As millions of Americans lined up at shopping centers around the nation last week, Black Friday had a completely different meaning for hundreds of Floridians who began lining the streets for free food vouchers. BecauseArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/RoVUBOGwsqM/hundreds-of-unemployed-poverty-stricken-americans-line-up-for-food-vouchers_11302011

Met considers buying water cannon London force may spend £4m on equipment as part of change in approach to public order policing, says report on August riots By Sandra Laville; Wednesday 30 November 2011 – The Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/30/met-considers-buyin… The Metropolitan police is considering the purchase of three water cannon at a cost of nearly £4m to [...]

Is a Nuclear War with China Possible? By Lawrence S. Wittner; November 29, 2011 – Znethttp://www.zcommunications.org/is-a-nuclear-war-with-china-p… Source: History News Network While nuclear weapons exist, there remains a danger that they will be used. After all, for centuries national conflicts have led to wars, with nations employing their deadliest weapons. The current deterioration of U.S. relations [...]

Military Industrial Complex: Full Fruition By Kathleen Wallace Peine; November 29th, 2011 – Dissident Voicehttp://dissidentvoice.org/2011/11/military-industrial-comple… This week Congress is expected to vote on a bill advanced by John McCain and Carl Levin, a Republican and Democrat who united to bring us the foundation needed to propel us fully into a militarized nightmare state similar to [...]

OFF TOPIC: regarding the domestic military bill…. 61 senators betrayed you today. We are now officially a police state. Their names are… : Ayotte (R-NH) Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Brown (R-MA) Burr (R-NC) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Coats (R-IN) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) [...]

Indefinite Domestic Military Detentions – by Stephen Lendman Congress is now considering legislative language to mandate indefinite military detentions of US citizens suspected of present or past associations with alleged terrorist groups, with or without evidence to prove it. More on that below. The 2006 Military Commissions Act authorized torture and sweeping unconstitutional powers to [...]

From: www.ruthlesscriticism.com [Translation of an article by Peter Decker in Junge Welt, Nov 4, 2011] In Germany, rulers and ruled agree: “We” have built a solid economy, lowered wages for over a decade in exemplary fashion, and strengthened the competitiveness of “our” economy. We have solid growth and our debts are under control. Now “we” [...]

No One Is Illegal Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories Support for G20 Defendants November 29th, 2011 – No One Is Illegal-Vancouver/Coast Salish Territorieshttp://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=4556 [Note: See also the Solidarity Statement from No One Is Illegal-Toronto.] Following the recent plea deal by the G20 “Main Conspiracy Group”, No One Is Illegal Vancouver Coast Salish Territories would like to [...]

When government Fusion centers, email sniffers, mobile phone locator systems, and web data aggregation systems aren’t enough it’s time to turn to individual users on the internet for spying and reporting on each other. Senator JoeArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/F31plI2Ur6A/senator-pushes-to-implement-flag-button-for-terrorist-blogger-content_11292011

NBA Lockout Ends and Players Get Played By Dave Zirin; November 28, 2011 – The Nationhttp://www.thenation.com/blog/164822/nba-lockout-ends-and-pl… The news blared with the electric intensity of a Black Friday taser. The NBA is back, baby! A sixty-six-game season! Returning on Christmas Day, no less! As former journalist and current NBA talking head Michael Wilbon cheered, “The league [...]

By Dana Gabriel http://beyourownleader.blogspot.com/2011/11/canada-and-mexic… At the recent APEC meetings, Canada and Mexico announced their interest in joining the U.S., along with other countries already engaged in negotiations to establish what has been referred to as the NAFTA of the Pacific. The leaders of the nine countries that are part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) met [...]

Palestinian Unity: A Threat, Says Israel – by Stephen Lendman Palestine is sovereign territory. In 1987, Law Professor Francis Boyle drafted its Declaration of Independence. On November 15, 1988, the Palestine National Council (PNC) adopted it, affirming Palestinian statehood. Nonetheless, Israel’s illegal occupation continues. Gaza’s under siege. Israeli forces attack repeatedly. Deaths and injuries result. [...]

When government Fusion centers, email sniffers, mobile phone locator systems, and web data aggregation systems aren’t enough it’s time to turn to individual users on the internet for spying andArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/F31plI2Ur6A/senator-pushes-to-implement-flag-button-for-terrorist-blogger-content_11292011

Assault charges dropped against No One Is Illegal member November 29, 2011 – No One Is Illegal-Montreal – Conservative McGill members refuse to testify under oath after making false criminal complaint – Assault charges from Jason Kenney protest withdrawn against No One Is Illegal member Montreal, November 29, 2011 — Yesterday morning, at Montreal’s Municipal [...]

Target Syria – by Stephen Lendman Washington’s Greater Middle East project involves waring against the region one country at a time to replace independent regimes with client ones. Softer targets were attacked first. Tougher ones remain, notably Iran and Syria. Subduing them may involve turning the entire region into an uncontrollable cauldron, not least because [...]

Hidden Hand Syndrome The Demonization of Iran By PATRICK COCKBURN; November 28, 2011 – Counterpunchhttp://www.counterpunch.org/2011/11/28/the-demonization-of-i… Iran has long been denounced in Washington as the source of much of the evil in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies see the hand of Tehran behind protests in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province. [...]

The following must-see 60 Minutes segment further highlights the deteriorating economic conditions across the United States. It turns out some families are losing their grip on the motels and discovering that the homesless shelters are full. WhereArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/enmBzypz-MI/a-hidden-america-living-in-cars-tents-and-cheap-motels_11292011

What’s Next? NATO vs Pakistan By TARIQ ALI; November 28, 2011 – Counterpunchhttp://www.counterpunch.org/2011/11/28/nato-vs-pakistan/ The NATO assault on a Pakistani checkpoint close to the Afghan border which killed 24 soldiers on Saturday must have been deliberate. NATO commanders have long been supplied with maps marking these checkpoints by the Pakistani military. They knew that the target [...]

Joint military exercise highlights growing Pakistan-China relations By Vilani Peiris; 28 November 2011 – WSWShttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/nov2011/paki-n28.shtml Joint Sino-Pakistani military exercises, named YOUVI (Friendship), began on November 16. Both countries claimed the exercise aimed to curb terrorism. However, Pakistan is also keen to enhance its ties to China, as its relations with Washington deteriorate. The lengthy, two-week [...]

Plan Colombia not over By David T. Rowlands; Sunday, November 27, 2011 – Green Left Weeklyhttp://www.greenleft.org.au/node/49618 United States Undersecretary of State James Steinberg, speaking in Bogota on October 26, claimed the future relationship between Washington and its most favoured client in Latin America, Colombia, would be based on “reciprocity and mutual respect”. The stated purpose [...]

US Higher Education in Crisis – by Stephen Lendman Diogenes called education “the foundation of every state.” Education reformer Horace Mann said the “common (public) school (is) the greatest discovery ever made by man.” Education reform under Bush and Obama want public education made another business profit center. Doing so places bottom line priorities above [...]

Austerity Fascism in Greece – The Real 1% Doctrine By Mark Ames; November 28, 2011 – Znethttp://www.zcommunications.org/austerity-and-fascism-in-gree… Source: Naked Capitalism See the guy in the photo there, dangling an ax from his left hand? That’s Greece’s new “Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks” Makis Voridis captured back in the 1980s, when he led a fascist [...]

Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood Fans were shocked when Batman writer Frank Miller furiously attacked the Occupy movement. They shouldn’t have been, says Rick Moody – he was just voicing Hollywood’s unspoken values. By Rick Moody; Thursday 24 November 2011 – The Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/nov/24/frank-miller-h… A sturdy corollary emerges in the wake of the [...]

KS Governor Is Ridiculous, Tried to Get a Teenager in Trouble for Saying He “Blows” on Twitter By Lauren Kelley; November 28, 2011 – AlterNethttp://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/740448 Either Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is unaware that Twitter insults are very common, or he gets his feelings hurt far too easily, because he’s created a national to-do over the [...]

Energy Shock, the latest micro documentary (available for viewing below) from producer Daniel Ameduri of Future Money Trends highlights a topic that has been discussed and debated for decades – with a slightly differentArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/8yKWxGojTio/peak-cheap-oil-how-it-will-change-your-life-micro-doc_11282011