Rady Ananda: Citizens Initiative to Ban Chemtrails

On December 6, New York's Suffolk County government will hold a hearing on a proposal to ban aerial spraying of aluminum oxide, barium, sulfur, and other salts into the air over the county without first filing an Environmental Impact Statement without receiving approval from the county's Department of Health Services, Division of Environmental Quality. Exempted from the proposed ban are aerosol spraying operations for agriculture, lyme disease, Eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile Virus, and other disease vector control operations. The hearing will be held at the River-head Legislative Auditorium, Evans K. Griffing Building, 300 Center Drive in Riverhead, NY at 2:30 pm. If the public is able to convince legislators of the risk from such geo
-engineering operations, the legislation will then be voted on at the December 20th session. Otherwise, the proposed ban will be tabled indefinitely. Initiated by Cindy Pikoulas and her husband Jim, along with Siobhan Ciresi of Long Island Sky Watch (LISW), with the assistance of chem-trail opponent Rosalind Peterson of the Agriculture Defense Coalition, the bill was finalized and proposed by legislator Edward P Romaine of the 1st District. Involved in Suffolk County government since 1989, Romaine is a fiscal conservative who prioritizes saving farmland and protecting the environment.

Daily Mail Reporter: What's Killing America?

A new survey on health care is revealing, that you may not be getting what you pay for, if you check into a US hospital. The US healthcare system is more effective at delivering high costs than quality care than other developed nations, according to the study conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and development, or OECD. It found first-rate treatment for cancer, but insufficient primary care for other ailments. The study said Americans pay more than $7,900 per person for healthcare each year, far more than any other OECD country, but still die earlier than their peers in the industrialized world. The cost of healthcare in the United States is 62 percent higher than that in Switzerland, which has similar per capita income, and also relies substantially on private health insurance. Meanwhile, Americans receive comparatively little actual care, despite sky-high prices driven by extensive tests and procedures. They also spend more tax money on healthcare than most other countries, the study showed. An 'underdeveloped' US primary care system is plagued by shortages of family doctors and high rates of avoidable hospital admissions for people with asthma, lung disease, diabetes, hypertension and other common illnesses. The growth in US life expectancy over the past half century is also below average, gaining only 8.3 years since 1960, compared with an 11.2-year OECD average.

Kourosh Ziabari: America's Middle East War and the "Right to Protect".

After the Arab League hypocritically suspended the membership of Syria amid the mounting pressures of NATO and the United States, the resurgence of violence in Egypt, and the increasing use of excessive force in Bahrain and Yemen, and the unrelenting massacre of innocent civilians by the barbaric regime of Al Khalifa and Ali Abdullah Saleh once again attracted the attention of conscientious observers in the international community. According to official figures released by the "Bahrain Center for Human Rights" website, so far 44 Bahraini citizens were killed at the hands of the mercenaries of the Al Khalifa regime. The Bahraini martyrs include the 6-year-old Mohammed Farhan, 14-year-old Ali Jawad Alshaikh and 15-year-old Sayed Ahmad Saeed Shams. The Bahraini organization has reported that many of these martyrs were killed while in custody. The Center has also published documents indicating that more than 1,500 Bahrainis, including about 100 women were incarcerated since the eruption of turmoil in the Persian Gulf country on February 14, 2011, and that more than 90 journalists face life threat. It's also said that the Bahraini government has blocked the citizens' access to more than 1000 opposition websites, which are mainly used to organize and plan protests and mass demonstrations.

Human Events: President Obama Indicted!

In Crimes Against Liberty, David Limbaugh has compiled the most comprehensive and devastating indictment of what is turning out to be the most destructive presidency in American history. From exploiting the financial crisis for political gain, to restricting our personal freedoms through invasive healthcare and "green" policies, to endangering America with feckless diplomacy and reckless dismantlement of our national security systems, Limbaugh proves, beyond a reasonable doubt, that President Barack Obama is guilty of crimes against liberty. Obama's offenses against the rule of law (including the administration's blatant pursuit of race-based justice). Obama's violations of the public trust (including his Chicago-style bully boy tactics to protect and advance the administration's cronies). Obama's abuses against the private sector, including how his administration is removing any limits to federal power. Obama's crimes against good governance, including his mania for secrecy, after being elected on promises of of transparency. Obama's betrayals of the national interest, including his administration's gagging of honest discussion of the threat of radical Islam.

Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey: Condoleezza Rice: A Clown in the Theater of the Absurd

Condoleezza Rice is unique, so unique that it appears she is the first person to have made the transition from the pages of literature to real life, so absurd that the notion arises she is a character invented by Ionescu, the master of the Theater of the Absurd, a clown on the world stage, whose arrogance is overshadowed by her incompetence, but she has one problem: She never understood the precepts of the "Peter Principle", in which a person surpasses the boundaries of her own competence, and does not understand the point at which they should stop, so that they do not reach stations beyond the limitations of their own capacities. In the case of Condoleezza Rice, a University library in Boston would appear to be the perfect setting for her to flourish virtually unnoticed, saying little and studying a lot, and in the evenings playing the piano. Some people should be seen, and NOT heard. Condoleezza Rice has a pleasant demeanor, stands up nice and straight, and looks lady-like, does her hair up nicely, and has an attractive smile. The trouble is, once she opens her mouth, the smile turns to a snarl, something lunges behind those eyes, and centuries of hatred and anger, and pent-up emotions come vomiting forth, presenting the bile and venom of one who has not learned to control her emotions, and the result is that politics and policy get mixed up in a difficult menopause, which in her case started early, and stubbornly refuses to pass!

Karl Denninger: The Game is About Done!

It's pretty much over at this point: This morning Germany had a failed Bund auction. That's not particularly noteworthy: It happens from time to time, but what's noteworthy is what happened to bond yields everywhere through Europe in response: They blew out. The Greek and Italian "problem" is no longer about Greece and Italy. It has been creeping into Spain, and more recently France, but this morning jumped into Germany and everywhere else "all at once." Capital has said "no more" to the ties in Europe. While this does not mean an instant implosion, it does mean one important thing: The willingness of capital holders to continue to permit deficit spending is coming to an end, and with the false "GDP" that this lie has been "supported" will also come to an end. Our lawmakers, for their part, continue to sing a happy song about how we'll get it done, but not today, since the "super-committee" was an abject failure. Covering up the failure was the fact that there were departments that had 10, 20, even 30% increases in the funding, found in the appropriations bills, that were passed in the House, even while the so-called "committee" was trying to find away to cut spending. Folks, this political game of lie, lie and lie some more cannot go on forever. Eventually, the waiter appears with the check, and you pay it, wash dishes, or get arrested for theft!

Michael Snyder: 17 Quotes About the Coming Financial Collapse!

Is the world on the verge of another financial collapse? Yes! The western world is drowning in an ocean of debt, unlike anything the world has ever seen before, and our financial markets are gigantic casinos, that are dependent on huge mountains of risk and leverage remaining very stable. In the end, this house of cards that has been built on a foundation of sand is going to come crashing down in a horrifying manner. Usually in this column, I go on and on about why things will soon get much worse, but today I am going to take a bit of a break. Today, I am going to let some of the top financial professionals in the world tell you why things will soon get much worse. Many of the quotes that you are about to read just might make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Most people out there have no idea what is about to happen. Most people out there are working hard, and are so busy preparing for the holidays, and they are hopeful that the economy will turn around soon, but that is NOT going to happen. We are headed for another major global financial collapse, and when it happens, the economy of the United States economy is going to get even worse. The epicenter for the coming global financial collapse is almost certainly going to be in Europe. As you will see below, financial professionals all over the world are sounding the alarm about Europe. It is a disaster that everyone can see coming but that nobody seems to be able to prevent. Of curse, the failure of the "super-committee" in the United States certainly is NOT helping matters: There is already talk that we may soon see another downgrade for US debt. It is hard to even describe how incompetent the US Congress is. When the time comes, who is going to step forward and provide that leadership? That is a really, really good question.