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The Bilderberg Grupo conspiracy unmasked

From the Editor: Lately, El Reportero has been praised by our readers for its coverage of controversial issues such as the Illuminati Agenda, the Federal Reserve Cartel, and other topics that touch the nerve of the oppressing elite in the United States and the world. We are doing this out of love for freedom and our commitment to our community to be informed with subjects that otherwise they can never read from the mainstream media or any other sources, which by design are hidden from the people – because that media serve the ruling class’ interests and not that of their communities.

I found this article about a little known organization that has much to do with the policies that decide world events, such as future wars, countries invasions, mass destructions in other countries, or formation of new ‘free’ trade organizations for the benefit of the world ruling elite.

by Jeff Harding,

I was not invited to the Bilderberg Conference (this weekend in St. Moritz). Actually I have never been invited. But I would really like to become a part of an international cabal to control the world. Not everyone can be a member of a cabal and pull the strings that make us dance. As we all know, the Bilderbergers, the Trilateral Commission, and the Council on Foreign Relations control a vast conspiracy that has lead to our downfall. [For convenience, I am going to call the three organizations the Tri-Bilder Council, or TBC.]

I was recently reminded of this conspiracy in a lengthy letter to the editor of my local newspaper (Montecito Journal) responding to my article on the inevitability of QE3 (which originally appeared here).

The writer of the letter criticized me for being foolishly naive and ignorant of the TBC conspiracy.

Here is the purported list of attendees at this year’s conference. Judge for yourself.

There are two types of people in the world when it comes to conspiracies: those who believe in them and those who don’t. I would be in the latter category. There are several problems with vast conspiracies. First, you can never prove them. At least no one has proved the TBC conspiracy. Ditto with the Kennedy assassinations, the Rothschild conspiracy, or the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

It defies logic that such conspiracies can have such vast power with2out anything leaking out. That’s why conspiratiophiles come up with lots of disparate facts to deduce the existence of such. But they never come up with someone who will swear under oath that “Yes, X conspiracy exists, I am a conspirator, these are my co-conspirators, and this is how we did it.” If the FBI can crack the Mafia’s omerta, you would think they could get someone to fess up to a conspiracy to rule the world. Let’s face it, if the TBC was a conspiracy, would they announce their meetings?

All offered “proofs” are forms of logical fallacies and do not withstand careful analysis. They take little facts and patch together their “proof,” such as “Because X happened, Y happened.” Or, “Because X happened first, it caused Y.” The one doesn’t necessarily follow the other. Their arguments never hold together under close examination.

I believe that the best logical analysis of such things is the one developed by William of Ockham in the 13thC., commonly known as “Occam’s Razor.” It states that the explanation with the fewest unknowable or unprovable assumptions is usually the best one.

The reason that there is no vast conspiracy is because “They” don’t need one. “They” already rule the world. The “They” I am referring to are the Neo-Keynesian-Neo-classical econometricians whose ideas rule academia and thus, contemporary economics and politics.

I am not exaggerating here: the whole world follows these ideas. It is no surprise that the countries that were hit the worst by the boom and bust all used the same remedies in an attempt to rescue their failing economies. That is, they resorted to massive fiscal and monetary ­stimulus. In different ways, all are suffering from the same failed policies.

I don’t believe that “They” are evil. They all went to prestigious universities and studied the same economics and came out as true believers, never challenging the conventional wisdom. I don’t think Hank Paulson had evil intent when he went to Congress begging for bailout money: he believed that if he didn’t save Wall Street the financial world would come to an end. You can criticize him for his judgement and his general lack of understanding of economics, but look at the world he came from. They all believe the same things.

I am not suggesting that there aren’t evil people in the world or that no members of the TBC aren’t evil. But that’s not the point. If there is a conspiracy, it was one to suppress dissent and promote orthodoxy in academia starting in Europe almost 200 years ago. In fact many of these ideas can be traced back to Rome.

If you win in academia, at least in modern western societies, you win. It is where ideas are generated, discussed, and fought over. For all their supposed intellectual independence, colleges and universities are actually rather conservative institutions, carefully protecting whatever orthodoxy is popular at the time.

The TBC are merely reflections of today’s conventional wisdom. You can’t defeat them by denouncing them as conspirators. You have to defeat them with ideas.

 

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SF Supervisors voted in favor of Occupy movement

por ­Yashenka Baca

Una multitud de aproximadamente 7,000 pesonas ocuparon el Puerto de Oaklandel 3 de noviembre, como parte de la continua ola: de protestas del movimiento Occupy Wall Street. (PHOTO BY DAMON TIGHE)A crowd of approximately 7,000 people occupied the Port of Oakland on Nov. 3.Occupy Wall Street. (PHOTO BY DAMON TIGHE)

A proposal to support the Occupy SF movement and allow it to camp overnight at Justin Herman Plaza without risk of getting raided by police, was approved last Tuesday afternoon by the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco.

The resolution, introduced a week ago by Supervisor John Avalos and sponsored by Supervisors David Campos, Eric Mar and Jane Kim, was approved by eight votes in favor and three against it, a super majority that could overrule a potential veto by Mayor Lee, who according to the occupiers has already agreed to sign it. Supervisors Mark Farrell, Carmen Chu and Sean Elsbernd voted against the proposal.

The meeting was highly anticipated and a crowd of occupiers was present when the San Francisco’s District representatives expressed or denied their support to the resolution. The document requested Mayor Lee and the Police Department to “uphold Free Speech rights … and ensure there will be no unnecessary use of force to dislodge the Occupy SF demonstrators.” The word unnecessary was the only amendment requested by Supervisor Wiener, who said “I don’t think it’s appropriate for us to tell the Police Department … no matter what happens, you cannot use force.”

Regarding the passing of the resolution Supervisor John Avalos said “it is important for the city to go on the record in support of the movement.” “Police raids only serve to energize the protesters and lead to tensions about how the public spaces should be used,” he added, referring to the police operation last week in Oakland that caused serious injuries to an Irak Vet present in the protest. “I see the consciousness that has changed across this country as a very good thing”, Avalos finally said.

At the encampment the news was received with dozens of clapping hand signs. During the Occupy SF General Assembly (GA) on Tuesday night, one of the spokespersons stated “Mayor Lee said we will not be raided, this is an ongoing situation.”

Some occupiers showed their disbelief to what the Mayor has apparently promised to the protesters. A woman participating on the GA said “he agreed because the election is coming up, he is not doing it for us, he is doing it for his own benefit.” Others said they will wait until the election is over to see what happens.

Oakland general strike succeeds

On the other side of the Bay, thousands of supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Oakland marched through the streets in the biggest genhtmleral strike the city of Oakland has seen in decades.

Banks closed their doors and other financial institutions sent their workers home on Wednesday November 2nd as the Day of Action called by the Occupy Oakland General Assembly grew throughout the day.

By the afternoon the crowd, estimated by the police on 7,000 and by local media on 20,000, walked all throughout the city in six different marches organized from 9 am. to 5 pm. Thousands of people arrived to and departed from 14th St and Broadway, where the encampment is set, as they chanted “this is what democracy looks like” and “we are the 99 percent” among other cheers.

The large group of protesters, as diverse as the city itself and representing all ethnic groups, moved towards the Port of Oakland in the afternoon, the crowd covered the freeway in West Oakland all the way from Downtown to the Port of the city, which happens to be America’s 5th largest port. Protesters got on top of trucks, as they asked the drivers to stop working. The Port was indeed shut down. A spokesperson for the Port said “all the workers have been sent home, we hope to resume work on Thursday morning.”

After midnight things rapidly changed as the police moved in on a group of protesters that started a fire with trash cans. “This was peaceful until you came!” some protesters yelled at the police.

­Participants reported the street lights went off when the police approached, nobody has clarified if it was caused by a power issue or if they were intentionally turned off.

A volunteering legal support group reported that over 100 people had been arrested during the police intervention.

 

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Children’s vitamins largerly made of sugar and corn syrup

by Selena Keegan
Natural News

Those brightly colored gummy or chewable vitamins you give your children in hopes of providing them with more nutrients may actually harm their health. The sweetening ingredients added to make vitamins more attractive to children also put them at risk for obesity, diabetes, asthma, diarrhea and other ailments. Take a look at what our label research turned up about these products.

Disney Princess

According to the label, Disney Princess Gummies contain: corn syrup, sugar, grape juice concentrate, gelatin, modified corn starch, citric acid, lactic acid, purple berry color concentrate, (maqui berry juice concentrate, sugar), maltodextrin, fractionated coconut oil, beeswax, dicalcium phosphate, natural flavors, black carrot juice color oncentrate, silica, annatto color, mannitol. Disney does not manufacture these vitamins but licenses its logo to NBTY, Inc. and two of its subsidiaries, NatureSmart LLC and Rexall Sundown, Inc. In 2010, these companies agreed to pay just over $2 million to the Federal Trade Commission for using false claims that their vitamins promoted healthy brain and eye development in children.

Flintstones

Flintstones Complete Gummies are comprised of “glucose syrup, sucrose, gelatin, water, choline bitartrate; less than 2% of: artificial flavors, ascorbic acid, bees wax, carnauba wax, citric acid, d-biotin, d-calcium pantothenate, fd&c blue #1, fd&c red #40, fd&c yellow #6, folic acid, potassium iodide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vegetable oil (coconut or palm), vitamin A acetate, vitamin B12, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), vitamin E acetate, zinc sulfate.” Flintstones Vitamins are under the umbrella of Bayer AG, a German-based chemical company which also produces One-a-Day Vitamins, Alka-Seltzer and Aleve, as well as pharmaceuticals and high-tech materials for the automotive and construction industries.

Gummi King

Gummi King Sugar Free Multivitamins contain: maltitol syrup, maltitol, water, pectin, fumaric acid, citric acid, natural flavors, colors added (black carrot juice concentrate, turmeric), fiber.” Gummi King is a vegan line, and their website prominently displays the approval of PETA. This line of vitamins is manufactured by Vitamec USA, Inc. which also produces vitamins as well as mineral and food supplements for adults.

Centrum

The Centrum line of vitamins is owned by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Centrum produces a wide spectrum of vitamin products for different age groups, including a kids chewable vitamin. Centrum Kids Complete Multivitamins ingredients are “sucrose, dibasic calcium phosphate, microcrystalline cellulose, mannitol (wheat), calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid (vit. C), stearic acid (soybean), pregelatinized corn starch, mono- and di-glycerides.”

Harmful Ingredients

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been linked to a range of health conditions such as tooth decay, liver damage, obesity, diabetes and ADHD. Additionally, the manufacturing process which transforms corn first into corn starch and then into HFCS involves the use of toxic chemicals. One of those, glutaraldehyde, is an embalming fluid which can induce headaches, dizziness, burning eyes, and asthma. Mercury is also used in the HFCS production process. In a 2009 study, between half and one third of all products containing HCFS were found to have mercury contamination ­http://www.naturalnews.com/032948_high_fructose_corn_syrup_glutaraldehyde.html.

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Nicaraguan President considered favorite afirmación

­by the El Reportero’s news services

Daniel OrtegaDaniel Ortega

The most recent survey on Monday revealed that 88.5 percent of those polled consider candidate Daniel Ortega most likely to win the presidency, when leaving five days to primary elections.

According to a report of the M&R pollster company, the perception is common in all sectors of the population.

Among independent voters (without preference for any party), 79.3 percent of them said the most likely is President Ortega, who is running for re-election against four opposition candidates.

The survey verified a similar trend among those willing to vote for other presidential candidates, which offered to Ortega a 67.9-percent preference.

The M&R consultants reported that only 6.2 percent of those polled see former President Arnoldo Aleman as a potential winner, who was nominated by the coalition led by the Constitutionalist Liberal Party.

Meanwhile, 31.5 percent supported Fabio Gadea, nominated by the Independent Liberal Party.

According to the report, the national sample included people of different political affiliations, religious beliefs, residence areas and regions of the country, and further investigated on generational groups, sex and educational level.

However, in Nicaragua, polls tend to be a different picture than the traditional wisdom.

The Sandinistas, who came to power via an armed insurrection that ousted dictator Anastacio Somoza Debayle in 1979, lost power to Violeta Barrios de Chamorro in the 1990 election. The polls then, showed Ortega without a doubt, as a likely winner, just as it shows today, and then he lost.

It is what experts in Nicaraguan cultural material considered a consequence of a phenomenon called the guegüense that lives in the Nicaraguan idiosyncrasy, a protagonist that is a joker or trickster that criticizes and parodies, with his language, with his gestures, with his actions, all the social order. It was a way for Nicaraguans to deceive and confuse the oppressor Spaniard during the Spanish conquista.

[CARLA: AQUÍ TE DEJO UNA PARTE DE LA TRADUCCIÓN]

­Es lo que expertos en material cultural nicaragüense consideraron una consecuencia del guegüense que vive en el nicaragüense, un protagonista que es un burlador o trickster que critica y parodia, con su lenguaje, con sus gestos, con sus acciones, todo el orden social.

Even more of a haven?

The long drawn out saga of the Euro-debt crisis, which even prompted China to abandon its mask of inscrutability and express impatience with European policymakers, again underlines the attractions of Latin America as a place to invest. Latin America’s greatest economic asset is not its raw materials but its democratic approach to economic policymaking.

Drugs and violence in Colombia’s elections

Colombia went to the polls on Sunday, October 30, to choose a new crop of governors, town councilors, provincial legislators, and mayors. These local government positions are hotly contested, bringing with them access to significant budgets and real power, especially in far-flung regions of the country. Many candidates were backed by various criminal interests, among them leftist rebels, neo-paramilitary groups, wealthy drug traffickers and corrupt local elites. The resulting clash of interests cost the lives of more than 40 candidates, despite the Santos government’s unprecedented efforts to clean up the vote.

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Petition challenging the U.S. criminal code could invalidate all federal conviction since 1948

All federal criminal cases could be declared void

by the Idaho Observer

A petition that may have as many as 180 currently incarcerated co-petitioners has been filed and docketed in the U.S. Supreme Court. The petition, filed Sept 24, 2007, challenges Public Law 80-772 (including Title 18, or the U.S. Criminal Code). Tens of thousands of federal prisoners prosecuted since 1948 may be affected by the Supreme Court’s response.

The 49-page petition and its 119-page appendices supports claims that Public Law 80-772 is invalid. The filing is largely the work of Yori Von Kahl, who has been imprisoned since 1983 for being almost fatally shot by federal marshals who had set up an ambush near Medina, ND, to arrest his father Gordon Kahl. Yori was sentenced to life in prison under Title 18 as an accessory to the shooting deaths of two law enforcement officers though he was guilty of nothing and shot no one.

In a press release, attorneys for the petitioners explained that, “The law is clear; an act of Congress cannot become a law unless it follows each and every procedural step as defined in Article I of the U.S. Constitution. A bill originates in either the House of Representatives or Senate, but its exact text must be approved by a majority vote in both chambers. While Congress is in session, that text must be certified as having been passed in identical form by both Houses (or ‘truly enrolled’) and then signed by the Speaker of the House and President pro tempore of the Senate. The bill is then presented to the President to sign into law.”

According to attorney Barry Bachrach, spokesman for the petitioners, H.R. 3190 was passed by the House on May 12, 1947. The resolution came before the Senate, but Congress adjourned before the bill could be passed. The Senate should have returnedthe bill to the House to be resubmitted to the Senate during a later session. Instead, during the following session, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary continued its review of H.R. 3190 and added a volume of amendments to the bill. The Senate passed “H.R. 3190 As Amended,” which was sent to the House for a vote. While the House agreed with the amendments, the members failed to vote on “H.R. 3190 As Amended.” According to the Constitution, valid business is conducted only when Congress is in session and a majority of members of both Houses are present. Yet, Congress authorized the House Speaker and President of the Senate to sign enrolled bills during an adjournment of indefinite length that began on June 20, 1948. This incomprehensible error was compounded when the Chairman of the Committee on House Administration mistakenly certified as enrolled the original H.R. 3190. Still more errors occurred: the House Speaker and President of the Senate signed the Senate’s “H.R. 3190 As Amended,” the bill was then misrepresented to President Truman as being enrolled, and Truman signed the bill.

“Congressional journals clearly show that the House and Senate each passed two separate bills that were grossly different. According to the ­Constitution, this means that neither bill ever became law,” Bachrach said.

“Under P.L. 80-772, U.S. district courts were given jurisdiction over all federal offenses. With P.L. 80-772 being invalid, however, the district courts clearly lack jurisdiction. The convictions and sentences of these prisoners are therefore void.” Countries having extradition treaties with the U.S. since 1948 and their citizens, who were turned over for trial in U.S. district courts, also may be affected by the outcome of this case.

Federal prisoners are all encouraged to file behind this landmark petition as soon as possible. Those who qualify and are interested, please have someone notify us at www. NoCriminalCode.us.

Editor’s note: Something happened in June, 1948. The rules changed and the federal government has been maliciously prosecuting, fining and imprisoning Americans for violations of statutes that have not been properly enacted into law. Illusory laws can only be enforced upon those who believe the illusion is real. Whether the Supreme Court hears this case, or hears challenges to Title 21 [see page 22], Title 26 [see page 6] or not isn’t the point. We have to burst the illusion in American minds. Download the petition and appendices. Read them and get clear on the lawless nature of Title 18 prosecutions. (DWH)

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Day of Dead

por Yashenka Baca

As part of the celebrations of the Day of the Dead, the Mexican Museum is organizing the fundraising event La Catrina, manteniendo a los espíritus vivos, on Saturday, October 29. The festivities include dancing, entertainin and a costume contest.

“The attendants will enter to a colorful villaga ambiance, where vendors will offer them a wide array of delicious dishes. The guests will see and experience the traditional altars created by local artists to remember their dead.”

­All night long, those alive will be joined by the Mariachi Femenil Orgullo Mexicano and the cumbia and salsa band Los Ejecutivos. Concourse Exhibition Center, in 7th Street and Brannan, San Francisco, from 6-11 p.m. To get tickets go to themexicanmuseumsf.eventbrite. com or call 415-202-9700.

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The life of a poet went away

by the El Reportero’s staff

Poet Piri Thomas (R.I.P.)Poet Piri Thomas (R.I.P.)

Puerto-Rican poet and writer Piri Thomas died Monday, October 17, 2011 after a lengthy battle with pneumonia. The beloved author of the bestseller Down These Mean Streets, passed away in his home in El Cerrito, California surrounded by his closest family and friends. Thomas was born September 30, 1928 in New York city. Son of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father, Piri Thomas was exposed to harsh racial discrimination.

A tough life during his early years in Harlem, filled with crime, gang warfare and drugs, inspired Piri to write some of his most recognized novels: Savoir, Savoir Hold my Hand and Seven Long Times. Piri Thomas (named Juan Pedro Tomas when born), also wrote a book of short stories named Stories from El Barrio; and several plays, such as Ole Ole Oy Vey and The Golden Streets. He recorded poetry and music, such as No Mo’ Barrio Blues and Sounds of the Streets.

His most famous work and bestseller Down These Mean Streets (1967) has been in print for 44 years and tells the story of a Piri, who goes through poverty, gangs and a racist community. The book describes his younger years; the time he spent in prison and his fight for recognition from the larger American population, which takes him for an African- American, failing to recognize his Latino identity.

His reversal from street life to writing interested filmmakers, who found in his a rich story that needed to be told. Three awardwinning movies were made about his life: Every Child is Born a Poet, The World of Piti Thomas and Petey and Johnny.

­Eleven Hispanic films eligible for Academy Award

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the list of foreign language films eligible for Best Foreign Film Category.

From a total of 63 movies, eleven are Hispanic. Members of the Academy started the screening of the films at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Among the nominees are: Elite Squad from Brazilian Jose Padilha; The Colors of the Mountain, directed by Carlos Arbeláez from Colombia; Habanastation by Ian Padrón from Cuba; Miss Bala by Gerardo Naranjo from Mexico and October by Daniel and Diego Vega from Perú.

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Every voter in U.S. needs to read this: Warren Buffett’s ingenious idea

­por Kim Peterson

Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the ­best quotes about the debt ceiling:

“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told CNBC. “You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971…before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land…all because of public pressure.

Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*

1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective

1/1/12.

The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is time.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, just ignore it. You are one of my target. Please keep it going.

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The Federal Reserve Cartel Fourth and Last Part: The Financial Parasite

FROM THE EDITOR: Dear reader: this is the fourth of the fourth part of this series, The Federal Reserve Cartel, which chronically explains the history of the Fed and the false perception that resulted in Americans believing it’s part of the U.S. Government when – The Fed Reserve is a private for-profit bank that ought be abolished.

This is an excerpt from a book
by Dean Henderson

To this end: a recent president of the World Bank was James Wolfensohn of Salomon Smith Barney. Merrill Lynch had $435 billion in assets in 1994, before the merger frenzy had really even gotten under way. The biggest commercial bank at the time, Citibank, could claim only $249 billion in assets.

In 1991 Merrill Lynch handled 26.8 percent of all global bank mergers. Morgan Stanley did 16.8 percent, Goldman Sachs 16.3 percent, Lehman Brothers 16.1 percent and Credit Suisse First Boston 14.5 percent. Morgan Stanley did $60 billion in corporate mergers in 1989. By 2007, reflecting the repeal of Glass-Steagel, the top ten NMA advisers in order were: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, UBS Warburg, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Lazard. In the IPO stock nderwriting field for 1991 the top four were Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and CS First Boston. In the arena of global privatization for years 1985-1995, Goldman Sachs led the way doing $13.3 billion worth of deals. UBS Warburg did $8.2 billion, BNP Paribas $6.8 billion, CS First Boston $4.9 billion and Paribas-owner Merrill Lynch $4.4 billion.

In 2006 BNP Paribas bought the notorious Banca Nacionale de Lavoro (BNL), which led the charge in arming Saddam Hussein. According to Global Finance, it is now the world’s largest bank with nearly $3 trillion in assets.

The leading US debt underwriters for the first nine months of 1995 bore the same familiar names. Merrill Lynch underwrote $74.2 billion in the US Desdebt markets, or 15.3 percent of the total. Lehman Brothers handled $52.5 billion, Morgan Stanley $47.4 billion, Salomon Smith Barney $45.6 billion. CS First Boston, Chase Manhattan and Goldman Sachs rounded out the top seven.

The top three municipal debt underwriters that year were Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and UBS Paine Webber. In the euro-market the top four underwriters in 1995 were UBS Warburg, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs.

[18] Deutsche Bank’s Morgan Grenfell branch engineered the corporate takeover binge in Europe. The dominant players in the oil futures markets at both the New York Mercantile Exchange and the London Petroleum Exchange are Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Goldman Sachs (through its J. Aron & Company subsidiary), Citigroup (through its Philbro unit) and Deutsche Bank (through its Banker’s Trust acquisition). In 2002 Enron Online was auctioned off by a bankruptcy court to UBS Warburg for $0. UBS was to share monopoly Enron Online profits with Lehman Brothers after the first two years of the deal. With Lehman’s 2008 demise, its new owner Barclays will get their cut.

Following the Lehman Brothers fiasco and the ensuing financial meltdown of 2008, the “Four Horsemen of Banking” got even bigger. For pennies on the dollar, JP Morgan Chase was handed Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual.

Bank of America commandeered Merrill Lynch and Countrywide. And Wells Fargo seized control over the reeling #5 US bank Wachovia. Barclays got a sweetheart deal for the remains of Lehman Brothers. Former House Banking Committee Chairman Wright Patman (D-TX), declared of Federal Reserve Eight Families owners, “The United States today has in effect two governments. We are the duly constituted government. Then we have an independent, uncontrolled and uncoordinated government in the Federal Reserve ­System, operating the money powers which are reserved to Congress by the Constitution.”

Since the creation of the Federal Reserve, US debt (mostly owed to the Eight Families) has skyrocketed from $1 billion to nearly $14 trillion today. This far surpasses the total of all Third World country debt combined, which is mostly owed to these same Eight Families, who own most all the world’s central banks.

As Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) pointed out, “International bankers make money by extending credit to governments. The greater the debt of the political state, the larger the interest returned to lenders. The national banks of Europe are (also) owned and controlled by private interests. We recognize in a hazy sort of way that the Rothschilds and the Warburgs of Europe and the houses of JP Morgan, Kuhn Loeb & Co., Schiff, Lehman and Rockefeller possess and  control vast wealth. How they acquire this vast financial power and employ it is a mystery to most of us.”

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Occupy SF needs neighbors support

por Yáshenka Baca

En SF la protesta Occupy SF lucha contra viento y marea para mantenerse. (PHOTO BY OCCUPY SF)In SF, the Occupy SF protest struggles to keep itself standing. (PHOTO BY OCCUPY SF)

Access to a laundry and bathrooms can make the difference between success and failure for the branch of Occupy Wall Street in San Francisco, the biggest protest movement in the United States since the ‘60s. The more than 300 permanent residents of the Justin Herman square, in the city’s financial district are looking for the support of local businesses and people who sympathize with the movement in order to solve this problem.

Last week, during a meeting of the Police Commission, its Chief, Greg Suhr, promised the demonstrators that they would get portable lavatories and hand washing facilities. Since then, the only thing that arrived to the encampment was a notice entitled “You are subject to arrest”. The document claims that “the Department of Public Health has noticed that members of Occupy SF are in filthy conditions”, which, according to the police, this is enough reason to arrest them.

Just as the main movement in New York City, the demonstrators of Occupy SF need the neighbors’ support in order to keep their clothes,  supplies and themselves clean. The minimum offence could become the reason that officials are waiting for to take over the camp, evict the occupants and destroy the supplies they find, just as they did on October 16 during a raid at night.

In spite of receiving some 80 to 100 small food donations per day, the kitchen at the facility suffers a shortage when attempting to provide with water to all the residents. “We have a great need for drinking water and hot food”, said a demonstrator who receives and distributes the donations that people who support the movement bring on a daily basis.

On its sixth week, the occupation is growing stronger than ever. Support comes in different shapes and from a diverse group of San Francisco residents. From teenagers who come with fast food donations, to seniors of the Bay Area who come to share their knowledge about the problems provoked by the economic crisis.

Charlie, a young man that 1El Reportero saw arriving to the Justin Herman Square, traveled from Colorado for more than three days to join the protest movement in San Francisco. “I am here to get informed and to get to know more about the Federal Reserve Bank, the corporations and the bills that they are trying to pass”, he said to El Reportero. The camp has its own library, with a solid collection of books, which is one of the main assets of the demonstrators who wish to get informed about the system.

The most important day in the following weeks is November 5. The demonstrators are asking the public to withdraw before that date all its money from big banks and transfer it to a credit union or a community bank. The movement Occupy SF is thus seeking to boycott the biggest financial institutions: Bank of America, City Bank, Chase and Wells Fargo. The demonstrators expect that this action affects the banks’ economic system enough to make their voices heard in its stance regarding corporative greed.

According to the demonstrators, the steps that a person needs to follow to withdraw all the money from the bank is: first, open an account at a credit union or a community bank (to find a nearby one go to www.findacreditunion.com/). Second, transfer the funds to the new account, either online or in person before November 5. Third, follow the procedures of your previous bank to close the account.

­Whoever wants to support the demonstrators of Occupy SF, one of the hundreds of uprisings all over the nation, can go directly to the encampment; the group has an open arms policy, when welcoming the newcomers. Participation at the General Assembly is open to everyone at 6 p.m., except for Saturdays at 12 pm. Visitors can study at the library or eat at the kitchen. There are also 20 working groups and committees, in which participation is free. The protest is situated in Justin Herman square, at Market with Embarcadero.

 

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