Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Food Prices Rise Higher Than Ever As Globalists Predict Food Riots

The Intel Hub
Alex

We have worked extensively to document rising food prices and possible coming food shortages. Now the Food and Agriculture Organization of 55 food commodities has recorded that global food prices hit an all time record in December.

Natural News

Figures recently released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) index of 55 food commodities indicates that worldwide food prices hit a record high in December. Though the costs of some food commodities like rice, corn and soy actually decreased, oil seeds and sugar jumped significantly due to various factors including erratic weather and droughts, according to reports.

In the past, such ups and downs on the commodity market did not immediately affect actual food costs for consumers, but some experts say that this is no longer the case, and that “food inflation” will occur right alongside the commodity price gains. And rapid food inflation has already taken place in India, for example, with recent reports indicating that the country experienced an overall food inflation rate of 18 percent in 2010.

Food Inflation is very real yet certain Congressman are working to disarm the American people which will potentially kill thousands of citizens who would be unable to protect them selves during food riots or a martial law type scenario.

Bloomberg

Philippe Chalmin, an economic adviser to the French government has warned of coming food riots as early as April. Freezing temps in Europe and droughts in Argentina has lead to speculation that grain prices are set to skyrocket.

Crop damage caused by flooding in Australia and drought in Argentina is likely to boost grain prices in coming months, Chalmin, an economics professor at the University of Paris- Dauphine, said in an interview in the French capital today.

“I’m very concerned,” Chalmin said. “Around Easter we could start to see food riots.”

World food prices advanced to a record in December, partly driven by higher sugar prices, the United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organization reported yesterday. The FAO’s cereal index rose to the highest level since August 2008, remaining about 37 points below the record level in April that year.

The world may face social unrest including food riots in April as grain prices increase, said Philippe Chalmin, an economic adviser to the French government.

Is this fear based reporting or are we really looking at social unrest and/or martial law due to rising food prices worldwide?

With globalists such as World Bank President Robert Zoellick pushing for more so called “global stability” in the food market, it is clear that this is a REAL food crisis CREATED by the very people who will eventually pose the solution.

The Telegraph

The cause of such alarm? On Wednesday, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported that global food prices had hit a record high and were likely to go on rising, entering what Abdolreza Abbassian, its senior grains economist, called “danger territory”.

Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, warns that the rising prices are “a threat to global growth and social stability”, and Nicolas Sarkozy has identified them as a priority for the G20, which he chairs this year.

That is bad enough for Britain, adding to the inflationary pressures from the soaring cost of oil and other commodities, not to mention the VAT increase. But for the world’s poor, who have to spend 80 per cent of their income on food, it could be catastrophic.

At this point it would be insane to not stock up on food as it is very evident that this globalist imposed food crisis is on the horizon.

■Sarkozy takes G20 case to Obama as food prices soar
■Gwynne Dyer: The future of food riots
■JPMorgan: Rising Food Prices Fuelling Inflation
■Violence Over Rising Food Prices
■The Great Food Crisis of 2011
■UPDATE: Food Riots Begin In Middle East and South Asia!



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Timeline of Recent Mysterious Bird, Fish Deaths

Mike Adams
Natural News

(NaturalNews) The recent mysterious deaths of birds and fish are causing alarm among naturalists around the world. Birds are literally falling dead out of the sky, and fish are washing up dead on shores and rivers across North America and around the world. The reaction from the mainstream media seems strangely subdued, as if they're all just blowing this off as some unexplained quirk about the natural world that should be largely ignored.

NaturalNews readers think differently. We are concerned when thousands of dead birds fall out of the sky for no apparent reason. The sky itself may not be falling, but previously live animals are clearly falling out of it. If that's not enough reason to wonder what the heck is happening to our planet, then what is?

These are clear signs that something is wrong. Red flags from nature, if you will. Here's the timeline of recent deaths that have been reported:

12.13.10 - Thousands of dead barramundi fish wash up in Australia, unknown causes. View HERE

12.15.10 - Thousands of dead fish wash ashore on Florida beach, blamed on cold weather. View HERE

12.17.10 - Dead fish wash ashore at lake beach in Indiana, blamed on winter storms. View HERE

12.18.10 - Thousands of dead fish turn up in bay in Philippines, unknown causes. View HERE

12.22.10 - More than a hundred dead pelicans turn up in North Carolina, unknown causes. View HERE

12.23.10 - Hundreds of dead sea creatures wash ashore in South Carolina, blamed on cold water. View HERE

12.23.10 - Ten tons of mostly dead fish found in fishing net in New Zealand, unknown causes. View HERE

12.27.10 - Scores of dead fish wash ashore in a lake in Haiti, unknown causes. View HERE

12.28.10 - 70 bats found dead in Tucson, Ariz., unknown causes. View HERE

12.29.10 - Dozens of fish found dead in San Antonio, Texas, unknown causes (http://www.ksat.com/news/26316464/d...)

12.31.10 - 5,000+ birds found dead in Arkansas, suffering from massive trauma and blood clots. View HERE

01.03.11 - 100,000+ dead drum fish found in Arkansas river, unknown causes. View HERE

01.03.11 - Dozens of dead birds show up in a woman's backyard in Kentucky, unknown causes. View HERE

01.03.11 - Tens of thousands of dead fish wash ashore in Chesapeake Bay, Md., blamed on cold water. View HERE

01.03.11 - 100 tons of dead fish wash ashore in Brazil, unknown causes. View HERE

01.04.11 - Several dead manatees found on Florida coast, unknown causes. View HERE

01.04.11 - Thousands of dead fish wash up on creek in Florida, unknown causes. View HERE

01.04.11 - Hundreds of dead fish was ashore on St. Clair River in Ontario, Can., unknown causes. View HERE

01.04.11 - Hundreds of dead black birds found on highway in Louisiana, suffering from internal injuries and blood clots. View HERE

01.05.11 - Hundreds of dead birds found on highway in Texas, unknown causes. View HERE

01.05.11 - Large amount of dead fish wash up on New Zealand beaches, unknown causes. View HERE

01.05.11 - Up to 100 jackdaw birds found dead on road in Sweden, unknown causes. View HERE

01.06.11 - 40,000+ dead Devil crabs washed ashore in the U.K., unknown causes. View HERE

01.07.11 - More than 1,000 dead turtle doves found in Italy, unknown causes. View HERE

01.10.11 - Countless fish found dead in U.K. brook, unknown causes. View HERE

01.11.11 - Thousands of gizzard shad fish float to the top of Lake Michigan and wash up on the shores near Chicago, blamed on cold weather. View HERE

NaturalNews will continue to cover this story in the days ahead. Watch NaturalNews.com for more breaking news on this topic.

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Here They Come For Your Money – Dozens Of States Are Raising Taxes In 2011

The American Dream

You didn't think that state governments would rack up all of this debt without eventually coming after your money, did you? In 2011, dozens of U.S. states are either implementing tax increases that have already been passed or are debating new tax increases that have recently been proposed. In most states, the actual state income tax is not being raised. State politicians have learned that voters really tend to get angry when that happens. Rather, our politicians on the state level are looking for taxes and fees that won't be "noticed" that they can raise. For example, cigarette taxes, alcohol taxes, gas taxes, carbonated beverage taxes and phone taxes get raised a lot because the voters do not pay them directly to the government and typically they do not get noticed as much. Another huge area where state politicians love to raise money is through various "fees". For instance, millions of Americans have noticed that car registration fees and license fees have absolutely soared in recent years. Instead of our politicians coming at us with one big, huge tax increase that we would surely notice, they are hitting us with dozens of smaller tax hikes and fee increases that they are hoping we will not get upset about. The truth is that the average American pays literally dozens of different kinds of taxes each year, and it still isn't nearly enough to cover the horrific debts that our politicians have piled up.

Today, state and local government debt has reached at an all-time high of 22 percent of U.S. GDP.

Just think about that.

Government debt is not just a federal problem. Most of our state governments are absolutely drowning in red ink.

Have you been watching the headlines lately?

California is broke.

Illinois is broke.

Texas is broke.

New Jersey is broke.

New York is broke.

In fact, there are very few states that are not on the verge of a financial meltdown.

So what is the solution?

Well, our state governments are going to come and take even more of our money away.

What did you think was going to happen?

According to the National Association of State Budget Officers, over the past couple of years a total of 36 out of the 50 U.S. states have raised taxes or fees of some sort. Other organizations put that number even higher.

And more tax increases are on the way. The following are just a few of the states that are talking about even more tax increases in 2011....

Illinois - In the state of Illinois, lawmakers are attempting to push through a 66 percent increase in the personal income tax rate. There is also a proposal to more than double the tax on cigarettes.

Connecticut - Dan Malloy is asking state legislators to approve the biggest tax increase that the state has seen in two decades.

California - California Governor Jerry Brown has unveiled a "draconian" budget plan for 2011 that includes 12 billion dollars in spending cuts and that maintains 12 billion dollars in tax increases.

Maryland - Lawmakers in Maryland are looking at raising taxes on gasoline and alcohol, among other things.

Georgia - Residents of Georgia will soon see a substantial increase in sales taxes on everything from groceries to water, higher cigarette taxes and possibly even higher phone taxes.

Washington State - Lawmakers in the state of Washington are proposing higher taxes on cigarettes, carbonated beverages and "hazardous substances".

Sadly, there are many more examples which could be mentioned. Tax increases are being proposed so rapidly all over the nation that it is incredibly difficult to keep up with them all.

So have your taxes been raised lately?

Many of you probably have already noticed that more money is being taken out of your paychecks now than compared to just a few years ago.

In most U.S. states, unemployment insurance payroll taxes have been raised substantially.

But what did you think was going to happen when so many people lost their jobs?

We all have to support all of those unemployed American workers one way or another. We didn't say anything when they shipped millions of middle class jobs overseas, so now we have to pay higher taxes to support the millions of workers that have lost their jobs.

According to the National Employment Law Project, 41 U.S. states increased unemployment insurance payroll taxes in 2010. The average unemployment insurance payroll tax increase was nearly 33.9%.

Does that make you mad?

Well, perhaps you should have bought more products that had "made in the U.S.A." on them and less products that had "made in China" stamped on them.

But we didn't provide U.S. workers with good jobs and so now we have to pay higher taxes to keep them from starving.

Meanwhile, our local "law enforcement authorities" are being turned into revenue raising agents.

In many areas of the country it is now difficult to get the police to come out even if someone has stolen your car or broken into your home.

Why?

Well, because they are all out writing tickets and raising money for the government.

And some of the fines being slapped on people in some areas of the country are absolutely outrageous. For example, from now on if you are caught jaywalking in the city of Los Angeles you will be slapped with a $191 fine.

Speeding tickets in many areas are becoming horribly expensive as well, and even the police realize what is going on. For example, just consider what Sgt. Richard Lyons says is going on in his community....

"They’re trying to use police officers to balance the budget on the backs of drivers, and it’s too bad. The people we count on to support us and help us when we’re on the road are the ones who end up paying the bills, and they’re ticked off about it. We might as well just go door to door and tell people, ‘Slide us $100 now since your 16-year-old is going to end up paying us anyway when he starts driving.’ You can’t blame people for getting upset."
Some areas of the country have found that it is even more efficient to automate the process of sucking the revenue out of us.

For example, revenue from red-light cameras doubled from $200,000 a month in 2007 to $400,000 a month at the end of 2009 in the city of Los Angeles.

In America today, drivers are not citizens to be served - they are revenue sources to be tapped.

Have you been tapped lately?

But even with all of the tax hikes, fee increases and "revenue raising", our state and local governments are still drowning in debt.

So where does all of this end?

What is America eventually going to look like if all of this continues?

Those are some hard questions. Please feel free to leave a comment if you think that you have some answers....

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Related: Illinois Raises Income Tax 66%

Chemtrails Coverups

GET THIS DVD TO YOUR STATE LEGISLATOR
Devvy Kidd
News With Views

For the past ten years, the issue of aerosol spraying has remained in the spotlight, mostly on the Internet. Here and there one sees a bit of coverage on a local news channel, but for the most part, it has not risen to the level of concern that it should with the American people.

Those beautiful blue skies that disappear with the constant criss crossing of white gunk is no accident. It's not a conspiracy theory. It's real and deadly to humans and our environment, but what exactly is "it"?

This is one of those issues that takes an enormous amount of time to research. Where do you go for accurate information? Cliff Carnicom was one of the early pioneers exposing the issue of chemical spaying of our skies. Over the years, like almost two million others, I have spent a great deal of time reading the documentation on his web site. Six, seven years ago, I met Rosalind Peterson to look at her research. It was scary and based on hard facts, not speculation. By hard facts, I mean water tables, documented destruction of crops and trees. Eventually, I was able to obtain an appointment for us with my state rep out in Sacramento; you can read about it in link three below.

As with so many other issues on the Internet, aerosol spraying has been fodder for wackos making all kinds of wild accusations. I think a lot of it is planted to confuse people and make the serious researchers look like nut cases. There are individuals who believe the chemtrails caused by all this geoengineering is nothing but a hoax:

HOW THEY CAME TO EMBRACE THE BIG LIE
Carl F. Worden
December 20, 2009

"When the first reports of so-called "Chemtrails" hit the Internet crowd ten years ago, I knew it was a very well-thought-out hoax, but I didn't know why it was being so heavily promulgated, and who stood to benefit from it. After all, a sizable number of people had obviously spent a great deal of time and effort to promote that absurdity, and then I noticed their e-mail addresses: Too many of those addresses ended with ".edu", telling me they were hatched from individuals directly connected with institutions of higher learning.

"It appears the Chemtrail hoax was an elaborate, college-based experiment to see what average individuals would believe en masse, even if there was no solid chain of evidence to support the theory -- which is all it ever was."

When you look at Cliff's web site and Rosalind's (California SkyWatch.com and Agriculture Defense Coalition), you will see this is serious stuff and not a hoax. I know Rosalind has spent thousands of unpaid man hours doing her research because she cares about people and the environment. She also has the credentials to be taken seriously. Rosalind isn't alone. There are many fine groups out there doing a superb job of trying to educate their fellow Americans on this issue. But, without the help of national media and major cable "news" networks (which hasn't and won't happen because they're useful idiots) we can't reach everyone.

Rosalind points out on her ADC web site:

"The Agriculture Defense Coalition is dedicated to protecting agriculture, our water supplies, trees, and pollinators from a wide variety of experimental weather modification and atmospheric testing programs and experiments.

"These experimental programs will cause a decline in agriculture crop production, exacerbate declines in tree health, and add toxic chemicals to our water supplies and soils. Just the use of salt particles to make clouds brighter will salt up drinking water in watersheds and cause increases in salt in drinking and agriculture water supplies. The continued use of salt particles in clouds will make productive crop producing soils unusable for agriculture and change fresh water to salt water. The results will be long-lasting and will affect trees, birds, mammals, fish, watersheds, pollinators, crop production, rivers and streams.

"Toxic chemicals used in experimental atmospheric testing programs by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and NASA are already showing up in drinking water samples across the United States. The California State Department of Heath, Drinking Water Division in Sacramento, CA, is the repository for all public drinking water tests results required by the State of California and the EPA. These tests showing increasing (spikes), levels of toxic chemicals used in atmospheric tests. (For More Information on these Tests Check the Website by Chemical Name or Go to the NASA Section or the U.S. Navy Section which list some of these Experiments.)

"In the United States anyone may modify or mitigate your weather or climate without your consent. Any government agency, the military, state, county, city, private corporation, weather modification company or individual can modify your weather at any time. No public notification is required other than to report these programs to the United States Interior Department, NOAA. However, it has been learned that many programs are not reported to NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration).

"U.S. Senate Bill S601 (initiated by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison), could be passed by the U.S. Senate at any time. This bill funds experimental weather mitigation and modification programs, does not require congressional oversight, sets up a board of directors who essentially may take bribes and be in office for years, does not have public oversight, public notification or public consent requirements. This bill expands experimental weather modification and mitigation programs in the United States. (For More Information on this Topic and a Listing of Current and Ongoing Weather Modification Programs from NOAA Check the Weather Modification Section of this Website.)

"Upper atmospheric testing continues without public oversight or consent and with little, if any, public notification. Now Global Geoengineering Plans to reduce the amount of direct sunlight reach the Earth (Solar Radiation Management), are beginning to be planned for our future. The use of toxic chemicals and other upper atmospheric particle releases are planned. There have been three hearings by the U.S. House of Representatives Science & Technology Committee since November 5, 2009. Testimony has only been from those, for the most part, promoting Geoengineering. (For More Information about the Negative Consequences of these Experiment Check the Geoengineering Section of this Website.)"

On Rosalind's Agriculture Defense Coalition web site are two sections: (1) Geoengineering and (2) Weather Modification. They are not hoaxes or conspiracy theories, but actual programs that have been underway by various agencies and the military of this government for decades. The proof is in the documents if you take the time to read them.

Since we will get no help from the fake journalists who work for the MSM (including networks like FOX), how do we get credible information and documentation to lawmakers? Not the Outlaw Congress - they are the ones who have allowed this disaster to continue with major funding. While there might be a few in Congress, like Ron Paul or socialist Dennis Kucinich, who would like to see this investigated, it should be obvious by now that the Outlaw Congress doesn't give a tinker's damn what you and I want; just remember the vote several weeks ago on the phony Food and Safety Modernization Act. No, we have to reach out by the hundreds of thousands to our state houses.

State legislators need to understand they are also being used as guinea pigs endangering their health as well as their children. Citizens have been after their state legislators for years, but it takes numbers and persistence. But how do you get a hundred hours of research to your rep and senator? A new DVD is out now that does an outstanding job in bringing forth the truth: What In The World Are They Spraying? This is a full length documentary featuring G. Edward Griffin, highly respected researcher and author of Creature from Jekyll Island, World Without Cancer, The Fearful Master: A Second Look at the UN and many more publications. A short description about the documentary:

"By now everyone has seen crisscrossing streaks of white clouds trailing behind jet aircraft, stretching from horizon to horizon, eventually turning the sky into a murky haze. Our innate intelligence tells us these are not mere vapor trails from jet engines, but no one yet has probed the questions: WHO is doing this and WHY. With the release of this video, all of that has changed. Here is the story of a rapidly developing industry called Geoengineering, driven by scientists, corporations, and governments intent on changing global climate, controlling the weather, and altering the chemical composition of soil and water – all supposedly for the betterment of mankind. Although officials insist that these programs are only in the discussion phase, evidence is abundant that they have been underway since about 1990 – and the effect has been devastating to crops, wildlife, and human health. We are being sprayed with toxic substances without our consent and, to add insult to injury, they are lying to us about it."

I urge you to order this DVD. Watch it and then send it to your state representative. Many folks don't know, but state legislators are buried early on with legislation and business inside the capitols. So many have very short sessions, like here in Texas and Montana. Only a few months and then gone until 2013. (This is the 2011 session schedule for all 50 states). The longer the spraying and fooling with mother nature goes on, the worse it will get for us, our food supply and the environment.

State Lawmakers have a right to know what is being done to the skies over their state affecting the health of humans, killing crops, trees and seriously damaging the environment. Just send a short snail mail letter asking your state rep to watch the DVD. You are making this request because there is too much credible documentation about Geoengineering and the spraying of our skies to ignore and none of it is good for humans or the environment. Today I am sending a letter and my copy of the DVD to my newly elected state rep in Austin.

Equally important: Wait ten days after you mail it and follow up with phone calls. When you call, tell the staffer you sent the DVD and want to know feedback from your rep or senator. If they are vague, write another short letter (not email - a snail mail letter takes up space on their desk) letting your rep/senator know you called and have not received an acceptable answer. If you live close to your state capitol, stop in with two or three people and follow up. This is critical to getting their attention. For the life of me, I cannot understand why more state legislators are not taking this serious issue to the front burner. A decade ago, Jodi Waters stormed the State Capitol in Sacramento over the poisonous MTBE in gasoline. She made it a huge issue and beat the EPA and oil companies. It sure as heck wasn't easy, but it we can stop this dangerous spraying of our skies by getting this DVD to our state legislators and following up until it becomes an issue.

To order this critically important documentary, click here.

Important Links:

2:48 second video - what do you think?
Pilot Films Jet Spraying Chemtrails

1 - Chemtrails: Conspiracy Theories or Something Else? (Written by yours truly)
2 - Chemtrails News Item: More Information, Please
3 - Rosalind Peterson and I meet with my state reps aide (2007)
4 - Roll call vote (House) phony Food Safety bill
5 - Former Arizona State Senator, Karen Johnson (in the DVD) and others go right to the state capitol: Legislators confronted with chemtrail concerns
6 - Chemtrails or Contrails by G. Edward Griffin
7 - Atmospheric Geoengineering: Weather Manipulation, Contrails and Chemtrails
8 - What about sunshine? Scientists Admit Chemtrails Are Creating Artificial Clouds
9 - This article has a list of patents - of specific interest are those regarding barium, cloud seeding and RE29,142 – February 22, 1977 – Reissue of: 03630950 – Combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process

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