WW3 ~ Cyberwarfare coming to America

In South Korea in March, more than 30,000 computers and servers at the country's two largest broadcasters, one cable channel and three banks out of commission. For hours, customers could not take out money from their accounts. After first pointing fingers at North Korea, and then China...the confused South Korean Communications Commission said it was difficult, maybe impossible to identify the perpetrators. But one man, Jaime Blasco, says he was able to identify the hackers as originating in China. And his words carry weight. He is one of the world's most experienced private investigators of cyber attacks. Born in Spain and now working in the United States, his clients include several governmentsin Europe as well as corporations in banking, energy, defense and telecommunications who turn to him in emergencies.

Global Financial Collapse Is Coming 2013

Corporatism has transformed our capitalist system into this fascist nightmare. CORPORATIONS trough lobbying efforts effectively write US laws. Guess whom those laws are going to benefit? When PRIVATE entity controls money supply of a nation as great as US there is no wonder those banks that own Fed are untouchable everywhere in the World. Hence bailouts for them and bills for the rest of us. His last point is really where his analysis is disintegrating. He wants it both ways. In Soviet Union and other communist countries production was controlled by state or public and was directed even on net loss(negative profit), in US most of drug making companies are PRIVATE, and work for PROFIT which is the case for most other companies and industries too. And that is main thing that differentiates sovietized economy from a capitalist one. In conclusion he does not distinguish between small business and corporations. I agree that small business is overburdened by laws and rules but those rules in capitalism are imposed trough lobbying efforts on government by big CORPORATIONS doing everything to preserve their monopoly. So small business and state in age of globalization are both effectively victims of CORPORATIVISM.
I’m not sure how accurate the following quote it, but it does speak to our times.
“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country… corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.”
—U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 (letter to Col. William F. Elkins)

China Rising - Made in China

China's economic role in the world is growing at a record pace, and it is also now a key player in world politics .The country has no doubt become a global manufacturing giant, but how will it deal with issues on the home front such as increase in pollution and water shortages? Although it has been confronted with tough environmental problems, efforts are being made to solve these. In the final episode of this series, through a range of interviews from Africa, the EU, the US, and China, we find out how it is positioning itself as a major global player.

Skagit River Bridge ~ SURVEILLANCE Video: Washington Bridge Collapses Caused by Truck Crash - May 23, 2013

SURVEILLANCE Video: Washington Bridge Collapses Caused by Truck Crash - May 23, 2013


MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge that collapsed in Washington state and sent two cars plunging into the Skagit River, raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure, was knocked down by a truck that crashed into at least one girder, officials said on Friday.

The truck, after the accident, rumbled across the bridge safely before a portion of the structure gave way, sending a car and pick-up into the frigid river on Thursday evening, along with a mass of concrete and steel. Three people were rescued.

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While no one was killed, the collapse of the steel truss bridge built in 1955 prompted renewed calls from lawmakers in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere for greater investment in the nation's aging infrastructure.

But Washington state officials said preliminary indications were that the bridge, which was inspected twice last year, was not structurally deficient and fell because of the impact from the truck striking its support beams.

"We had a collision between a very heavy vehicle traveling at probably not a small amount of speed crashing into not just one but probably multiple girders, and it failed," Governor Jay Inslee told an afternoon press conference in Mount Vernon.

Officials say the bridge, 55 miles north of Seattle, was not among the spans listed by the state as "structurally deficient," which in some cases relates to bridges that cannot carry their intended traffic loads.

But the privately run National Bridge Inventory Database listed the bridge as "functionally obsolete," widely defined by public officials as not built to current standards and demands.

"Based on our inspecting, the bridge is not structurally defective," said Lynn Peterson, state secretary of transportation. "We do take hits on almost every one of our bridges. This is just bad luck where and how it was hit."

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She said there were a number of bridges along Interstate 5 in Washington state rated lower than the bridge that collapsed.

A new bridge that suffered a similar blow would have likely reacted the same way, Washington State Department of Transportation spokeswoman Jan Katzenberger said.

U.S. National Transportation Safety Board investigators were on the scene of the collapse, which occurred on the four-lane Interstate 5, the principal highway between Seattle and Vancouver, Canada.

The NTSB said its members would inspect the 1,111-foot (339-meter) Warren Truss bridge, which links Mount Vernon and Burlington, including its substructure, deck and superstructure. Underwater inspections would also be conducted, the agency said.

David Goldberg, a spokesman for the nonprofit policy group Transportation for America, said that the bridge's status as "functionally obsolete" did not necessarily mean that it needed to be replaced but that it might not accommodate modern needs.

"A lot of these older bridges are carrying much more traffic, and heavier traffic, than was envisioned when they were built," Goldberg said.

"There is no redundancy built in for the key structural elements. So if something happens - being struck by a vehicle or watercraft, a slight tremor, or vibrations from the traffic - it could set off a chain reaction that brings it down," he said.

The truck driver, identified as 41-year-old William Scott, made it across the bridge and pulled his vehicle to the side of the road after the accident. He has not been arrested and was cooperating with authorities.

Truckers must obtain a permit from the state Department of Transportation to carry an oversize load. The driver also receives a proposed route from the state, Washington State Patrol spokesman Sergeant Kirk Rudeen said.

The Fall of the British Empire ~ What Lessons for America

The fall of the British empire shows just how fast the tables can turn.
The US needs to return to peace and compassion. It has become the monster that is claims to fight against so is divided and crumbling. The only way for it to stand again is to return to the values of the past... pre 1920's , It has destroyed the very democracy it claims to uphold in the world. Via hidden enemies of democracy within the Administration and Corporate world.