This page has been archived and commenting is disabled.
Iran Interest Rates Raised To 20% To Fight Hyperinflation; Iran Nuclear Scientist Killed In Street Bomb Explosion
Yesterday we reported how as a result of a financial embargo enacted on by the US on New Year's Day, Iran's economy had promptly entered freefall mode and is now experiencing hyperinflation as the currency implodes. Today EA WorldNews gives us the response, which confirms that indeed the economy is in terminal shape following an interest rate hike to 20%. From the Source: "State news agency IRNA has no news on the Iranian currency this morning, but it does feature an interview with an official, noting the rise in interest rates to 20%. The effort is to reduce the flow of cash in the economy, but the official says it will increase capital investment by banks in an "impressive market"." As noted before, every incremental creep worse in the status quo merely makes the probability of escalation higher due to a lower opportunity cost of "irrationality" although we hope we are wrong. And in other unreported so far news, EA also informs us that in a street bomb explosion in Tehran earlier, one Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, deputy head of procurement at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, was killed. Are predator drones now patrolling over the Iran capital? Who knows, but Iran is already spinning the news.
Tehran Bomb. Fars explains who is behind this morning's explosion killing a University professor and wounding two people (see 0700 GMT): "The Secret is in the Headlines --- American Diplomacy Seasoned with Terror":
As [US Secretary of State Hillary] Clinton condemned Iran's peaceful nuclear enrichment and a Council on Foreign Relations report claimed insufficient confidence in Iran, a terrorist incident occurred in Tehran."
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Reza Bahonar condemned the bomb as an act of "global arrogance". Khabar Online adds that there were shouts of "Death to America" in the Majlis.
At this point we have lost count where in the escalation dance we are. As always keep an eye on Brent.
»
- 15788 reads
- Printer-friendly version
- Send to friend
- advertisements -
Nice try Sock puppet "Born" - you will not discredit the Ron Paul movement
Oooh, some paid troll on an internet forum that likes Ron Paul also likes confederate flags. My brain is so small I must then make an illogical jump to Ron Paul is a racist and likes confederate flags. Therefore, I must change my mind and not support him, it will also cause me to have feelings of white guilt and cause me to send money to Obama's campaign. I am Ameritard! Who actually falls for this shit.
He's probably Don Black, the guy who was trained on computers in Federal prison and calls 911 truth "ludicrous".
Those that pay him, obviously, and then also himself if he took on that job for any other reason than money
I think can hear Jerry Stiller touting Iran's capital one bank radio commercials touting it's checking account paying 2,500,000 times the US national average.
If the Federal Reserve's interest rates were raised to 10% what would the
interest payments on the national debt be a year? LOL
I'm American.
We're really good at killing people.
But our females do have nice tits.
This war with Iran is in the cards.
President Obama needs a bump.
Hey, hey, howbouta "NSFW" next to that link. (Yeah, the URL, http://fucklloydblankfein.blogspot.com/, wasn't a big enough clue-stick for me.)
Nice strategy for getting people to click your link, but I've has the pleasure of experiencing some rather nice and large "Persian" tits in my time. Persian titties, Iranian titties, whatever you call them, are among the world's best...
The escalation dance is sorta of like Flash Dance but with a nuclear edge.
and....... ALL the women would be hotties o_O
"Can you feeeeeeel it.....please belieeeeve it...."
Perfect parallel.
Oh what a feeling!
" . . . deputy head of procurement at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, was killed."
If all it takes to stop Iran from getting the Bomb is a few targeted strikes on facilities and key people, I would consider that a price worth paying.
Still, I have my doubts that the U.S. is behind it. We're not very good at keeping secrets here. More likely the Israelis or even the Saudis, both of whom are closer and who have better connections inside Iran; and who know that the U.S. will be the first to be blamed.
You sound very suggestible. And very willing to share your suggestible reasonings.
We're not very good at keeping secrets? Have you ever worked in a SCIF? Worked in the industry? Our government is damned good at keeping secrets.
Really? Then please explain all the chaos wrought by a lowly Army private (Manning) working with Wikileaks. Any organization's security is only are only as strong as their weakest link.
Mannings data dump was mostly embarrassing, not really worthy of true secrecy.
And where the hell are all the BAC documents, while we're on the subject? Anonymous, Wikileaks, looking at you here! Frauds.
Once you realize the "power" behind Anon/Wikileaks/et al ARE TPTB, then it makes sense.
Exactly! It is very plausible.
The Stratfor "hack" is a good example. Anonymous supposedly hacked it....
It would be incredibly easy for the CIA or DOD to "hack" Stratfor b/c they are essentially one and the same. I could hack my own website, if I had one, and scream that I had been hacked. Anyone can do it.
And then, the case for the internet freedom crackdown gains more acceptance....for "national security", ya know.
The meme that we are not good at keeping secrets implies, to those who accept it, that the world is transparent. It's one of the first weapons used to discredit any story that doesn't fit the establishment's story... followed next by labeling you a conspiracy theorist. Rinse and repeat.
9/11 is the worst kept secret out there, if you still have 2 neurons left to rub together.
Right you are. That's actually the most remarkable development of the last 15-20 years. Things don't really need to be kept secret any longer... just put it right out in the open. Look at the evolution from the Patriot Act to NDAA... baby steps to full on Gestapo-like police state in 10 short years and all done quite "legally". Remarkable.
Yes, I have worked in the industry. No, we are not good at keeping secrets. Maybe back in the 1950's when people were still worried about the Commies we were better, but in the 2000's when leaking a secret instantly turns you into a public hero and book agents start beating down your door, no, we're not very good at keeping secrets.
If you think the government is holding information back from you, it's because you don't realize that the government is, for the most part, just as clueless as the rest of us.
Looks like MSM is stilling working... the bliss of ignorance
Read (Confessions of an Economic Hitman) by John Perkins
Your name says it all!
Unreported? Not quite ... The news has been published for hours, no need to quote Fars. The device of choice was an electromagnetic bomb by the way.
I don't recall his exact words but Newt Gingrich, in a recent debate, did say something like America will go after Iranian scientific personnel such as those in Nuclear field.
Santorum called it. Murder Iranian scientists.
Link??
http://www.thedailyshow.com/#tool_tip_0
Pricks of Persia.
Murder and terrorism cannot be justified.
It's not murder or terrorism of course when the empire does it.
Think for a moment how our nation would respond if a foreign government were to target our scientists working for some DOE Lab. It is remarkable to me the cognititive dissonance required to support this as a reasonable strategy. It's almost too much to handle.
Under those names certainly not.
The question is What was it before? Thanks for the info........
This is a hoax story.
No scientist died. Someone else did and the rest is fabricated for fraud.
Not just died, killed.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45953703/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/#.Tw...
Motorcycle drove up beside the car, placed a magnetic bomb on it and drove off. Boom.
Not an accident, not an amatuer hit either.
I guess NDAA allows us to assassinate other countries citizens as well...huh...I'll have to go back and re-read the small print.
Let's see, Twin Towers average every day working folk murdered: 2819 http://nymag.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm Iranian nuclear scientists: 2 or 3 or 4.
Number of Muslin extremists to go: 2816
You are exactly the person I'm talking about above. Your mind is mush and you are a pawn.
No, that would be an act of war.
But you can grant them American citizenship first, in absentia, and ad mortem.
There you have it. First grant them American citizenship, then assassinate them...courtesy of NDAA and the best part of all folks, Big Brother sez it's now LEGAL.
I realize everyone here hates America and the Jews, but have we considered that this is a false flag by Iran? I keep hearing this "motorcyclist with magnetic bomb" ruse used over and over again. Call me crazy, but it doesn't seem like the Mossad would use the same tactics over and over again. The CIA, yes, the Mossad, no. Could this be Iran weeding out employees who just aren't working out, and garnering worldwide support against Israel at the same time?
I don't hate America and I don't hate Jews!
But you are sincerely deluded and naive if you don't know that black ops are used by many governments ALL THE TIME! The provocation campaign is in full force, as the US and Israel (their globalist PTB) want Iran to strike first due to PR issues.
Comments here are NOT about (for the most part) "hating American and the Jews", but hating the puppet masters who control their politices!
Broad generalizations are SO 3rd grade.
Whoa, pup, back your high horse the fuck up. It was a sarcastic remark, made after reading down the page of comments like "IT'S THE JOOOOSS!", etc. Cool your jets. I'm well aware that "black ops" are used by governments "ALL THE TIME" as you so eloquently put it (damn that sarcasm again). I'm also well aware that false flags are used "ALL THE TIME" and if you don't believe it, you should try reading a book sometime instead of moral grandstanding on an internet site like a giant bag of douche. I was merely bringing up the possibility that this isn't what it blatantly appears to be, simply because it appears to be so blatant. Now, back to you, for your "black ops" expertise and rebuttal.
You cootey-having doodiehead.
I apologize for not catching the sarcasm. I guess I am reacting to the number of trolls here today, and my sarc-sensor was malfunctioning. Now that I have apologized for my "egregious error", do you think you could lay off the expletives and large dose of snarky self-satisfaction?
And, I DO read books ALL THE TIME. I do not pretend to be an expert on "black ops" or anything geo-political for that matter. But you are as guilty as anyone here of postulating and speculating.
Let's all admit....we are ALL speculators at this point. Your tongue lashing was completely out of proportion to what I said.
Hmmm...very well. i apologize for the expletives and the snarky self-satisfaction.
These damn trolls make me grouchy. Hugs?
Okay. I think there are enough TRUE enemies out there...why should we make more?
PEACE
Occams Razor?
Have you guys seen the somments on the Faux News website? Big Herd of sheep
more like wolves..
If only we could have access to those nice little gadgets that spot electronic emissions from space. Then, perhaps, we could take the view of where, in Iranian held terrority, their land based anti-ship missile batteries are positioning.
I think the escalation will come from an attack on a western flagged ship. I doubt very much the Iranians will let lose on a combat vessel, as the chances of their ageing missiles getting through are fairly slim, but, an unescorted merchant vessel? Now, there's food for thought.
Accidents do happen at sea, you know.
How about 2 x seamines in the strait.
I tanker sinks, another floats away with assistance, but is a write-off
(this sort of thing has happened before in the area)
USN sends in ships, as it does.
Nothing much happens.
Two days later a DDG explodes from underneath, and sinks in under 15 mins. Massive rescue operation, hornet's nest.
The USN commanders know that was just a small foretaste of what Iran could have already done, so understands they're just fucking with the USN as a warning to stop acting like they can cut-off Iranian oil trade, and nothing will happen to the USN and world oil supply volumes.
USN can't do shit yet.
Ball is in White Hut's court.
Russia is on the red-phone and China and Japan are both going apeshit about the sanctions, and the possibility of a general war, that totally disrupts global energy supplies to East Asia. So they blame and threaten the White Hut in private, and say nothing much in public, to avoid total panic.
What will Barry do?
What ever the Banksters told him to do ... or he's D E A D
And that is the real danger ... Chief of Staff to see the President.
If that dumba$$ in the White House had assisted the Iranian students as they were uprising in 2009 this situation with Iran and its nukes would have evaporated. I guess the Iranian students stupidly believed Commander Zero's rhetoric during the 2008 campaign as did millions of dumbass Americans. The only price we paid is an imploding economy while the Iranian people paid for it in blood.
The pawn in the whitehouse does what he is told, like the one before him, and the one before him, and the one before him.
But that is not the plan! Don't you see? It's all been scripted....including contingency plans for unexpected "developments".
Iranian scientist bombed, nuclear enrichment increasing, more drone strikes in Pakistan, Pakistan's defence minister dismissed by civilian government........hmmm
Sounds like we're about to have a mighty big war.
All of this eventually leads to WWIII. It's only a matter of timing and how the sides are ultimately drawn.
And we are FOOLS if we think it won't come to America's shores!
I can't believe Americans put up with this shit. Their government is continuously putting the people at grave risk of retaliation from a radical foreign state by repeatedly attacking them both economically and covertly. How many CIA bombs have to go off before the third world war is started? Wake up America, get your shit together, and reign in your corrupt government before you screw all of us over...
As an American, I would agree....only to edit with the fact that America has been co-opted for the maniacal globalists' purpose. And it is difficult if not down right impossible to wake Americans up...as George Carlin said, The American Dream is for those that are asleep" (a paraphrase). It makes me sad and angry, not to mention quite overwhelmed.
I fear that Americans will only wake up when they are on their way to the FEMA camps or get fried in a nuclear attack. Then it's too late. : (
They'll be so scared that they will believe whatever they are told. It's going to be a dark time.
The loudest voices for war seem to have in inversely proportional relationship to their own personal experience of it. To be sure, the USA, Japan and Germany were all involved in world war ii, but the war never really reached American shores. In Germany and Japan, the experience was much different. This explains why germany laid its guns to rest and avoided military activity for about fifty years straight, Japan even more so. The USA on the other hand put its nose all over the place and deployed its military all over the world. The soviets with their dictatorship and travel restrictions weren't all that great, but neither were some of the us supported dictators either.
Notice how gingrich's claim to military experience is 'daddy's years in the infantry.'. He wants the army to confront Iran, but he probably can't even do one push-up. Doubtless he rationalizes his lack of military experience and simultaneous saber rattling by claiming that if he had enlisted, 'he would have been as good as dad.'. Santorum takes the embellishment a step further, talks about his grandfather's heroics as if his relative's physical courage is magically transmitted down to him despite his evident lack of service in the armed forces he is so keen to send in harm's way.
You have a very poor grasp of history. But then, most Americans for the last two generations are known to be incredibly ill-educated and ill-prepared for what the world is at the moment.
I say put all politicians, from global to local, in a ring with rusty switchblades. The last man standing can rule us all...
Thagt is a bogus yet often heard argument.
How does having served as an infrantyman, etc., in some dumb war, especially qualify one for commander in chief.
That is like saying that they guy who fixes the brakes on my Chevy has acquired the skills to run General Motors.
It's not a huge surprise we are referred to as "big satan". In other news it was reported American's are binge drinking at a increasing rate. I've led the way with that one!
Just remember: forgot about all this and just buy US stocks. Nothing else matters. Those were the actual headlines yesterday.
The view from Russia over the past couple of days:
--
--
The propaganda is getting sharper.
Same $hit I've heard from Russia for the past 50 years sonny. Do the world a favor, get an education. If you got one, I'd seriously rethink what you were taught.
But is there any particular point in there, which you feel is not entirely true, or an accurate characterisation?
Pravda is the National Enquirer of Russia, Were there any articles on two-headed boars?
Yeah, but it's also basically a mouth-piece for State opinions and leanings when the Russians want to say something to the rest of us, in more blunt terms.
Apparently Bigfoot lives in Seattle, next door to a barber's shop.
Does Israel have drones ?
Yes, Israel has very powerful drones... in the United States Congress. These drones are far more devastating than any conventional drones yet devised.
Yes. Ironically, one model looks a little like the old German V1.
Roy10 asks, rhetorically, how can an oil embargo be considered an act of war? What Roy fails to grasp is that no one here is obliged to do homework for him.
It is sufficient to say that the clear, direct and most appropriate Iranian response would be to use the embargo and the terror tactics against it to justify a change in policy concerning nukes. That is to say, Iran should build and deploy them forthwith.
Good post. The general population's inability to grasp such simple concepts is frightening. Oh well.
Doesn't Iran practice Sharia Law? I thought that forbade the charging of interest?
First of all Panetta admitted that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons.
http://troyounce.blogspot.com/2012/01/open-secret-panetta-admits-iran-no...
Secondly I would like to see what happens if a US nuclear scientist is blown to pieces in New York City. American just could not handle that.
US Secretaries of War never lie.
Err... Secretaries of supposed "Defense"
Nah, these guys are old-school ... they all know it's Secretary of War.
Secretary of Defense is just political correctness gone mad. /sarc
Scary how effective the US has become at economic wars. Well what goes around ...
We have many skilled and experienced people who know how to blow up economies.
Have a close look at who it is in the US Treasury's Financial Terrorism Section, who developed these sanctions.
They are all Jews.
And the Secretary of Treasury is a GS Bankster Jew.
That's who appointed them.
Here we go gain. What is the deal with all these Jew haters? I have met many some I like some not so much. But overall, they are not the worst out there.
Yeah, the ones at Treasury and Fed are real sweeties.
So ... 5 weeks 6 days ... eh?
Snap out of it bud.
Huh, are levels of Uranium enrichment correlated with interest rates in Iran now? Both are at 20%.
Sarc.
Haven't seen this many fucking Israeli trolls on an article for ages.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Israeli students to get $2,000 to spread state propaganda on Facebook
http://electronicintifada.net/blog/ali-abunimah/israeli-students-get-200...
Yeah, well the Saudis pay Al Queda to stay away. You want to pretend that they're not doing the same thing in Arab countries? Heck, in those countries and the way they give government jobs to almost everybody, those are probably full time jobs.
Mmm hmm. Your supervisor will read this and take notes: Bandwagoning is flimsy soiled toilet paper on top of a lousy argument.
You one of those goal-loving boys from the middle east son? Bet you hate it that 7 million Jews have been kicking the $hit out of half a billion muslims eh? Gets your 'goat'......lol
From Drudge, it says that a motorcyclist used a what appears to be a homemade limpet mine to 86 this guy. When the Hells Angels tell you to pay, you best shell it out.
If it's anything like the one planted (and successfully detonated) in the same method exactly one year ago today, it's hardly homemade. More like "The Sword of Gideon Crystal Radio Now With Bonus C4!" kit by Funco.
I pay my own government to keep its nose out of my business and property. The US pays the mujahedin to keep them off the streets. The mujahedin MKO with outside help summarily execute two human beings. The wheel goes 'round.
oh ri. 'Plain and simple', they've been trained. (in this kentucky case)
As have I probably.
The level of training is unknown. There is a book, 'Finding true magic', by Jack Elias regarding hypnotism in everyday life.
There are probably much better and more in depth books on the subject.
So don't stress yourself over hypnotic individuals so called distaste with you. (if my theory on everyday hypnotism is whatsoever right)
If it
truly is their own, their own will and opinion, well then. My guess as a laymen is there are many many levels of hypnotism, and unwinding the truth would be amazing.
I have a hard time believing, 90% of the things I hear from humans are actually inspired within themselves.
PS:
most of you guys should try TOR browser, because once installed you will see how many malicious scripts and sites are mixed into the 'truth' movement.
dont trust any website or blog and assume every person to be an agent provocteur.
this is from amazon.com
 >
Book Description
Publication Date: December 31, 2005
Finding True Magic is the primary training text for the Transpersonal Hypnotherapy/NLP Certification Program offered by the Institute for Therapeutic Learning. Finding True Magic and the Transpersonal Hypnotherapy/NLP training are appropriate for laypeople seeking personal growth, as well as for therapists and other professionals intent on advancing their therapeutic skills. In fact, about 50 per cent of ITL students take the training primarily for personal development. This book explores the possibilities for recognizing and freeing ourselves from a destructive process of perceiving, thinking, and acting that can be viewed as a pernicious worldwide epidemic. Unlike other diseases, which we strive to isolate and cure, this insidious fever has a characteristic that makes us blind to its presence: we come to identify its symptoms as our very own true self. We lovingly speak of this disease as our ego, our sense of limited separate selfhood. Jack Elias calls it "egoic-minding," because it is a process, not a thing. Egoic-minding is a fragmented, biased way of perceiving and thinking. It can be viewed as a sort of destructive hypnotic trance that causes us to experience each other as strangers, as different, as threats. The delirium of this trance causes us to do violence to each other and to our world, without ever recognizing that it (our egoic thought process) is the true enemy. By synthesizing insights and techniques of Eastern and Western philosophy and psychology, Finding True Magic explores various ways to disperse the feverish trance of egoic-minding, heal the trauma it causes, and wake us up to the sacred magic of our true Self. This true inner Self is the wellspring of our capacity for cooperation, community-building, and the celebration of life. Everyone has the right to the make use of the essential insights and dynamics of healing communication, without resorting to the long-term expense of a professional intermediary. The model of such therapeutic relationships has changed in recent years, due to the financial burdens it places on our medical system. Financial considerations aside, however, therapy and therapists should change simply because there is a more effective approach to healing and personal growth. That approach, which is the subject of this book, relies on the inherent goodness of our shared Being, a resource that is surprisingly easy to contact in the space between egoic thoughts. Most of us do not experience that space in the normal course of our thinking, however. We may be surprised to hear such a thing, given our experience of the seemingly impenetrable stream of our thoughts. But this space is quite real. It is the space of Silence, Healing Power, and Insight. We have all experienced this silence on occasion, perhaps through prayer, or in a tender moment of love or awe. Most of us have not been taught, and have remained unaware that this silent Presence is always so close and available. Holistic mind/body therapeutic techniques, such as those presented here, derive transformative power when they help us to tap into this willing Presence, also called Grace.
Sounds like it was writen by a Krishnamurti exponent ... still ... all quite true.
No wonder you use TOR if you go spreading around ideas of genuine peace, freedom and goodness, rather than the fake version, as you'll be in the meat truck by about 3:04AM if you keep that up.
I thought it was against Sharia law to charge interest...
Iran is not under sharia law.
quite, strangly it happens to be mostly US 'allies' who are observing Sharia precepts and punishments ... who would have thunk it?
Soon enough it's gonna happen in the US.