thestatedtruth.com | April 8, 2011
The Middle East is a fuse looking for a match…. Syrian security forces opened fire on tens of thousands of protesters across several cities Friday, killing at least 20 people, wounding hundreds and forcing residents to turn mosques into makeshift hospitals.
thestatedtruth.com | April 1, 2011
Governments are STUPID……Last week we found out that fewer new houses were sold in February than in any month since they started keeping records in 1963….yep, the more you give somebody, the more they become reliant on it, then when it stops, they don’t know what to do. We’re seeing this same thing happen over and over. […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 29, 2011
News is leaking out of Japan on the nuclear reactors, no pun intended…..General Electric experts are talking of a blob of nuclear lava as an end result of a total melt down on unit 2 which appears to be a total loss. If true, the “experts” say it should take away the risk of explosion! Workers […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 28, 2011
They gotta be kidding…… Nope                                                          Question: Why can’t Japanese electrical power be moved around such a small country? Answer:  Electrical power can’t be moved for a simple, stunning reason. The northern half of Japan uses 100 volt, 50 hertz (cycles per second) electricity and the southern half uses 100 volt, 60 hertz. If you pump 60 hertz […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 23, 2011
We have world changes in the Middle East. We have peak oil production. We have inevitable hyperinflation. But all the attention is currently on Japan,  as markets forget the growing foundation of international dislocation. Stay focused…… Stay disciplined. www.jsmineset.com
thestatedtruth.com | March 21, 2011
We have a long long way to go before this problem goes away! TEPCO managed to restore the power supply to its radioactive power plant. The key problem at hand has not been fixed at all. Not even close. According to New York Daily News: “Cooling pumps at one of Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors are damaged beyond […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 21, 2011
Black Swans everywhere…… ISRAELI WARPLANES HIT HAMAS MILITARY SITE IN GAZA, XINHUA SAYS ISRAELI GAZA ATTACKS INJURE FIVE PEOPLE, AL-ARABIYA REPORTS ISRAELI WARPLANES FLYING OVER GAZA, AL-ARABIYA REPORTS
thestatedtruth.com | March 19, 2011
Question….Do governments ever tell the truth? Doesn’t seem so. The NRC said in the 1980’s that it was estimated that there was a 50% chance of a nuclear meltdown within the next 20 years,  which would be so large that it would contaminate an area the size of the State of Pennsylvania, and would result in huge numbers […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 19, 2011
Are we seeing the start of WW III…..? U.S. and coalition forces launched military strikes against Libya, gambling that a rapid and substantial attack could knock out loyalist support for Gadhafi. Gaza Fires 50 Mortars Into Israel, Heaviest Barrage In Two Years….. Israel is sure to bring even more geopolitical tension, especially with Iran adn […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 15, 2011
03-15-2011 Japan, The Persian Gulf And Energy By George Friedman Over the past week, everything seemed to converge on energy. The unrest in the Persian Gulf raised the specter of the disruption of oil supplies to the rest of the world, and an earthquake in Japan knocked out a string of nuclear reactors with potentially […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 15, 2011
Some more thoughts on Japan….we are told, (hopefully correctly), that this is more of a repeat of a Three Mile Island situation where half the fuel rods melted, than Chernobyl where they all did. And…Small amounts of low radiation cesium and iodine have already been released, which should be measurable on American roof tops in about ten […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 14, 2011
Should any of these plants go into full meltdown (indications are (2) already have) there will be both a human and economic disaster worse than 1945. Japan’s nightmare gets even WORSE: All THREE damaged nuclear reactors now in ‘meltdown’ at tsunami-hit power station.  By Richard Shears Last updated at 5:09 PM on 14th March 2011 The […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 13, 2011
Let’s review the specific power plant in question, the General Electric design BWR Mark 1. “This is a boiling water reactor. It’s one of the first designs ever developed for commercial reactors in this country, and it’s widely used in Japan as well. Compared to other reactors, if you look at NRC studies, according to calculations, […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 12, 2011
 Stratfor: Japanese Confirm Meltdown  March 12, 2011 Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said March 12 that the explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi No. 1 nuclear plant could only have been caused by a meltdown of the reactor core, Japanese daily Nikkei reported. This statement seemed somewhat at odds with Japanese Chief […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 10, 2011
 Red Alert: Saudi Police Fire On Protesters In Oil Hub March 10, 2011 Saudi police have reportedly opened gunfire on and launched stun grenades at several hundred protesters March 10 rallying in the heavily Shiite-populated city of Qatif in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province. The decision to employ violence in this latest crackdown comes […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 10, 2011
Cumberland Advisors Day of Rage March 10, 2011 Modern technology. Read email of Saudi events on WiFi at 38,000 feet. This will be brief. The day of rage came early. All outcomes are speculative. Contagion has reached Saudi Arabia. Recent history shows Al-Qaida actively targeted Saudi Arabia several times. Until now, no success. Events in […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 3, 2011
Wow, this sure looks spacey…come to think of it, that makes total sense! Unlike NASA’s space shuttles, the X-37B space plane does everything autonomously. It also has a solar array that is deployed from its payload bay to generate power during its months-long stay in orbit. The first X-37B spacecraft launched in April 2010 and […]
thestatedtruth.com | March 1, 2011
 Never Fight A Land War In Asia By George Friedman | March 1, 2011 U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking at West Point, said last week that “Any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should have […]
thestatedtruth.com | February 25, 2011
Some good points about Bahrain….and why it’s important to oil! Bahrain lies in the middle of an age-old contention between Iran and Saudi Arabia… and the balance between the two rivals could soon be tipped. A strong Iraq was a nice buffer between Saudi Arabia and Iran, but a strong Iraq is no more. Now […]
thestatedtruth.com | February 21, 2011
Earth is overdue a massive solar storm as the sun enters its most active period…..We’ve been talking about this for a while.  Heads up everybody…..Have cash on hand and 30-60 days of food, water, toilet goods etc, and lots of flash lights and batteries and keep your car gas tank at least half full at […]
thestatedtruth.com | February 21, 2011
Inquiring minds want to know what happens to the Libyan Gold….Uh, one guess…It follows Gaddafi out of Libya. Duh! Libya had 143.8 tonnes of Gold and is (was) the ninth largest oil producer!
thestatedtruth.com | February 16, 2011
Tension is rapidly building in the Mid East. JERUSALEM—Iran is sending two warships through the Suez Canal en route to Syria, Israel’s foreign minister said Wednesday, calling the act a “provocation” that Israel cannot ignore. The Iranian plan described by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman would take the warships past Israel’s coast. While it would pose no significant […]
thestatedtruth.com | February 14, 2011
Will the growing vacuum in power be filled by the Brotherhood? That’s the big risk here! Algeria shuts down internet and Facebook as protest mounts……. Internet providers were shut down and Facebook accounts deleted across Algeria on Saturday as thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators were arrested in violent street demonstrations. By Nabila Ramdani Plastic bullets and […]
thestatedtruth.com | February 14, 2011
Good read here, it’s a tough and dangrous new world in the Mideast….. February 14, 2011 Peter Alois is a director of the Global Interdependence Center and one of my colleagues there. He is retired from the Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he had many years of experience posted in the Middle East. […]
thestatedtruth.com | February 13, 2011
Anyone that thinks the problems are over in the Mideast had better rethink things. Egypt is but one match in a box full of match sticks. Cairo, Egypt (CNN)— Egypt’s military dissolved the country’s Parliament and suspended its constitution Sunday following the ouster of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak, telling Egyptians it would be in charge […]
thestatedtruth.com | February 11, 2011
 February 11, 2011 Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman delivered the following statement Feb. 11: “In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, citizens, during these very difficult circumstances Egypt is going through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down from the office of president of the republic and has charged the high […]
thestatedtruth.com | February 10, 2011
February 10, 2011 The decision by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak not to resign seems to have shocked both the Egyptian military and Washington. CIA Director Leon Panetta spoke earlier as if his resignation was assured and a resolution to the crisis was guaranteed. Sources in Cairo spoke the same way. How the deal came apart, […]
thestatedtruth.com | February 3, 2011
The United States threatened to take military action against China during a secret “star wars” arms race within the past few years, according to leaked documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph. Â By Tim Ross, Holly Watt and Christopher Hope The two nuclear superpowers both shot down their own satellites using sophisticated missiles in separate […]
thestatedtruth.com | January 30, 2011
January 30, 2011 By George Friedman The Egypt Unrest: Full Coverage It is not at all clear what will happen in the Egyptian revolution. It is not a surprise that this is happening. Hosni Mubarak has been president for more than a quarter of a century, ever since the assassination of Anwar Sadat. He is […]
thestatedtruth.com | January 30, 2011
In a nut shell it’s not going well for the U.S. interests in Egypt, as our favorability rating in Egypt hit an all time low of 17% in 2010!
thestatedtruth.com | January 30, 2011
Gaddafi has had a long run as dictators go, and at 68 he’s no spring chicken. Al Jazeera reports that the Libyan government has imposed a state of emergency for “fear of demonstrations and rallies” comparable to those in Tunisia and Egypt. And ranked 17 in the world for oil production (and 9th in proven reserves), […]
thestatedtruth.com | January 30, 2011
Fodder for change…. Jordan’s economy struggles, weighed down by a record deficit of $2 billion this year, rising inflation and rampant unemployment and poverty. AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – The leader of Jordan’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood Hammam Saeed’s warned Saturday that unrest in Egypt will spread across the Mideast and Arabs will topple leaders allied with the […]
thestatedtruth.com | January 30, 2011
The big question now is how far does this all spread around the Middle East? Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei made his way through the crowd in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday in an appearance that defied the military curfew and President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year regime. “You have taken back your rights and what we […]
thestatedtruth.com | January 30, 2011
It was just a matter of time before this happened…The Qatari government bankrolled Al-Jazeera when it launched in 1996 and is believed to still fund the station, but it operates with considerable editorial freedom compared with other government-run media outlets in the Arab world. Anti-government riots also have spread to Yemen, where President Ali Abdullah […]
thestatedtruth.com | January 29, 2011
Just how important is the Internet…well, without it your bank ATM won’t work, nor will most cash registers of major chain stores or many gas stations…the stock market wouldn’t open nor would the commodity markets, the electric grid could be effected so might water works, etc, etc. And we don’t really know what total effect it […]
thestatedtruth.com | January 28, 2011
The move by Egyptian authorities to seal off the country almost entirely from the Internet shows how easily a state can isolate its people when telecoms providers are few and compliant. “Virtually all of Egypt’s Internet addresses are now unreachable, worldwide,” Jim Cowie, chief technology officer of U.S.-based Internet monitoring firm Renesys wrote on the […]
thestatedtruth.com | January 28, 2011
Sounds like Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is just buying some time….before heading out the back door! In the past, most exits around the Middle East seem to lead to France, Great Britain or the U.S. Updated 5:31 p.m. (0031 in Egypt) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he has asked the government to resign, and that he will […]
thestatedtruth.com | January 28, 2011
How timely…..just as the World Economic Forum meets in Davos of all places! DAVOS, Switzerland — A former WikiLeaks spokesman launched a rival website Friday, saying he planned to give whistleblowers more control over the secrets they spill. The new platform, called OpenLeaks, will allow sources to choose specifically who they want to submit documents […]
thestatedtruth.com | January 28, 2011
 January 28, 2011 Unconfirmed reports from Al Jazeera on Jan. 28 say the army and police forces are clashing in Cairo. These reports have come after reports from state-owned Egyptian satellite Al-Misriyah TV saying army leadership extended the curfew from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. local time to the whole country. www.stratfor.com
thestatedtruth.com | January 27, 2011
Reports are emerging that Internet has gone down in Cairo and throughout Egypt, only hours before the largest planned protests get rolling. More from the HuffPo: According to a report from The Arabist, “Egypt has shut off the internet.” The Los Angeles Times is reporting that BlackBerry Internet has been taken offline in Egypt.
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