Notable News Headlines for Feb. 17, 2012

·         Russia votes down Syria 'regime change' resolution

Blogman’s Notes:

Greece remains in the headlines as do Syria and Iran. Seems to me that everyday we draw closer to the time of the fulfillment of the prophecies of Global Wars and rumors of wars, and of plagues, pestilences, earthquakes, famines and Economic catastrophes destroying the world on a scale never before seen in history. 

This report about the Vatican being required to pay taxes is interesting but ultimately a smokescreen, in my estimation. The Vatican is one of the richest and most powerful corporations in the world. Although the media portrays Islam as the most radical religion in the world, history proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the most radical religion that the world has ever know is Roman Catholicism. By disguising the religion as Christianity, the masses have been fooled for almost 2000 years into worshiping Satan as God. All organized religions are Satanic but none more so than the Roman Catholic religion, which is an amalgamation of Egyptian sorcery and Talmudic Judaism. It is the most organized body on the face of the Earth, with over a billion adherents that pledge fealty, both spiritual and financial, to Rome. People that pledge allegiance to Rome are in the highest positions of power in religion, politics, banking, business, education and military. It is through these people that Rome controls the world and is therefore MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT of the book of Revelation. Every Pope is an Antichrist and The Antichrist, the beast ruler of the world that has been prophesied to come will most like be a Pope sitting on the so-called seat of St. Peter, which in fact is the Synagogue of Satan. This is the reason why every manner of abomination has been found in the Roman Catholic church from pedophilia to murder to financial corruption and more. Consider the following quote from the News report below and think: Are these the actions of men of God, that they are openly ate war with each other for the sake of money and power? "It's now complete war inside the Vatican," said Robert Mickens, The Tablet's Rome correspondent, who has 20 years' experience of reporting on the Vatican. "Things are falling apart." 

Rome and the Roman Catholic religion will play a vital role in the fulfillment of End of the World prophecies (as will Islam). Islam, however, is nowhere near as organized or lead by a central body as Rome, so do not for a minute believe that this is a benign organization, it is the mortal enemy of True Christians, of people who have faith in Christ, and in God. True Christians have suffered far more persecution at the hands of Rome than from all other sources combined, including Islam. Be ready, for such persecution as seen in the Dark and Middle ages, will once again sweep the Globe and it will stem from Rome, not from Mecca, though it may be blamed on Mecca.

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From The Independent UK ·         Vatican told to pay taxes as Italy tackles budget crisis After several years of scandal in which the Catholic Church has faced allegations of financial impropriety, paedophile priests and rumours of plots to kill the Pope, the Vatican is now facing a new €600m-a-year tax bill as Rome seeks to head off European Commission censure over controversial property tax breaks enjoyed by the Church. Read More ·         Rothschild loses libel case, and reveals secret world of money and politics

Newsworthy Economic Headlines for Feb. 16, 2012

Blogman’s Notes:

We are living in historical times but as has happened in the past, few people living through momentous historical times actually realize what is going on in their world until they feel the full force and brunt of the consequences of the events that they were oblivious to, even as they were happening. The Economic / Political / Geophysical face of our world is set to undergo dramatic and historic changes, and not for the better for the majority yet the masses remain sedated on TV entertainment and Sports. The sedation will wear off one day but by then it will be too late for the majority.

From www.bloomberg.com Greece is bailed out, Greece is not bailed out! This drama that has been ongoing for over 2 years now has become a farce. As the following report reveals, a deal announced today will be dead tomorrow. Are all the players in this game totally incompetent Keystone Cops or are they just pretending to play the game, knowing full well the outcome of the game: A complete and total 100% Greek Debt Default that will shake the Global Financial / Banking System to its knees!  Greek Talks Hit Snag as EU Seeks Assurances Greece said that Europe’s wealthier countries are “playing with fire” by toying with the idea of expelling it from the 17-nation euro area as talks over a second aid program ran into new obstacles. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos leveled the accusation after a decision slated for tonight on aid totaling 130 billion euros ($171 billion) was postponed until at least Feb. 20 and possibly until after a full-time Greek government emerges from elections later in the year. Read More

From: www.NYTimes.com  Portugal is the next Greece  Europe is on the wrong path because its prescription for the sovereign debt crisis, so-called expansionary fiscal consolidation, is a failed economic paradigm. The thinking has been that sacking government workers and cutting government spending would eliminate the budget deficit in countries like Greece and Portugal and, therefore, restore market confidence in their sovereign debt. The reality has turned out to be quite a bit different. Instead of reduced debt loads, we are witnessing higher government debt burdens as the reduced economic output from cutting government is met with cuts in the private sector. If Europe continues on this path, the euro zone will break apart entirely with unpredictable political and economic repercussions. Read More

From: www.zerohedge.com  The Coming European (and worldwide) Depression / Recession should be one for the record books

Nigel Farage: Globalist Troika Driving Greece Towards Violent Revolution

Blogman's Notes:

On this blog I have spent a considerable amount of time the last few weeks discussing the Greece meltdown story which in my estimation is a bigger story than Syria / Iran and World War 3. The Economic collapse of Greece is a harbinger of things to come for the whole world. The rapidly deteriorating Economic conditions in Greece spell the end of Greece as it presently exists; by extension the collapse of the Global Economic System will spell the end of the World as we know it at present.
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GREEKS OUT OF OPTIONS EXCEPT TO REVOLT

Newsworthy Economic Headlines for Feb. 15, 2012

From www.ZeroGedge.com	Iran Cuts Crude Exports To Six European Countries In response to ‘Sanctions’ placed upon Iran by the EU, Iran has cut off crude supplies to 6 European countries. This action clearly means record high gasoline prices for Europe, particularly the 6 countries that were cut off from crude supplies, countries that are already in deep Economic Crisis, namely Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, and The Netherlands. Is Europe intent on committing suicide and taking the world down with it?
From www.finance.yahoo.com	New setback for Greece bailout as meeting canceled In an article posted a couple of days ago, I reasoned that the Troika of the EU, the ECB and the IMF are trying to squeeze blood out of a rock by placing unreasonable and un-enforceable demands upon the Greek people. Whatever deal is announced, it will never be implemented because without turning Greece into a 3rd world nation, the demands cannot be met.
From: http://www.financialarmageddon.com	Retail Sales: A Leading Indicator for the Jobs Market? If recent history is any guide, a notable deceleration in the pace of U.S. retail spending following a period of strong gains signals trouble ahead for the jobs market. Though the BLS (Bureau of Lying Statistics) keeps putting forth seasonally adjusted numbers that show growth in the jobs market, the huge decline in US retail sales would indicate otherwise as the above article contends.
From http://www.bloomberg.com	Greece Will Have `Hard Default,' Gallo Says

Raiser of Taxes: France pushes Tobin Tax, wants all Global Financial Transactions to be to be taxed

Blogman's Notes:

In the book of the prophet Daniel, we can read of a time before the time of the mark of the beast system is introduced when a world leader will introduce or desire to introduce onerous taxation upon the whole population of the world. This idea introduced in 1972 by Nobel Laureate James Tobin has come to be known as the Tobin tax. Tobin himself got the idea from John Meynard Keynes, the father of modern Economics, whose ideology is wreaking havoc upon Global Economies as it is pursued relentlessly by Central Bankers, most importantly by the Federal Reserve of the United States. Since the 1930's, the Global Elites have desired such a tax that will be Global and will raise hundreds of billions, if not trillions, that they will spend at their discretion. This idea that keeps resurfacing from time to time, has started gaining traction since 2008 when the current Economic Crisis began. In 2009 this idea began to be pushed out of the realm of Academics into the realm of Politics; the following is a quote from a Wikipedia article on the Tobin Tax: "European Union leaders urged the International Monetary Fund on Friday to consider a global tax on financial transactions in spite of opposition from the US and doubts at the IMF itself. In a communiqué issued after a two-day summit, the EU’s 27 national leaders stopped short of making a formal appeal for the introduction of a so-called “Tobin tax” but made clear they regarded it as a potentially useful revenue-raising instrument."

Having a Global tax administered by an international body like the IMF or the UN legitimizes unelected elitist organizations while undermining the sovereignty of nations. It is the Economic conquest of the world that is prophesied in the Bible, not a military conquest. The Tobin Tax, also called The Financial Transactions Tax is an important step towards the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy leading to the end of the world as we know it!

Daniel 11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.

Daniel 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

It is truly remarkable how much the Bible speaks about Economics and the Economic end of the world, I for one am convinced that we are presently witnessing the fulfillment of events prophesied so long ago.

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France to push ahead with Tobin Tax

France is determined to press ahead with a financial transaction tax inspired by the UK’s stamp duty and supported by at least eight other eurozone countries, the country’s finance minister has said.

François Baroin, French finance minister, said the the tax will be levied at 0.1 per cent, raising €1bn a year on share trades. By contrast, the British stamp duty on shares stands at 0.5 per cent, and raised £2.7bn in the 2010/11 tax year.

In an interview with the Financial Times on Monday, hours before parliament was due to kick off a debate on a so-called Tobin tax announced by President Nicolas Sarkozy last month, Mr Baroin said he hoped the initiative would put pressure on the European Commission to accelerate the implementation of a controversial Europe-wide levy which is staunchly opposed by the UK.

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It's All Greek to Me Pt. 5 - Athens burns as EU leaders try and squeeze blood out of a rock

Blogman's Notes:


At the end of 2010, in an article titled 2011 Predictions, I wrote that the buzzword for 2011 would be AUSTERITY. Greece today is showing the world the true face of Austerity; a better word for this condition might be IMPOVERISHMENT. Lest those sitting in Northern Europe or North America think that this condition will be restricted to Greece, they are in for a nasty shock. For what we see in Greece today will be repeated on a much bigger scale all across the Globe, especially in America. When the true implications of Austerity begin to be felt by Americans, the scenes from Athens today will be repeated with much greater violence in Chicago, LA, Detroit, New York and across the US of A. The London riots of 2011 were but a preview of the feature length film that is yet to be played. Is there anyone out there who still believes that these problems that have been ongoing since 2007 will actually be fixed?
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Athens burns as Greek lawmakers shove AUSTERITY down Greek throats

(Reuters) - The Greek government was under pressure on Monday to convince a skeptical euro zone that it would stick to the terms of a multi-billion-euro rescue package endorsed by lawmakers despite violent protests.

Parliament backed drastic cuts in wages, pensions and jobs on Sunday as the price of a 130-billion-euro ($172 billion) bailout by the European Union and International Monetary Fund, as running battles between police and rioters in central Athens outside parliament drove home a sense of deepening crisis.

Firefighters on Monday doused the smoldering remains of cinemas, shops and banks set ablaze in the capital. It was the worst violence in years, and spread from Athens to Greece's second city of Thessaloniki and the islands of Crete and Corfu. Read More _________________________________________________________________

From The Daily Sheeple: The Basic Fabric of Life is unraveling in Greece

Mainstream headlines may be ignoring the fact that the United States and the whole of Europe are on the verge of massive economic collapse, but that won’t stop what’s coming.

And when it does finally take hold, it will look a lot like Greece today:

The basic fabric of life is unraveling. Suicides are up 40%, homicide and violent crime up almost 100%, and cuts in social services so deep it’s making Greeks sick, literally.

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This is Greece’s great depression.  This is the meltdown that every economy dreads.

It's All Greek to Me Pt. 4 - Greeks revolting, NATO liberation next?

Blogman's Notes:

The Greek people are not too happy with the sudden and drastic change in their living conditions that have been imposed upon them by foreigners who lent them money they should not have and are now demanding not just a pound of flesh but want to strip the Greeks bare to the bone. So is it any wonder that the Greeks are revolting against their traitorous leaders that are beholden to foreign powers and not to the Greek people. This contagion is set to spread far and wide as nation after nation will find themselves in exactly the same circumstances! What next? A NATO liberation to bring democracy to Greece, the birthplace of democracy? The following links are to websites that are streaming live videos and reports on what is happening inside Greece. No matter what window dressed deal is announced, the fact remains that the Greeks will never be able to pay the debt back, so the only alternative is default, they may as well walk from the whole debt, tell the bankers to take a hike and start setting their house in order. It will be painful but less so than what the French, Germans and possibly NATO will do to them!

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Live streaming videos from mega protests in Athens, Greece!

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The Revolution is being televised!

Libya: Mission not Accomplished!

Blogman's Notes:

Even as Syria is feeling the full brunt of an unpopular uprising, or rather it is being destroyed by a civil war that has been instigated, financed and managed by powerful interests from well beyond its own borders, and even as Iran is pushed, shoved and cajoled into as war it does not desire; let us not forget the carnage that has been left behind by the bringers of democracy to the world, the US of A and it's NATO allies. I refer specifically to Iraq and Libya, two nations that have been bombed back to the stone age but I suppose that's a small price to pay for democracy (maybe they should practice that in China since it worked so well in Iraq and Libya)! The following Reuters report proves yet once more that these missions that are launched with such indignation and high sounding moral platitudes by the West never accomplish their stated goal of bringing democracy to any of the nations that were thus bombed and conquered; and democracy is always exported to weak nations that cannot defend themselves, nations that are not worthy of being called enemies of the greatest military machine the world has ever seen. The whole idea of bring democracy through bombs is so insidious that it is only a populace kept entertained by the kool-aid of mass - media that can believe such a ludicrous concept. However the supposed beneficiaries of such democracy bringing missions are in fact victims of war crimes perpetrated openly by lying hypocrites who call themselves philanthropists. Militaries of all nations, particularly that of the most militarily active nation on Earth (guess which one) are mass murders and will be thus judged on the Day of Judgment, both the ones who gave the orders and the ones who execute the orders. It grieves God to see such violence inflicted upon weak and defenseless people, and though He is patient, unwilling to pass judgment, hoping for repentance, hoping to see compassion and love; yet there is a limit to His patience and to His Longsuffering. Sooner now, rather than later, judgment will come and weak man, made out of clay will find out that how weak and impotent he really is in front of Him who upholds the Universe by the power of His Might. 

Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:6 .And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Genesis 6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Folks, it is the Military machine that fills the earth with violence in multiples of degrees greater than violence inflicted upon individuals by each other. In the most violent cities in the world, there may be a few hundred murders every year but Militaries murder people by the hundreds of thousands, even millions, yet the Military is considered to be an honorable profession! Killing and violence comes naturally to man, and though the All Wise LORD God understood beforehand that His Creation would be filled with violence for a period of time, He deemed it necessary to allow it to happen but that does not mean that He will not judge the perpetrators, yes He will and He will do so in righteousness; His Judgment will not be corrupt, it will be just. 

James 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

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REUTERS: Saadi Gaddafi warns of uprising in Libya: TV

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Ali Shuaib

TRIPOLI | Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:56pm EST

(Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi warned on Friday of an imminent uprising in Libya, saying he was in regular contact with people in the country who were unhappy with the authorities put in place after the ousting and killing of his father.

It's All Greek to Me Pt. 3 - Conditions in Greece today are the template for the world tomorrow!

Blogman's Notes: 


The following report correctly analyses the causes and consequences of the rapidly deteriorating Economic, Social and Political conditions inside of Greece today. Since the same disease of Excessive Debt is plaguing much of the developed world, even more than Greece, the same consequences will also be felt in much of the developed world in the coming months and years.
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From The Daily Sheeple / Greece is what a 21st Century Depression looks like

Do you want to see what a 21st century economic depression looks like?  Just look at Greece.  Once upon a time, the Greek economy was thriving, the Greek government was borrowing money like there was no tomorrow and Greek citizens were thoroughly enjoying the bubble of false prosperity that all that debt created.  Those that warned that Greece was headed for a financial collapse were laughed at and were called “doom and gloomers”.  Well, nobody is laughing now.  You see, the truth is that debt is a very cruel master.  Greeks were able to live way beyond their means for many, many years but eventually a day of reckoning arrived.  At this point, the Greek economy has been in a recession for five years in a row, and the economic crisis in that country is rapidly getting even worse.  It was just recently announced that the overall rate of unemployment in Greece has soared above 20 percent and the youth unemployment rate has risen to an astounding 48 percent.  One out of every five retail stores has been shut down and parents are literally abandoning children in the streets.  The frightening thing is that this is just the beginning.  Things are going to get a lot worse in Greece.  And in case you haven’t been paying attention, these kinds of conditions are coming to the United States as well.  We are heading down the exact same road as Greece went down, and the economic pain that this country is eventually going to suffer is going to be beyond anything that most Americans would dare to imagine.

It's All Greek to Me Pt. 2 - Austerrorizing the Greeks into destitution

From Russia Today TV: DISASTER IN THE MAKING: IMF Recipe leads Greeks to Starvation

Uploaded by RussiaToday on Feb 10, 2012

Greek politicians' last minute agreement on fresh austerity plans hasn't exactly been greeted with open arms. A 48-hour strike has been called by the country's two major labour unions. And Eurozone member states say they will put even more conditions on Greece before handing over a second bailout. The journalist Stylianos Chrysostomidis says the situation in the country is deteriorating and the consequences could be dangerous. Robert Oulds - chair of the London based think-tank Bruges Group, believes that it's the European currency itself pushing Greece to the edge.

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