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dilbert_g Guest
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:56 am Post subject: Rats Nest 2 - Plame |
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"Patrick Fitzgerald, who is prosecuting Libby, handled the 1993 World Trade
Center bombing prosecution of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman. Another, shall
we say, "sensitive" case. "
Ralph Schoenman --- whatever you think of him -- has COMPELLING audio on Fitzgerald and the Plame case on www.takingaim.info See Night of the Long Knives, part 1 and 2.
SERIOUSLY.
WTC 1993 was run from top to bottom by FBI, except for the parking of the van. At least several people confirmed that, from Rivero to the NYT and LA Times, and others, mostly in bits and pieces.
Fitz also put Lynne Stewart up for 30 years.
Fitz said 1993 was "Al-Qaeda" and he may have even been one of the NY prosecutors who was the inventor of the name "Al-Qaeda".
He reiterates "CIA IS NOT YOUR FRIEND" and Plame's husband Wilson was part of the plot to get Saddam to invade Kuwait, with Scowcroft on the other end. |
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kawazu
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil Howe wrote: | I'll give you a number wrapped in mystery and intrigue, a number that has raised a lot of interest and seems to stalk many people;myself included.
11:11
But don't look at it for too long, I guarantee that if you do it will find you to..... | Dude,I know exactly what you are talking about.A mysterious and intriguing number indeed.Two or three years ago I became interested in the rather strange and difficult to explain "coincidences"(not)in the numerology related to 9-11.The number 11 has since been a part of my everyday life,I notice it everywhere.My subconcious is tuned to this number.More often than not,when I think to look at the time,its usually 9:11,11:11,7:11,2:22,3:33,5:55,etc.This has become normal for me.3 days ago I was at work,waiting for a stoplight when I noticed the car in front of me had a state issued license plate that said:SEE 911.I instinctively looked at the time,and yep,you guessed it:9:11 A.M.I try not to read too much into this,the only rational explanation I have currently is that its all about the subconcious mind.I have read various theories and explanations of the numerolgy associated with 9-11,and I still am not sure what to make of it all.I do know there is definately some sort of significance here,im just not exactly sure what.1.Sept 11th 1990,exactly 11 years before 9-11-01,George HW Bush gave his infamous speech".....out of these troubled times can emerge....a New World Order" 2.The towers had 110 stories each,zero being nothing,read 11.The towers themselves looked like a giant 11. 3.The first plane to strike the twin towers was flight 11,which(allegedly) had 92 people on board(9+2=11).Flight 77(allegedly) had 65 people on board 6+5=11. 4.9-11-01(9+1+1=11) was the 254th day of the year,2+5+4=11.There were exactly 111 days left in the year.Remember the cute picture of G.W posing with the NYC Fire Fighter?The number on the firemans helmet is 254. Anyone have any thoughts on this subject?I would be very interested to hear Fintans take on this. |
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| kawazu wrote: | | Anyone have any thoughts on this subject?I would be very interested to hear Fintans take on this. |
Also, they broke ground for the Pentagon on Sept 11, 1941, 60 years prior to the date, I think. And Chile was overthrown by CIA backed forces on Sept 11, 1973.
I think Numerology is BULLSHIT, but as Alex Jones pointed out, THEY apparently think it gives them some power because THEY are the Illuminati. (OK, so I think it's bullshit, but check back with me in 1 year.) |
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Jerry Fletcher

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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject: Numerology |
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While I don't understand or 'use' numerology or anything, I still think there is incredible occult power in 'numbers'.
I think numbers and math are equivalent to the formation of language in the development of human kind. The ability to think in terms of abstractions is huge - it is one of the things that defines a human brain, and allows communication, cooperation, and civilization to occur. It's also possible that there are other 'uses' or 'modes' for these symbols we all recognize as numbers or words. After all, one cannot realize his own worth unless he as the ability to 'count' his money.
Just as the builders of Solomon's temple had to 'do the math' in order to reliably construct a sturdy monument, perhaps the social engineers of the NWO also employ a 'set of formulas' that can be visible in the blueprints of their new 'Temple', essentially, the psyche of the emerging global citizen.
The Bible is filled with stories involving numbers that suggest historical ties to astrotheology, alchemy, and other occult disciplines - the same numbers that supposedly hold occult significance still (3,13,666, etc).
Interestingly, Aleister Crowley had an apparently good relationship with the number 11.
| Quote: | My number is 11, as all their numbers who are of us. The Five Pointed Star, with a Circle in the Middle, & the circle is Red. My colour is black to the blind, but the blue & gold are seen of the seeing. Also I have a secret glory for them that love me.
-Aleister Crowley
From: My number is 11, as all their numbers who are of us
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/my_number_11.htm |
Perhaps I've been reading too many books on the origins of freemasonry, but yeah, I think there is something behind the number coincidence stuff, but, as usual, I have no idea what it really is. Is there truly 'supernatural' energy behind these symbols, or are they yet another example of the incredible power of psychological conditioning?
Here's a bunch of 'occult numerology' information gathered interestingly into one place. It's a bit 'End-of-Times' and 'Mark O' The Beast' but interesting nevertheless, and a good 'overview' of the prevailing ideas suggested by internet conspiracy lit. I think this comes from a dude who was a Freemason, and got creeped out and quit - make of that what you will.
11, 13 and 33 - The Illuminati / Freemason Signature |
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kawazu
Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 54 Location: Kansas
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Jerry Fletcher wrote: | | While I don't understand or 'use' numerology or anything, I still think there is incredible occult power in 'numbers'. | That pretty much sums up how I feel as well. | Jerry Fletcher wrote: | | Just as the builders of Solomon's temple had to 'do the math' in order to reliably construct a sturdy monument, perhaps the social engineers of the NWO also employ a 'set of formulas' that can be visible in the blueprints of their new 'Temple', essentially, the psyche of the emerging global citizen. | Nicely put,from what I have seen that makes alot of sense.It also makes a nice form of worldwide communication between all the "conspirators". | Quote: | Here's a bunch of 'occult numerology' information gathered interestingly into one place. It's a bit 'End-of-Times' and 'Mark O' The Beast' but interesting nevertheless, and a good 'overview' of the prevailing ideas suggested by internet conspiracy lit. I think this comes from a dude who was a Freemason, and got creeped out and quit - make of that what you will.
11, 13 and 33 - The Illuminati / Freemason Signature | I dont know what to make of the supposed "ex" Freemason,but I do like this website,it covers alot of ground and is a good intro to occult numerology and related theories.That is if youre not scared off by talk of Aliens and Satan.I'm not a religous person and Ive never really been all that interested in the topic of Aliens and UFOs,but the way I see it even those are possibilities.You cant really rule them out.What I have determined is that numbers are indeed powerful in a way that I dont quite understand and cannot articulate,and it is apparent to me that the architects of the NWO draw power and inspiration from the use of numerology,and it is a vital part of their planning and advancement.Beyond that im at a loss.This particular quote from that website stood out to me: | Quote: | | The late American Professor Revilo P. Oliver, a confirmed atheist, was forced to conclude: "A theory that a conspiracy has been working consciously for many centuries is not very plausible unless one attributes to them a religious unity. That is tantamount to regarding them as Satanists engaged in the worship and service of supernatural evil. The directors of the conspiracy must see or otherwise directly perceive manifestations which convince them of the existence and power of Lucifer. And since subtle conspirators must be very shrewd men, not likely to be deceived by auto-suggestion, hypnosis, or drugs, we should have to conclude that they probably are in contact with a force of pure evil." (Prof. Revilo P. Oliver, Conspiracy or Degeneracy?, USA) | Now, my knee jerk reaction is to dismiss this as bullshit once it gets to "The directors of the conspiracy must see or otherwise directly perceive manifestations which convince them of the existence and power of Lucifer."But the part about religous unity makes perfect sense.Without this unity,such a long running and pervasive conspiracy does seem to be much less likely.Can this degree of unity be produced among the ruthless psycopathic geniuses of the world without the benefit of some religous theme bringing them together?I dont know.But I find myself returning to this subject again and again,of all the things I have seen,read or heard about,it interests me the most.The maddening part is that sometimes it seems as if the more I learn, the less I know,but I just keep at it anyways. |
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Jerry Fletcher

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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| kawazu wrote: |
Can this degree of unity be produced among the ruthless psycopathic geniuses of the world without the benefit of some religous theme bringing them together?I dont know. |
What if it works the other way around? We've always been conditioned to believe that God created religion, and that it has been around too long to have been the product of social politics.
The degree of unity among the ruthless sociopaths running the global corporatocracy could be explained if there has always been an elite social class whose activities have remained 'hidden' from the society at large. (There was an article around BFN somewhere a few months ago regarding the Brahmin class in India that supported this concept.)
Also, check out the Council of Nicea. That's when Jesus officially got promoted to 'state spokesman'. Anything that claims to be the 'word of God' still had to be heard correctly and written down by some dude for reasons we'll never be sure of, not to mention, today we call these types of people 'schizophrenics' rather than 'saints'. But I digress..
Considering this, is it possible that this 'ruling class' created the religious doctrine we have today as a tool of social control, and managed to pass on the operational knowledge of this social manipulation only to the offspring of this social class? This would ensure a multi generational relationship with the religious institutions that pretend to hold authority over them, but in actuality, the church is administering the elitist policies to the general public in the form of 'salvation' and 'philanthropy', while allowing the ruling class to remain invisible behind the veil of 'religious freedom' and 'holy sanctity'.
The 'Power of Lucifer' might be a concept designed by the elite, marketed by the elite, enforced by the elite, evidenced by the elite, and necessary for the elite to remain the elite.
It would only be effective, if they created the 'Holy Power of God' at the same time, so they could then pit those two against each other in the media, er, I mean the Bible.
Wanna convince everybody of the 'Goodness of God?' Do a bunch of nice things and help a lot of people. Then say God did it. Wanna prove the 'Evil of Satan?' Do a lot of terrible things, torture and murder millions, arrange the bodies into horrifying heaps and get plenty of pictures - then blame it all on 'Lucifer'.
Chicken or the egg? Politics or religion? They've both trampled the human spirit for centuries, so I can't help feeling like they spring from the same source. What interests me is not which dominates the other, but rather how they insidiously always seem to work together to the detriment of humanity at large.
Of course, now I have to quote the lyrics from XTC's song Dear God:
| Quote: | Dear god,
Hope you got the letter,
And I pray you can make it better down here.
I don’t mean a big reduction in the price of beer,
But all the people that you made in your image,
See them starving on their feet,
’cause they don’t get enough to eat
From god,
I can’t believe in you.
Dear god,
Sorry to disturb you,
But I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears,
And all the people that you made in your image,
See them fighting in the street,
’cause they can’t make opinions meet,
About god,
I can’t believe in you.
Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too!
Dear god,
Don’t know if you noticed,
But your name is on a lot of quotes in this book.
Us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look,
And all the people that you made in your image,
Still believing that junk is true.
Well I know it ain’t and so do you,
Dear god,
I can’t believe in,
I don’t believe in,
I won’t believe in heaven and hell.
No saints, no sinners,
No devil as well.
No pearly gates, no thorny crown.
You’re always letting us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown.
Those lost at sea and never found,
And it’s the same the whole world ’round.
The hurt I see helps to compound,
That the father, son and holy ghost,
Is just somebody’s unholy hoax,
And if you’re up there you’ll perceive,
That my heart’s here upon my sleeve.
If there’s one thing I don’t believe in...
It’s you,
Dear god.
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dilbert_g Guest
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: Uncovered: The Rat's Nest of 9/11 |
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I don't know if anyone noticed this yet. It's an amusing piece of what I would call true gossip.
"If Jimmy Walter is not working consciously to undermine the 9/11 truth movement, then he is the patsy of the disinformation campaign. His publicist is Ilene Proctor, whose normal clientele consists of minor Hollywood celebrities and pop stars. One of her clients was the lip-synching Milli Vanilli ..."
It's on Rabinowitz oilempire, which is a Ruppert cheerleader site with more graphics. I wanted to email him because he seems sincere, but his email's not posted. (then again, mine is present but buried on my site too).
In terms of presenting this to others, in stages
I'm not 100% convinced of Peak Oil one way or another. I'm leaning heavily towards what Fintan has found to be strong evidence to indicate it's a hoax, but one thing for sure, Peak Oil is completely irrelevant to 9-11 the crime. It "could" explain "why" in some sense, but that's immaterial. The "why" is like a mitigating argument a defense atty would use before sentencing, like "he is a good father".
It's the tie-in to 9-11 that's purely theoretical. Iow, they certainly would not need "the end of oil", real or not, to carry out a MIHOP for all the global financial/tyranny/fear reasons which Fintan lays out, and frankly which I had tossed around before I met you guys - the point of Ledeen having written a book on Global fascism, and the semi-known CIA-Bush ties to fascism.
In my conclusion, lack of "peak oil" does not debunk 9-11, while insistence on it IS a poison pill.
Has anyone seen G. Edward Griffin (Libertarian) covering LIHOPs on World War 1 and World War 2? He doesn't call them "LIHOP" but he calmly states that they were, and that the declassified memos prove it. He also generally thinks that 9-11 was probably an inside job.
I've taken to calling Northwoods NOT "proof of the 9-11 plan" like Jones says, but rather proof of "means, motive, and opportunity" + willingness and strong intention to kill Americans for war and profit and anti-communist hysteria. I got the impression from arguing with people that it's important to set limits on what each "anomaly X" proves, so you don't look like a quack.
At this point, I agree with you all that there's stronger evidence for MIHOP and no Arabs whatsoever, since there is only flimsy evidence that any "Al-Qaeda" was involved, except as a distraction. There's reasonabe evidence to throw up big questions on the theory that any Arabs did actually fly planes, since the accused weren't Jihadists and since all or many of them were CIA going way back.
And there's fairly good evidence that Global Hawk technology could have been used, and probably was needed for the Pentagon attack, unlike Jones who says it WAS used.
Regardless of disinfo that whatreallyhappened promotes, does everyone concur with their fake osama page with the comparison btw the old Osama and the govt video? It sure don't look like the same guy to me.
Whatever criticisms of Chossudovsky, his associations, his detailed approach, his stance on Iran, the Osamagate page --- where he proves conclusively that Osama is NOT who the USG says he is, i.e. an outside enemy --- I think is still valid.
Likewise, I still think that Choss/Ruppert's coverage of The Grand Chessboard is valid, it's just that he then soaks it in peak oil!!
I'm totally on-board with the "G8", and basically Chossudovsky hints at the same thing back in 2001 when he talks about geopolitics, because it's so obvious on the big picture. But in argument with anyone new, some of the original valid points must stand up, otherwise, you are back to "the G8 fighting a legit WoT".
I like what Jim Hoffman did, in separating Gold vs. Fools Gold on Loose Change, although it's very clear that the intention of the flick is just confusion.
anyone have time to concur / dispute these details? |
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Jerry Fletcher

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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| dilbert wrote: |
I'm not 100% convinced of Peak Oil one way or another. It seems Fintan has found strong evidence to indicate it's a hoax, but one thing for sure, it's completely irrelevant to 9-11. |
Take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Two 'unrelated' issues can very often be somehow 'working together' toward a larger agenda.
Such is the case with the 'coincidence' of the simultaneous war on terror and the peak oil poopoo. Think about it. Why would Ruppert be 'exposing' 911 and pushing Peak Oil?
Who would benefit from the whole crowd (left, right, mainstream, alternative) thinking that we're running outta oil?
Who would benefit from constant images of burning oil fields and insurgent attacks in the middle east?
Have you looked at the price of gas in the US recently?
There's a lot more to it than that, but basically Choss / Ruppert are fakes. Sorry, it's true. Face it. They're going to accurately analyze some aspects of 911, because that's how they gain your trust - but then, rather than conclude their analysis, they introduce other bullshit that's part of the SAME AGENDA that created 911 - peak oil, iran, marshall law, whatever...
Dude, stop trying to figure those guys out - forget em. Their purpose is not to 'expose' 911, but simply to use it's 'fishyness' to make sure the larger agenda is framed properly for the lazy skeptic and tinfoil crowd.
Without understanding how these chumps fit into the bigger picture, none of their moves make any sense at all, and you'll never get a logical answer as to why each fake has his own particular gumbo of 'ideas'.
Please read these three articles by Dave McGowan. You'll be glad you did.
http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr52.html
http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr55.html
http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr64.html |
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Ormond

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Two 'unrelated' issues can very often be somehow 'working together' toward a larger agenda. |
I guess great minds think alike, Jerry. I just posted virtually the same statement on my new post "Video of 9/11 plane hitting Pentagon is released"
But here, I think you're onto Rappaport, and the sleight of hand trick in general.
Let's call all this stuff 'The Big Con". Those who've ever read about the big time con artists, well, the mind games they play make Mission Impossible look like Mr. Rogers Neighborhood in the complexity.
Honest people look at things like 911 and Peak Oil like.....well.......honest people.
Not that we're not honest too! I'm saying that the bigger the Con job to be done, the more byzantine the deception.
Nobody was talking about Peak Oil in the '90's! When was the first time you heard about it? It seemed fishy beause they evidently just pulled it out of their ass.
I asked my buddy in Ukraine if they have Peak Oil problems with the cheaper Russian gasoline Putin has flowing like water now.
He said, "Peak what?"
He's a physicist. He said, "Oil is not plant product. Is mineral process. Renewable resource".
Who paid for all those oil surveys and petrochemical research and geology back to the turn of the century in the west anyway? Could Standard Oil have only paid for research that would support the 'non renewable resource' theory? Naw. Not unless they had an ulterior motive or somethin'.
Jerry, what can you say about this matter than some have said petroleum is created by a mineral process under the crust? Is that a fantasy or is it worth looking into? _________________ The anticipated never happens. The unexpected constantly occurs |
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kawazu
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Jerry Fletcher wrote: | | Considering this, is it possible that this 'ruling class' created the religious doctrine we have today as a tool of social control, and managed to pass on the operational knowledge of this social manipulation only to the offspring of this social class? This would ensure a multi generational relationship with the religious institutions that pretend to hold authority over them, but in actuality, the church is administering the elitist policies to the general public in the form of 'salvation' and 'philanthropy', while allowing the ruling class to remain invisible behind the veil of 'religious freedom' and 'holy sanctity'. | I would agree that this is what has been happening.Im not saying that the Elite believe at all in the Bible or the nonsense that is pushed on the masses,I just wonder if these people could all function together so well with nothing but pure greed holding them together.Are they a bunch of illuminati luciferians or just a bunch of psychos sticking together to fullfill their sick fantasies,or a little of both? |
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Toto
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| Its all related. They are pulling all the stops now. They kind of have too really. Peak Oil = limitation the end is near = a life of less choice and 911 = fear = security = limitation = stay home and be protected. The bible says these are the end times when really these are the change times. It does not matter if the Elite believe in all this religious nonsense. They dont have to believe we do. Belief creates reality. |
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 2:49 am Post subject: |
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Jerry,
I should have said I'm 95% believing that Peak Oil is a hoax, and a poison pill, ESPECIALLY because I KNOW it's not germane to 9-11, any more than Peak Bananas was germane to overthrowing Arbenz.
I"ve read McGowan's stuff before. I wavered.
I understand Quo Bono. I was taking the position that just because Ruppert's PO Agenda happens to serve the interests of higher fuel prices, doesn't de facto prove his position is in fact purely in service to Big Oil, nor does the Oil bastards' greed in fact prove that PO is a hoax. It certainly proves it could be.
I also took the viewpoint that even assuming "deep abiotic oil" IS being created, surely that could be happening more slowly than it's being drained. We use a lot. McGowan didn't convince me of that at the time.
I was moving from belief towards doubt towards rejection.
Since then I've seen more convincing evidence that PO is totally fake, even setting aside the question of "deep abiotic oil" (which apparently the Russians ARE pumping).
Now I'm seeing
a) Chavez has enough for 100 years, albeit more processing needed
b) Viallis said the Falklands have even more. (I know, Vialis ..)
c) One of Fintan's guests said there's boatloads of it in Africa.
d) Bush was blocking Iraq from pumping too much, contradicting Ruppert's claim that there's not a barrel to spare.
e) The new *Fox News* promo on a car which runs on water, HHO. I haven't looked into that, but he spoke to Congress. I don't know if it's really energy-creative as he says, then it would almost be a perpetual motion machine. Or maybe you'd plug in electric to split the water, and cut out the MTBE's anyhow.
f) More alternative forms of energy made more viable. A solar shopping mall in Australia.
g) That predictweather guy who suggested that Enron funded the "green" groups to promote Global Warming. For some tax subsidy scheme.
h) CIA Dir Woolsey is in that "Who Killed the Electric Car?" docu
So, I may make some useful preparations, buy Solar Panels if they come down like PCs, but I'm not freaking out about the global blackout of 2012. More like the blackout of Freedom being partly obscured by the paranoia. Change the conversation. So now I'm at 99.5% against Peak Oil.
Can I please keep my 0.5% for now without you all debunking me to death?  |
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| kawazu wrote: | | illuminati luciferians or just a bunch of psychos sticking together to fullfill their sick fantasies |
I'd say both, in a sense.
I'd also agree with this blog that "illuminati luciferians" obscures more than it reveals.
illuminati? - a bunch of bloodline fucks who network and give each other cushy positions with fat paychecks via taxes and corruption
luciferians? - ruthless, murdering, cunning, dishonest, amoral, greedy, control freak, sociopaths
By those definitions, yes.
sick fantasies? - Power and prestige, social values which are not too bizarre, can become a sickness, and they are illusory. It can be like a heroin fix, always needing a bigger dose of "winning". How high can they jack their own egos? |
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Jerry Fletcher

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| Ormond wrote: | | Jerry, what can you say about this matter than some have said petroleum is created by a mineral process under the crust? Is that a fantasy or is it worth looking into? |
Ormond -
Sorry bout the response time - life continues to interfere with my posting schedule...
To introduce my reply, I quote Dave -
| Dave McGowan wrote: |
"Hey, everybody ... uhhh ... you know how we always talked about oil being a fossil fuel? And ... uhmm ... you know how the entire profit structure of our little industry here is built upon the presumption that oil is a non-renewable, and therefore very valuable, resource*? And remember all those times we talked about shortages so that we could gouge you at the pumps? Well ... guess what, America? You've been Punk'd!"
From: nwsltr52
http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr52.html |
We sure have been. First, before even discussing where the oil comes from, ask yourself who is claiming we're running out in the first place? Very little research is required to figure out that oil supplies are not dwindling, it is oil production that is slowing, causing the 'shortage'. Those who claim we're 'running out' apparently know cause their hands control the spigot.
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From James Bernstein's "Oil Giants Taking Heat," Newsday, March 31, 2004:
Worried about a downward slide in oil prices later this year, OPEC is expected today to announce a cut in production, which will likely result in higher pump prices. But consumer groups are charging that big oil companies are largely responsible for the current upward spiral in gasoline costs, saying they have deliberately withheld supplies and reduced storage capacity.
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But in the United States, consumer groups say the blame for higher pump prices lies not so much with OPEC as with the huge oil companies. Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog organization, is preparing to release a report later this week charging that the oil industry deliberately consolidated in the 1990s so that it could withhold supplies and reduce storage capacity.
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The Consumer Federation of America said in a recent report that in the past 15 years, more than 70 refineries in the United States were closed. Additionally, its report said, the nation's storage facilities were reduced by nearly 15 percent. Mark Cooper, the organization's research director, said an updated report is expected soon.
"The problem is not crude oil," Cooper said. "It's inadequate refinery capacity and inadequate stockpiles, all of which are the result of decisions made by the oil companies to tighten the market."
[more: http://www.nynewsday.com/business/local/newyork/ny-bzoil313730511mar31,0,4111615.story]
From "Mergers, Manipulation and Mirages: How Oil Companies Keep Gasoline Prices High, and Why the Energy Bill Doesn't Help" (March 2004), the Public Citizen report referenced in the Newsday article:
The United States has allowed multiple large, vertically integrated oil companies to merge over the last five years, placing control of the market in too few hands. The result: uncompetitive domestic gasoline markets. Large oil companies can more easily control domestic gasoline prices by exploiting their ever-greater market share, keeping prices artificially high long enough to rake in easy profits but not so long that consumers reduce their dependence on oil ...
The largest five companies operating in the United States (ExxonMobil, Chevron Texaco, ConocoPhillips, BP and Royal Dutch Shell) now control:
• 14.2% of global oil production (nearly as much as the entire Middle East members of the OPEC cartel).
• 48% of domestic oil production (which is significant given the fact that the U.S. is the 3rd largest oil producer in the world).
• 50.3% of domestic refinery capacity.
• 61.8% of the retail gas market.
• These same five companies also control 21.3% of domestic natural gas production.
It is therefore little wonder why these top companies enjoyed after-tax profits of $60 billion in 2003 alone.
These figures are in stark contrast to just a decade ago, when the top five oil companies controlled only:
• 7.7% of global crude oil production.
• 33.7% of domestic crude production
• 33.4% of domestic refinery capacity.
• 27% of the retail market.
• In addition, in 1993, the top five U.S. companies controlled only 12.7% of domestic natural gas production.
The major difference between 1993 and 2003 is that the largest oil companies have merged with one another, creating just a handful of oil monopolies that control significant chunks of the American oil and gas markets. Armed with significant market share, companies can more easily pursue uncompetitive activities that result in price-gouging ...
Gasoline prices are rising because of uncompetitive actions by this handful of new mega-companies, not because of environmental regulations ...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) concluded in March 2001 that oil companies had intentionally withheld supplies of gasoline from the market as a tactic to drive up prices -- all as a "profit-maximizing strategy." These actions, while costing consumers billions of dollars in overcharges, have not been investigated by the U.S. government.
From: nwsltr59
http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr59.html |
The only thing peaking seems to be the confusion regarding how much oil really is available...
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Saudi Oil Is Secure and Plentiful, Say Officials
Tim Kennedy, Arab News
US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan addresses a conference on US-Saudi energy relations in Washington on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, 29 April 2004 — Officials from Saudi Arabia’s oil industry and the international petroleum organizations shocked a gathering of foreign policy experts in Washington yesterday with an announcement that the Kingdom’s previous estimate of 261 billion barrels of recoverable petroleum has now more than tripled, to 1.2 trillion barrels.
Additionally, Saudi Arabia’s key oil and finance ministers assured the audience — which included US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan — that the Kingdom has the capability to quickly double its oil output and sustain such a production surge for as long as 50 years.
“During times of turmoil, when the world has needed more crude oil, Saudi Arabia has worked without fanfare to promote stability in world markets,” Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi told the 300 attendees at a conference on US-Saudi energy relations co-sponsored by the US-Saudi Arabian Business Council and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“We have made a commitment to use our spare oil export capacity — even when it is stressful to our economic stability — in order to create a ‘cushion’ that maintains a balance in the global market,” he said.
“Saudi Arabia now has 1.2 trillion barrels of estimated reserve. This estimate is very conservative. Our analysis gives us reason to be very optimistic. We are continuing to discover new resources, and we are using new technologies to extract even more oil from existing reserves,” the minister said.
Naimi said Saudi Arabia is committed to sustaining the average price of $25 per barrel set by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. He said prices should never increase to more than $28 or drop under $22.
“This is a fair price to consumers and producers. But, really, Saudi Arabia and OPEC has limited control on world markets,” said Al-Naimi.
“Prices are driven by other factors: Instability in key oil producing countries; industry struggles to produce specialized gasoline; and the resulting strains on refineries to meet local demand.”
“Saudi Arabia’s vast oil reserves are certainly there,” Naimi added. “None of these reserves requires advanced recovery techniques. We have more than sufficient reserves to increase output. If required, we can increase output from 10.5 million barrels a day to 12-15 million barrels a day. And we can sustain this increased output for 50 years or more. There will be no shortage of oil for the next 50 years. Perhaps much longer.”
From: Saudi Oil Is Secure and Plentiful, Say Officials
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&article=44011&d=29&m=4&y=2004 |
So, whether or not oil is a 'renewable resource', it's obvious somebody's tinkering with our 'supply and demand' perceptions. Apparently, manipulating the perception of scarcity to increase value is common in other 'fossil fuel' industries as well -
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* There is a close parallel here with the diamond industry. It is a relatively open secret that the diamond market is an artificial one, created by an illusion of scarcity actively cultivated by DeBeers, which has monopolized the diamond industry for generations. As Ernest Oppenheimer of DeBeers said, nearly a century ago, "Common sense tells us that the only way to increase the value of diamonds is to make them scarce -- that is, reduce production." And that is exactly what the company has done for decades now.
There are reportedly nearly one billion diamonds produced every year, and that is only a fraction of what could be produced. Diamonds are not, conventional wisdom to the contrary, a scarce resource, and they are therefore not intrinsically valuable. Without the market manipulation, experts estimate that the true value of diamonds would be roughly $30 per carat.
Interestingly enough, Soviet researchers have noted that diamonds are the result of the same processes that create petroleum: "Statistical thermodynamic analysis has established clearly that hydrocarbon molecules which comprise petroleum require very high pressures for their spontaneous formation, comparable to the pressures required for the same of diamond. In that sense, hydrocarbon molecules are the high-pressure polymorphs of the reduced carbon system as is diamond of elemental carbon." (Emmanuil B. Chekaliuk, 1968)
So what we appear to have here are two resources, both of which are created in abundance by natural geothermal processes, and both of which are marketed as scarce and valuable commodities, creating two industries awash in obscene profits.
From: nwsltr52
http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr52.html |
What? Diamonds and oil created by similar natural abiotic forces? Apparently this 'discovery' isn't new at all - this has been understood for 50 - 100 years. Shame nobody notified the Rockefeller Foundation before they donated all those 'educational materials' to my elementary school telling me "filler up!" meant getting a tank full of old T-Rex juice.
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In August 2002, in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (US)," Dr. Kenney published a paper, which had a partial title of "The genesis of hydrocarbons and the origin of petroleum." Dr. Kenney and three Russian coauthors conclude:
The Hydrogen-Carbon system does not spontaneously evolve hydrocarbons at pressures less than 30 Kbar, even in the most favorable environment. The H-C system evolves hydrocarbons under pressures found in the mantle of the Earth and at temperatures consistent with that environment.
He was quoted as stating that "competent physicists, chemists, chemical engineers and men knowledgeable of thermodynamics have known that natural petroleum does not evolve from biological materials since the last quarter of the 19th century."
Deeply entrenched in our culture is the belief that at some point in the relatively near future we will see the last working pump on the last functioning oil well screech and rattle, and that will be that. The end of the Age of Oil. And unless we find another source of cheap energy, the world will rapidly become a much darker and dangerous place.
From: Fletcher Prouty Commentary - June
http://www.prouty.org/oil.html |
Yes, I know Col. Prouty is ex-CIA, and a 'whistleblower' - two strikes against the man by our 'more skeptical than thou' attitude here at The Next Level, so in an effort to maintain my own standards, here's the abstract of the actual study referenced:
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The evolution of multicomponent systems at high pressures: VI. The thermodynamic stability of the hydrogen–carbon system: The genesis of hydrocarbons and the origin of petroleum
J. F. Kenney , , Vladimir A. Kutcherov ¶, Nikolai A. Bendeliani ||, and Vladimir A. Alekseev ||
Gas Resources Corporation, 11811 North Parkway, Floor 5, Houston, TX 77060; Russian Academy of Sciences, Joint Institute of Earth Physics, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya 10, 123810 Moscow, Russia; ¶Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Leninski Prospect 65, 117917 Moscow, Russia; and ||Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for High Pressure Physics, 142092 Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
Communicated by Howard Reiss, University of California, Los Angeles, CA and approved June 24, 2002 (received for review April 3, 2002)
Abstract
The spontaneous genesis of hydrocarbons that comprise natural petroleum have been analyzed by chemical thermodynamic-stability theory. The constraints imposed on chemical evolution by the second law of thermodynamics are briefly reviewed, and the effective prohibition of transformation, in the regime of temperatures and pressures characteristic of the near-surface crust of the Earth, of biological molecules into hydrocarbon molecules heavier than methane is recognized. For the theoretical analysis of this phenomenon, a general, first-principles equation of state has been developed by extending scaled particle theory and by using the technique of the factored partition function of the simplified perturbed hard-chain theory. The chemical potentials and the respective thermodynamic Affinity have been calculated for typical components of the H–C system over a range of pressures between 1 and 100 kbar (1 kbar = 100 MPa) and at temperatures consistent with those of the depths of the Earth at such pressures. The theoretical analyses establish that the normal alkanes, the homologous hydrocarbon group of lowest chemical potential, evolve only at pressures greater than 30 kbar, excepting only the lightest, methane. The pressure of 30 kbar corresponds to depths of 100 km. For experimental verification of the predictions of the theoretical analysis, a special high-pressure apparatus has been designed that permits investigations at pressures to 50 kbar and temperatures to 1,500°C and also allows rapid cooling while maintaining high pressures. The high-pressure genesis of petroleum hydrocarbons has been demonstrated using only the reagents solid iron oxide, FeO, and marble, CaCO3, 99.9% pure and wet with triple-distilled water.
From: The evolution of multicomponent systems at high pressures: VI. The thermodynamic stability of the hydrogen-carbon system: The genesis of hydrocarbons and the origin of petroleum -- Kenney et al. 99 (17): 10976 -- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Please feel free to investigate the science behind the study itself, as it involves mathematical symbols that make me dizzy - but I think my point is clear - Peak Oil is simply another example of perception management, and is a crisis that has been carefully constructed by those who sell the stuff.
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I was looking up some stuff on the Iranian Rev (the relations btw Iran and the US, how the Shah was overthrown, how the crisis was managed, Brzezinski's role) and there was links to Robert Parry's articles on Wiki.
Parry had some GOOD stuff on that, the October Surprise conspiracy. He dug into the filebox (below the tampon dispenser, in the Ladies room, at the back of the parking garage) and found a lot of incriminating memos and other info that would completely discredit the entire Republican reign of Reagan-Bush, and their "image".
He also found Democrat collusion to bury the facts, and media collusion to keep quiet, for various reasons. It was interesting, in 'partisan' terms, and in showing up more treason and how the game is played: power, intimidation, yelling, blackmail, etc.
It even involved BCCI, a lot of details.
Basically, the 'evidence' exonerated Bush and Colby, supporting the idea it was a myth or rumor, just so long as the committee picked only certain evidence, and ignored chunks. One guy even suggested a 'trap door' statement, about "evidence that may have been overlooked, stray questions, yada yada" as a cover story, should it ever emerge that they lied.
But Parry's homepage "Consortium News" stuff is SO half-inch deep. Yuck. |
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