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The John James Newsletter 32

The John James Newsletter 32

27 November 2014. 

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”  Margaret Mead

10 Signs That Russia Is Preparing To Fight (And Win) A Nuclear War With The  United States.

A must-read analysis that suggests this may be why the war-party in the US are pushing for confrontation sooner rather than later.

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/10-signs-that-russia-is-preparing-to-fight-and-win-a-nuclear-war-with-the-united-states?

NATO Jets Surrounding Russia

Map of NATO planes near the Russian border before the Ukraine crisis and now. What would the US response be if Russia were to park a few squadrons of Mig-35s in Cuba, Canada and Mexico.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-23/nato-jets-surrounding-russia-and-after

China building South China Sea island big enough for airstrip: report

Satellite images show China is building an island on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands large enough to accommodate what could be its first offshore airstrip in the South China Sea. The construction has stoked concern that China may be converting disputed territory in the mineral-rich archipelago into military installations, in waters also claimed by Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Brunei.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/21/us-china-southchinasea-airstrip-idUSKCN0J526B20141121

British elite unit in Iraq, kills hundreds of ISIS militants: 

British SAS troops have been conducting secret missions using quad bikes and 4×4’s in Iraq, they have been seeking out enemy forces usually at night, killing up to eight terrorists a day.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2845668/SAS-quad-bike-squads-kill-8-jihadis-day-allies-prepare-wipe-map-Daring-raids-UK-Special-Forces-leave-200-enemy-dead-just-four-weeks.html

Edward Snowden awarded Stuttgart Peace Prize

Snowden sent a message via video: “If we are to live in a liberal society, we must stand and defend liberal values”.

https://newhub.shafaqna.com/EN/PK/7631901

Planet Already On ‘Unavoidable Course To Warming’: World Bank Report

With a 2°C rise—which the planet is on track to hit by mid-century—the greenhouse gas emissions already released into the atmosphere mean that “for next twenty years, the die has been cast.” Because of this, “the investment in resilience and adaptation are fundamental”.

http://www.countercurrents.org/germanos251114.htm

Russia puts losses from sanctions, cheaper oil at $140 billion per year

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/24/us-russia-siluanov-idUSKCN0J80GC20141124

Swiss Gold Referendum: What It Really Means

A gold backed Swiss franc would be more valuable for wage earners as it would increase purchasing power and reduce living costs. For the wealthy stock owners a stronger franc would reduce Swiss exports and thus affect stock prices. The vote is between the rich and the poor. The Swiss establishment opposes the gold-backed franc, as does Washington.

http://wwww.informationclearinghouse.info/article40320.htm

Hagel Didn’t Start the Fire

The decisions which has put the US into the incredible debacle that we’re in today throughout the world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40318.htm

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The John James Newsletter 31

The John James Newsletter 31

23 November 2014. 

“Happy Talk” About the Climate

The non-binding deal which the US and China just signed will still allow the Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration to rise to 500ppm by the end of the century, far past the current concentration of 400ppm. This deal does nothing to forestall a complete, total, unmitigated disaster that is likely to spell the end of agriculture, urbanized civilization, and may doom humans, along with most other large vertebrate species, to extinction.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40273.htm

There’s growing evidence that global warming is driving crazy winters

Watch the video – most interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nzwJg4Ebzo#t=34

Ocean Dead Zones Are Getting Worse Due to Climate Change

Researchers have known that low-oxygen, or hypoxic, areas have doubled every 10 years since the 1960s, largely due to increases in nutrient-filled runoff. But warming and other aspects of climate change will worsen the ability of the oceans to feed a growing planet. The map shows the existing dead zones.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ocean-dead-zones-are-getting-worse-globally-due-climate-change-180953282/?no-ist

Two successes for AVAAZ and for the rest of us

After a nerve-wracking battle culminating in the delivery of the AVAAZ 1.1 million-strong petition, and hundreds of thousands of emails and calls to key MEPs, the EU Parliament voted for strong Net Neutrality rules. This stops a two-tiered Internet and ensures that all data traffic is treated equally.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/internet_apocalypse_loc/

President Obama has created the world’s largest marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean though he has been under enormous pressure from a powerful fishing lobby to water down the plan.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/ocean_of_hope_loc/

Dependence On Government handouts Is Out Of Control In America

In 1968, there were 51 full-time workers for every American on disability.  Today, there are just 13 full-time workers for every one on disability. This whole piece is well worth reading!

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/21-facts-that-prove-that-dependence-on-the-government-is-out-of-control-in-america

The Insatiable God 

For the first time in 170 years, the UK parliament will debate the creation of money. Few people know that 97% of our money supply is created not by the government (or the central bank), but by commercial banks throughthe loans they issue. At no point was a democratic decision made to allow banks to do this. So why do we let it happen? This,is the source of much of the instability of our economies.

http://www.monbiot.com/2014/11/18/the-insatiable-god/

What happened to 20.8 tons of gold?

In an interview on Ukraine TV, the head of the Ukraine Central Bank made the stunning admission that “in the vaults of the central bank there is almost no gold left.”. There was  a strange incident that took place just after the Ukraine presidential coup when “in a mysterious operation under the cover of night, Ukraine’s gold reserves were loaded onboard an unmarked plane, which took the gold to the US.”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-18/ukraine-admits-its-gold-gone

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