Headlines of note for October 2011...

On October 28, a device was tested in Italy and was, for the most part, successful in demonstrating the feasibility of cold fusion electricity generation on a mass scale. The 1 Megawatt unit is around the size of a shipping container and yet at full capacity will produce enough power for up to 1000 homes.

PESN: 1 MW E-Cat Cold Fusion Device Test Successful

As the empire collapses, how poetic is it that from the land of an old collapsed empire, the Phoenix rises, showing us how to generate power in a way that does not require the conquest of hapless nations and peoples of their resources, whether by military 'kinetic actions,' false-flag terrorism, or economic hit men.

Or, this is a tremendous hoax. On that accusation...

New Energy Times: Noble Aspirations Are Not Enough

But as PESN's Sterling Allan counters, there has been "independent validation by a very credible institution that starts with an N." - presumably NASA.

Let us hope Rossi's breakthrough does not suffer the same fate as Fleischmann and Pons's discovery some 22 years ago...

What again gives us pause, however, is the question of who seeks to exploit this technology...

Cryptogon: Which U.S. Organisation Bought Andrea Rossi's E-Cat System?

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Now, back to documenting the collapse of the empire...

International Forecaster (Bob Chapman): Europe Wallows In Insolvable Problems

Stateside, the missing foundation of globalism finds its true worth, once again...

ZeroHedge: MF GLOBAL FINANCE FILES BANKRUPTCY

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Vice: AL QAEDA PLANTS ITS FLAG IN LIBYA

DEBKAfile: US and NATO allies vie over "kudos" for Qaddafi's termination

Libya's transitional leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil was quite clear about his intentions for liberated Libya Sunday, Oct. 23, when he addressed a crowd of tens of thousands in Benghazi celebrating Muammar Qaddafi's death: "Libyan laws in future would have Sharia, the Islamic code, as its basic source,"...

It was generally believed in Tripoli that the strongmen ruling the capital, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, ex-al Qaeda, and Ismail and Ali al-Sallabi, heads of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood, only granted Abdul-Jalil's wish for a big liberation rally in Benghazi after he agreed to declare the new Libya a Sharia state.

But after the grand celebration is over, debkafile's sources report, the transitional leader will be little more than a figurehead. Even now, he is confined in Benghazi by the three strongmen, who control most parts of the capital, and have not given him permission to move the seat of the interim government to Tripoli.

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Another addition to the Obama body count...

Salon (Glenn Greenwald): The killing of Awlaki's 16 year old son

Reportedly, he gets off on this sort of thing...

Ulsterman: WHITE HOUSE INSIDER - "President Obama Gets Off On It"

The only thing Obama has taken a real interest in are the drones. Apparently he loves those drone attacks. Thinks they’re cool – how they fly in and just blow the sh-t out of people. No fuss. No muss. President Obama gets off on it... he loves blowing the hell out of people. A real power trip for him apparently. So much so the military brass are becoming increasingly uneasy. Hillary has heard the complaints, but she’s washing her hands of it all...

He gets off on it...

TVarrai:
ابشع مجازر الناتو وعملائه بحق اطفال سرت


Yes, it is difficult to watch - but if you pay taxes (to the U.S. Treasury), you are implored upon to watch this - just so you understand what you are funding. You are on the wrong side of history.


As for Obama... simply the lowest of the low. Not even the honor of 'honor among thieves' for this scumbag. A war criminal, a traitor, a murderer, a forger, and so on. A suitable end to this "presidency" would be a perp walk out of the White House in an orange jump suit with crowds screaming BABY KILLER!!! After he has been accorded his due process, of course: impeachment by the House, a trial before the Senate, to be followed by a sentencing and punishment meted out coldly but with the dignity that every human being, no matter how monstrous, deserves - precisely that which he has denied to others. We will not stoop to his level.

Of course, there are a few hurdles to clear before justice can be done. The first of those would be Eric Holder. And that case is coming along, with more and more revelations concerning the Fast and Furious program...

Gun Rights Examiner (David Codrea): Holder Lied People Died

LATimes: Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home

La Tribuna Hispana USA: Operación “Rápido y Furioso”: ¿Hay algún acuerdo con el cartel de Sinaloa?

When one combines the fact that most of the guns were walking into the hands of the Sinaloa cartel with the following report...

NarcoNews: US Government Accused of Seeking to Conceal Deal Cut With Sinaloa "Cartel"

...the scope of the story becomes much wider: not just a program to fuel drug violence as the problem spurring the public reaction demanding a desired solution - stricter gun control - but yet another form of crony capitalism! - in the underground economy.

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Police State developmnets...

Reuters: Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list"

CNet: Homeland Security moves forward with 'pre-crime' detection

Cryptogon: Government aims to build 'Data Eye in the Sky'

AntiWar: FBI Director Vows More Use of 'Lone Wolf' Provision of Patriot Act

California, Uber Alles...

Techdirt: CA Governor Lets Police Search Your Smartphones At Traffic Stops

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And finally, here's a protest we fully endorse!...

RIA Novista: Ukraine feminists vow to 'shake Europe' with protests

Ukrainian women’s rights activists have pledged to shake Europe with a series of topless protests.

Some examples of previous actions...

Buzzfeed: The Best of Femen

We like them so much that we want more of what they protest against, so that they protest more!