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TweetLog – Grandinite’s Twitterings For The Week

RT @CBCMoney U.S. wage gains hit 27-year low http://bit.ly/9Ykl6T #
YouTuber: F*CK THE AMERICAN DREAM!!!!!! WAKE YO ASS UP!!!!! http://is.gd/7iRfI <- actually a good rant about #money and #Haiti #
I had no idea US exporters who boycott #Israel can be fined at least $50,000 http://is.gd/7iQpB #
George Carlin ~ The American Dream http://is.gd/7iNsD #
RT’ing @abraaten contributes [...]

TweetLog – Grandinite’s Twitterings For The Week

The most awesome thing I have seen this week, besides my daughter’s first steps: #opensource #rally car: http://is.gd/6Ogu2 #
Forbes: #Economics of #Olympic #Gold: Professor predicts medal counts with 94% accuracy using econ data: http://is.gd/6OfI9 #
My last name is basically the Old Norse word for #biochar: http://is.gd/6LbkA #
Globalresearch.ca alleges SOUTHCOM held #earthquake disaster simulation day prior [...]

History Channel: Electromagnetic Warfare

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Island

Huge Solar Flare coincides with another Earthquake in Haiti

TIME.com: Haiti: New 6.1-Quake Sends People into Streets
(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) — A powerful new earthquake struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake.
The magnitude-6.1 temblor was the largest aftershock yet to the Jan. 12 quake. It [...]

TweetLog – Grandinite’s Twitterings For The Week

spaceweather.com: Solar Eclipse Gallery: http://is.gd/6kYni #
lens flare. LOL @heidilore OMG WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ON SOHO http://tinyurl.com/yky7sgd #
RT @hurtinalbertan wht 2 expect when not a corporation that has Gov in its back pocket http://bit.ly/4uJS1S #ableg #cndpoli #gov20 #roft #
Morton: “Spending Buffet” coming to an end. That includes MLA pay raises, right? Right? http://is.gd/6kX1D [...]

TweetLog – Grandinite’s Twitterings For The Week

Globe and Mail: #Canada’s Minority Dictatorship http://is.gd/5V1k5 #canpoli #
@KyleHarrietha RE: http://is.gd/5V0wi Yes, there is something very odd about it. The scientist quoted wrote this book: http://is.gd/5V0Cj in reply to KyleHarrietha #
DW: ‘Monster’ German employee database goes online http://is.gd/5UQIR #ELENA #
Hey Google, about this: http://is.gd/5UPsE Remember the last time a tech company got into the [...]

Yemen, You’re Up Next

Take note of the fact that the three western nations attacked by al Qaeda . .
US (9/11)
UK (7/7)
Spain (3/11)
. . .have closed their embassies in Yemen:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk

TweetLog – Grandinite’s Twitterings For The Week

Slate.com asks: Why do so many Finns own firearms? http://is.gd/5J7Pz #guns #
Watching @reallesstroud (Survivorman): Getting Off the Grid: http://is.gd/5IYc7 (vid) Airs Jan 11 on SCN: http://is.gd/5IYfO #
8 CIA agents dead. http://is.gd/5IXVo 5 Canadians http://is.gd/5IXW6 Related to this? http://is.gd/5IXUq http://is.gd/5IXUU #afghanistan #
NYE: Jay Z’s “on To The Next One” – NBC Rockefeller predictive programming? http://is.gd/5IXxX http://is.gd/5IXzj [...]

Happy New Year 2010

2010 just screams this variation of boy scout’s motto to me:
“Hope for the best, prepare for the worst”.

TweetLog – Grandinite’s Twitterings For The Week

Disclosure Endgame – free e-book: http://is.gd/5Bu01 #ufos #
Buried somewhere in this #UN report is the notion that the #UN would issue a world reserve #gold currency: http://is.gd/5BtJk #
Known Unknowns: Unconventional “Strategic Shocks” in Defense Strategy Development (pdf) http://is.gd/5BsOD #
Obama strips suspected ‘enemy combatants’ of their rights of personhood: http://is.gd/5BsIW #bravenewworld #1984 #
Pope attacked, knocked down [...]

Interesting Internet Detritus

I was out combing the blogs. Here’s the latest haul.
Michael Hudson responds to Paul Krugman, asking “When did Economics become a PR tool of the rentier class?” LINK
Business Insider’s 10 Countries That Will Survive The Sovereign Credit Meltdown Of 2010
Washington’s Blog: Economists are trained to ignore the real world
FDIC All your shit are [...]

The Power of Nightmares

Wiki

TweetLog – Grandinite’s Twitterings For The Week

The giant pyramid UFO over #Moscow is being covered by Yahoo! now: http://is.gd/5szR4 #
Was #twitter hacked last night? http://is.gd/5szLo #
The Known Universe in HD (vid) #science http://is.gd/5s60S #
BusinessInsider: #China’s Dumping Of The #Dollar Has Begun http://is.gd/5s5U9 #
St Malachy (Prophecy of the Future Popes) History Channel (vid) http://is.gd/5s5El #
Webster Tarpley: #Obama Declares #War On #Pakistan http://is.gd/5s5zw [...]

TweetLog – Grandinite’s Twitterings For The Week

THEY DO EXIST!!! Grader spotted plowing snow in Bowness, 6:50 am, MST. I feel like I’ve spotted a sasquatch. #YYC #yycweather #yyctraffic #
Official government sources will only verify that a missile blew up in 3rd stage. http://is.gd/5j2D4 #Spiral #Norway #
These 2 Russian military pundits are propagating the spiral = missile meme. http://is.gd/5j2tS http://is.gd/5j2xw #Norway #
@MattPellerin [...]

Weirdness in the Skies over Norway. Alien Invasion, or Just a Doritos Ad?

What the heck is this?!?! I have a hunch that this is the EISCAT Ionospheric Heating Facility located in Tromso, Norway.
But why? I wonder if this has something to do with Obama’s travels to Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize.

Source: Spaceweather.com
WHAT’S UP OVER NORWAY? This morning in Norway, people saw a [...]

Remember Neil Kashkari, the 700 Billion Dollar Man?

Neil Kashkari, the young buck responsible for distributing $700bn in TARP money, moved to a cabin in the boonies of Nevada County, CA within one week of resigning from office, the Washington Post reports.

TweetLog – Grandinite’s Twitterings For The Week

Traders freaking out over the rumor that #Japan may be selling $100bn in Treasuries: http://is.gd/5clwi #stampede #
@Paulatics @davecournoyer it almost seems as though conspiring against the public is institutionalised in #ABLeg http://is.gd/5ckXJ in reply to Paulatics #
DARPA offers $40,000 challenge to internet and social media users http://is.gd/5ckZy http://is.gd/5cl0n #twitter #
Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime [...]

Saturday Morning Links

Dubai Crisis May End in ‘Major’ Default, BofA Says
Most global banks are still unsafe, warns S&P
IMF warns second bailout would ‘threaten democracy’
St. Louis Fed Says Fed Should Keep Asset Program Past March
Société Générale tells clients how to prepare for potential ‘global collapse’

Tiger Woods and Dubai simultaneously crash

I see there may be more to the story here.
Bloomberg
Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Tiger Woods is in good condition after a car crash in front of his Florida home that left the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer with cuts on his face.
Woods, 33, was hospitalized after the crash yesterday, according to a news release [...]

TweetLog – Grandinite’s Twitterings For The Week

Reuters: Black Friday, First Blood, Part II – roundup of Black Friday brawls and other retail aggression. http://is.gd/54RCG #
Reverend Billy: What Would Jesus Buy? http://is.gd/54Rpg (trailer) #awesome #
ZeroHedge: HSBC about to get the KY treatment (again), this time from Dubai. http://is.gd/54RkD #
The crisis of capital = air bubble in a water mattress. Once you [...]