By Michael Snyder - BLN Contributing Writer
As the mainstream media continues to be obsessed with Anthony Weiner and his bizarre adventures on Twitter, much more serious events are happening around the world that are getting very little attention. In America today, if the mainstream media does not cover something it is almost as if it never happened. Right now, the worst nuclear disaster in human history continues to unfold in Japan , U.S. nuclear facilities are being threatened by flood waters, the U.S. military is bombing Yemen, gigantic cracks in the earth are appearing all over the globe and the largest wildfire in Arizona history is causing immense devastation. But Anthony Weiner, Bristol Palin and Miss USA are what the mainstream media want to tell us about and most Americans are buying it.
In times like these, it is more important than ever to think for ourselves. The corporate-owned mainstream media is not interested in looking out for us. Rather, they are going to tell us whatever fits with the agenda that their owners are pushing.
That is why more Americans than ever are turning to the alternative media. Americans are hungry for the truth, and they know that the amount of truth that they get from the mainstream media continues to decline.
As the mainstream media continues to be obsessed with Anthony Weiner and his bizarre adventures on Twitter, much more serious events are happening around the world that are getting very little attention. In America today, if the mainstream media does not cover something it is almost as if it never happened. Right now, the worst nuclear disaster in human history continues to unfold in Japan , U.S. nuclear facilities are being threatened by flood waters, the U.S. military is bombing Yemen, gigantic cracks in the earth are appearing all over the globe and the largest wildfire in Arizona history is causing immense devastation. But Anthony Weiner, Bristol Palin and Miss USA are what the mainstream media want to tell us about and most Americans are buying it.
In times like these, it is more important than ever to think for ourselves. The corporate-owned mainstream media is not interested in looking out for us. Rather, they are going to tell us whatever fits with the agenda that their owners are pushing.
That is why more Americans than ever are turning to the alternative media. Americans are hungry for the truth, and they know that the amount of truth that they get from the mainstream media continues to decline.
The following are 12 things that the mainstream media is being strangely quiet about right now….
#1 The crisis at the Fort Calhoun nuclear facility in Nebraska has received almost no attention in the national mainstream media.
Back on June 7th, there was a fire at Fort Calhoun. The official story is that the fire was in an electrical switchgear room at the plant. The facility lost power to a pump that cools the spent fuel pool for approximately 90 minutes. According to the Omaha Public Power District, the fire was quickly extinguished and no radioactive material was released.
The following sequence of events is directly from the Omaha Public Power District website….
- There was no such imminent danger with the Fort Calhoun Station spent-fuel pool.
- Due to a fire in an electrical switchgear room at FCS on the morning of June 7, the plant temporarily lost power to a pump that cools the spent-fuel pool.
- The fire-suppression system in that switchgear room operated as designed, extinguishing the fire quickly.
- FCS plant operators switched the spent-fuel pool cooling system to an installed backup pump about 90 minutes after the loss of power.
- During the interruption of cooling, temperature of the pool increased a few degrees, but the pool was never in danger of boiling.
- Due to this situation, FCS declared an Alert at about 9:40 a.m. on June 7.
- An alert is the second-least-serious of four emergency classifications established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
- At about 1:15 p.m. on June 7, FCS operators declared they had taken all appropriate measures to safely return to the previously declared Notification of Unusual Event emergency classification. (See first item above.)
But the crisis at Fort Calhoun is not over. Right now, the nuclear facility at Fort Calhoun is essentially an island. It is surrounded by rising flood waters from the Missouri River.
Officials claim that there is no danger and that they are prepared for the river to rise another ten feet.
The Cooper Nuclear Station in Brownville, Nebraska is also being threatened by rising flood waters. A “Notification of Unusual Event” was declared at Cooper Nuclear Station this morning at 4:02. This notification was issued because the Missouri River’s water level reached 42.5 feet.
Right now the facility is operating normally and officials don’t expect a crisis.
But considering what has been going on at Fukushima, it would be nice if we could have gotten a lot more coverage of these events by the mainstream media.
#2 Most Americans are aware that the U.S. is involved in wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. However, the truth is that the U.S. military is also regularly bombing Yemen and parts of Pakistan. If you count the countries where the U.S. has special forces and/or covert operatives on the ground, the U.S. is probably “active” in more countries in the Middle East than it is not. Now there are even persistent rumors that U.S. ground units are being prepared to go into Libya. Are we watching the early stages of World War 3 unfold before our eyes in slow motion?
#3 The crisis at Fukushima continues to get worse. Arnold Gundersen, a former nuclear industry senior vice president, recently made the following statement about the Fukushima disaster….
“Fukushima is the biggest industrial catastrophe in the history of mankind”
TEPCO has finally admitted that this disaster has released more radioactive material into the environment than Chernobyl did. That makes Fukushima the worst nuclear disaster of all time, and it is far from over.
Massive amounts of water is being poured into the spent fuel pools in order to keep them cool. This is creating “hundreds of thousands of tons of highly radioactive sea water” that has got to go somewhere. Inevitably much of it will get into the ground and into the sea.
Arnold Gundersen says that the scope of this problem is almost unimaginable….
“TEPCO announced they had a melt through. A melt down is when the fuel collapses to the bottom of the reactor, and a melt through means it has melted through some layers. That blob is incredibly radioactive, and now you have water on top of it. The water picks up enormous amounts of radiation, so you add more water and you are generating hundreds of thousands of tons of highly radioactive water.”
The mainstream media is not paying as much attention to Fukushima these days, but that doesn’t mean that it is not a major league nightmare.
Elevated levels of radiation are being reported by Japanese bloggers all over eastern Japan. There are reports of sick children all over the region. One adviser to the government of Japan says that an area approximately 17 times the size of Manhattan is probably going to be uninhabitable.
Of course the mainstream media has been telling us all along that Fukushima is nothing to be too concerned about and that authorities in Japan have everything under control.
If the mainstream media is not going to tell us the truth, how are they going to continue to have credibility?
#4 Members of Congress continue to mention Christians as a threat to national security. For example, during a recent Congressional hearing U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee warned that “Christian militants” might try to “bring down the country” and that such groups need to be investigated.
#5 China’s eastern province of Zhejiang has experienced that worst flooding that it has seen in 55 years. 2 million people have already been forced to leave their homes. China has already been having huge problems with their crops over the past few years and this is only going to make things worse.
#6 Thanks to the Dodd-Frank Act, over the counter trading of gold and silver is going to be illegal starting on July 15th. Or at least that is what some companies apparently now believe. The following is an excerpt from an email that Forex.com recently sent out to their customers….
Important Account Notice Re: Metals Trading
We wanted to make you aware of some upcoming changes to FOREX.com’s product offering. As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act enacted by US Congress, a new regulation prohibiting US residents from trading over the counter precious metals, including gold and silver, will go into effect on Friday, July 15, 2011.
In conjunction with this new regulation, FOREX.com must discontinue metals trading for US residents on Friday, July 15, 2011 at the close of trading at 5pm ET. As a result, all open metals positions must be closed by July 15, 2011 at 5pm ET.
We encourage you to wind down your trading activity in these products over the next month in anticipation of the new rule, as any open XAU or XAG positions that remain open prior to July 15, 2011 at approximately 5:00 pm ET will be automatically liquidated.
We sincerely regret any inconvenience complying with the new U.S. regulation may cause you. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact our customer service team.
Sincerely,
The Team at FOREX.com
Apparently, Section 742(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act prohibits anyone “from entering into, or offering to enter into, a transaction in any commodity with a person that is not an eligible contract participant or an eligible commercial entity, on a leveraged or margined basis.”
So what impact is this going to have on the gold and silver markets?
Nobody is quite sure yet.
#7 All over the world, huge cracks are appearing for no discernible reason. For example, a massive crack that is approximately 3 kilometers long recent appeared in southern Peru. Also, a 500 foot long crack suddenly appeared recently in the state of Michigan. When you also throw in all of the gigantic sinkholes that have been opening all over the world, it is easy to conclude that the planet is becoming very unstable.
#8 According to U.S. Forest Service officials, the largest wildfire in Arizona state history has now covered more than 500,000 acres. But based on the coverage it is being given by the mainstream media you would think that it is a non-event.
#9 There are reports that North Korea has tested a “super EMP weapon” which would be capable of taking out most of the U.S. power grid in a single shot. The North Koreans are apparently about to conduct another nuclear test and that has some Obama administration officials very concerned.
#10 All over the United States, “active shooter drills” are being conducted in our public schools. Often, most of the students are not told that these drills are fake. Instead, students often go through hours of terror as they think a hostage situation or a shooting spree is really taking place.
#11 NASA has just launched a “major” preparedness initiative for all NASA personnel. The following is an excerpt about this plan from NASA’s own website….
A major initiative has been placed on Family/Personal Preparedness for all NASA personnel. The NASA Family/Personal Preparedness Program is designed to provide awareness, resources, and tools to the NASA Family (civil servants and contractors) to prepare for an emergency situation. The most important assets in the successful completion of NASA’s mission are our employees’ and their families. We are taking the steps to prepare our workforce, but it is your personal obligation to prepare yourself and your families for emergencies.
#12 Over the past week over 40 temporary “no fly zones” have been declared by the FAA. This is very highly unusual. Nobody seems to know exactly why this is happening.
So what do all of these things mean?
It would be nice if the mainstream media would examine some of these important issues more closely and do some honest reporting on them.
Silly people. Don't you understand? The United States has been overthrown, from within, by those that came from without. Obama is a huge joke among the elite that conquered you. The joke is that the overthrow was completed by a black man, that wasn't even a citizen. He put the Americans into economic slavery with the elite as the masters. The war on terror is a war against anyone that might even think about stopping them. When nobody can raise so much as their finger anymore to stop them, the war on terror will have been won. The people can stop them, thus they are seen as terrorist and will be treated as such. The common people are the terrorist. George Bush said the fateful words to all the world; "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorist."
The war in Iraq/Afghanistan is not about oil. The elite would love for you to think that, and television will convince you. It is also not about political change or any other form of politics. It's an economic blood-letting on the governments of the world that participate in that war. It is particularly designed to economically bleed America to death and their plan has been successful, America is broke.
Right now we see the dismantling and sell-off of a nation. Obama said "Change that you can believe in." This means you will believe it, because you will see it before your very eyes. The change however, is not a good one. The New World Order is a religion, and it has many members, in all levels of government, in nearly all nations and their corporations.
You stupid Americans love your brain-deadening TV more than your own country. You are happy to watch TV in any conditions, in any place in the world, even in prison. Your TV gives you comfort and security. TV was the distraction that made it all possible. You thought the news was actually showing everything going on in the world, and what they showed was all there was happening. You became the ignorant sheep, trusting it's master, the TV, that allowed them to enslave you.
They have taken your past (your savings are gone). They have taken your present (your house isn't worth but a fraction of what you paid for it). They've taken your future (your retirement fund is broke). Next, they want your life, since you have nothing more to take.
You fell for the lie; "Give up a little bit of Liberty and you'll gain more security." Yea, just go fly an airline to anywhere and you'll realize the sharp dagger of a lie that stabbed you in the back. You'll have less Liberty alright, and just look at the gain in security you traded that Liberty for. If you hadn't given up your Liberty, they couldn't force you into a radiation screening box to see you naked or subject you, or your children to being molested by enhanced pat-downs that are doing nothing but conditioning you to the norm of the future. It gets worse, there's more "Change you can believe in" coming.
The war in Iraq/Afghanistan is not about oil. The elite would love for you to think that, and television will convince you. It is also not about political change or any other form of politics. It's an economic blood-letting on the governments of the world that participate in that war. It is particularly designed to economically bleed America to death and their plan has been successful, America is broke.
Right now we see the dismantling and sell-off of a nation. Obama said "Change that you can believe in." This means you will believe it, because you will see it before your very eyes. The change however, is not a good one. The New World Order is a religion, and it has many members, in all levels of government, in nearly all nations and their corporations.
You stupid Americans love your brain-deadening TV more than your own country. You are happy to watch TV in any conditions, in any place in the world, even in prison. Your TV gives you comfort and security. TV was the distraction that made it all possible. You thought the news was actually showing everything going on in the world, and what they showed was all there was happening. You became the ignorant sheep, trusting it's master, the TV, that allowed them to enslave you.
They have taken your past (your savings are gone). They have taken your present (your house isn't worth but a fraction of what you paid for it). They've taken your future (your retirement fund is broke). Next, they want your life, since you have nothing more to take.
You fell for the lie; "Give up a little bit of Liberty and you'll gain more security." Yea, just go fly an airline to anywhere and you'll realize the sharp dagger of a lie that stabbed you in the back. You'll have less Liberty alright, and just look at the gain in security you traded that Liberty for. If you hadn't given up your Liberty, they couldn't force you into a radiation screening box to see you naked or subject you, or your children to being molested by enhanced pat-downs that are doing nothing but conditioning you to the norm of the future. It gets worse, there's more "Change you can believe in" coming.
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How long can we kid ourselves? Do any of us really believe that we're not harming anything by digging up the chemical compounds that our mother Earth buried eons before the dinosaurs to stabilize conditions making our planet inhabitable for life, and then we burn it? Releasing those same gases into the atmosphere that made life on Earth quite literally impossible. We had it coming.
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The event at the Nebraska power plant was considered a level 4
disaster. And there was a media blackout instituted. There is a huge
outbreak of super E coli in several countries. Very little is being said
beyond the initial report.
Want interesting info go here: hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.p...
disaster. And there was a media blackout instituted. There is a huge
outbreak of super E coli in several countries. Very little is being said
beyond the initial report.
Want interesting info go here: hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.p...
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Here are a few good questions , I wonder if any of you know the answer, 1.What is the name of the presidents Limo? 2. What were the winning #'s of the Chicago Pick three on the night of the 2008 pres election? 3.What is the Logo for CERN? 4.What is the name of the new telescope at the University of Arizona? 5.How many Kings in the 4th Kingdom as referenced in the book of Daniel? 6.What did President Eisenhower warn the world about in his Farewell address? 7.Including IKE how many Presidents have we had since his Prophetic warning? 8.What are they doing at Svalbard Norway? 9. What does the Manchester Library have to do with a Salt mine?10.What is the Monarch Program? No, I will not do the legwork for you enjoy!
The president's Limo is "Cadillac One"...The winning #'s were 666....The logo of CERN is 666......The telescope in Arizona is called "Lucifer" ....There were 10 kings//technically 11 if you count the "small horn"... President Eisenhower warned against "One World Order"....There have been NO presidents since Eisenhower.....They are storing seeds from all over the world in Svalbard in case of world destruction......They've closed down the library in Manchester and stored millions of the worlds most important books in the basement! All the real knowledge!.....The Monarch Program is a mind control program that has been in use for quite some time now......Done!
Seems to me that the people in control are looking for a new planet to inhabit. Just in case this particular rock begins to heat up and burn in flames. I think they'd be better off building rocket propelled boosters under all of these facilities and preparing them for blast off when things get critical... Kinda like a 2011 Noah's Ark type of thing going into outer space! ...Hell....That's what i would do :)
Seems to me that the people in control are looking for a new planet to inhabit. Just in case this particular rock begins to heat up and burn in flames. I think they'd be better off building rocket propelled boosters under all of these facilities and preparing them for blast off when things get critical... Kinda like a 2011 Noah's Ark type of thing going into outer space! ...Hell....That's what i would do :)
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Let us not forget the bigger story than all 12 above combined; and that
is how, in 1913, the world's biggest banks overtook banking in the USA.
We, The People stopped creating money then; and the private banking
families began producing all the money, loaning it to the people and the
USA, and charging interest. There was no IRS in 1913. PLEASE, PLEASE,
PLEASE: If you do not fully understand this, google: Executive Order
11110 JFK. If the year was 1914, everybody would be up in arms talking about it. In the world of economics, there is no bigger story, and no greater crime.
is how, in 1913, the world's biggest banks overtook banking in the USA.
We, The People stopped creating money then; and the private banking
families began producing all the money, loaning it to the people and the
USA, and charging interest. There was no IRS in 1913. PLEASE, PLEASE,
PLEASE: If you do not fully understand this, google: Executive Order
11110 JFK. If the year was 1914, everybody would be up in arms talking about it. In the world of economics, there is no bigger story, and no greater crime.
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