 1990 as the title to a chemistry course for new pilots attending the esteemed US Air Force Academy…

Israeli Attack Destroys Russian Missiles Headed From Syria to Hezbollah, US Officials Say
NBC News | 31 October 2013
Israeli military forces destroyed a cache of Russian missiles that the Syrian government was reportedly prepared to deliver to the militant group Hezbollah, U.S. officials confirmed Thursday…

Ted Cruz Criticizes DOJ for Arguing International Treaty Can Trump the Constitution
Washington Examiner | 30 October 2013
Justice Department attorneys are advancing an argument at the Supreme Court that could allow the government to invoke international treaties…