Is Your Home Really Safe? What If Someone Broke In And NO ONE Cared?

Is your home really your castle? Can someone just break in and you have no recourse? Does that make you feel safe?

I say f**k NO.

Nevertheless, we have read story after story about the banksters doing just that. Wrong Home. Bank Forecloses on Home with No Mortgage. Bank Refuses Even to Talk About Short Sale. Bank Sends Borrower into HAMP-Created Hall of Mirrors and Forecloses Anyhow.

Makes you wonder how long until the banksters suggest debtor prisons again.

Well in a story recently out, the bank just broke into someone's home and did as they wanted. Yes just broke in (no wonder gun sales are rising).

Enter Nancy Jacobini. A company hired by JP Morgan to manage properties broke into her home while she was inside even though the property was not in foreclosure. Felling safer?

But I have to say the banksters have BIG kahonas. The bank broke in a second time, after Jacobini had filed suit in Federal court. And what exactly was the terrible, horrible thing Ms. Jacobinin was accused of doing by the banksters? The lame excuses made, that she was not paying her utilities and had abandoned the house - which were simply untrue. (instead of bomb shelters we now need safe rooms).

Finally, Jacobini’s attorney, Matt Weidner, obtained a favorable ruling by the judge indicating that the bank’s actions were wrong. The judge simply did not believe bankster’s position that it had broad rights to enter the house (think of being raided on Thanksgiving as Grand-Ma watches in terror as "hoodlum and thugs" (that is what the Government has called non-violent OWS protesters) take your thanksgiving dinner as well as the kitchen sink. (Should we all keep pepper-spray (you know the GOP says after all it is just a food) handy for such interlopers?

The judge looks to the limitations put on the banks’ right to gain access and dismissed JP Morgan’s motion to dismiss. Unfortunately that does not mean poor JP Morgan has yet been convicted of anything.

Do you still ask why there is an OWS?

If it can happen to Nancy Jacobini, it could (may or will) happen to you too!

If you are having lamb today, remember how easily lambs are lead to slaughter. Right now too many of us are lambs, being fooled by the kleptocracy and banksters.

Happy Thanksgiving to us all (yes to the 1% that also includes the rest of the 99%).

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Police State - Photo of the Day!

If you don't realize we are under a police state, it may be too late.

I fear most public repression.  When we prohibit free and unaltered speech we are no no longer free.  We are simply living in the cage which was built for us.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826).

And that is where we are, the government has taken control!

I no longer feel that we, the ordinary American is in control.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery. - Jean Jaqueas Rousseau

Remember that.  A man without the ability to object, is a slave!





I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Stuart, 1791.

Danger Danger - Warning Will Robinson

So I liked Lost In Space as a kid (so did JFK, Jr.)

It is time again for me to raise some points about what is happening in the financial community. I often am asked, so what are you doing?  What should I do?  Where should I put my money?

I am not a financial expert,but instead rely on a number of people to advise me and I read as much as I can before I make an investment decision.  One of the sources that I have found to be the best these days (when nothing makes sense any more) is http://www.zerohedge.com/.

Zero Hedge is funny, irreverent and doesn't put an "establishment" spin on world financial news.  I suggest to everyone they should read Zero Hedge as often as possible.

For example, today they have an excellent article about the risk in the banking sector.  Be forewarned there is danger ahead Will Robinson.

From Zero Hedge: S&P Pre-Announces The Bank Christmas Massacre

Sovereign credit issues have been front-and-center in terms of recent headlines as cost of funds and the balance between growth and austerity becomes unhinged among the once-upon-a-time risk-free entities. What has had less play very recently is the crisis that is going in the banking systems of the world as investors are as loathed to take any exposure to an opaque and clearly insolvent group of organizations. Credit (and to a lesser degree - equity) markets have shown their disapproval as spreads are as bad (if not worse) than at any time before, and yet the ratings agencies have yet to act - especially in the US. All that is about to change as Reuters gently reminds us that S&P is about to update it bank credit ratings framework. The model is complex by nature but as we have seen time and time again, the agencies tend to lag prices (spreads) and in that case, we can expect downgrades as an early Christmas present.

The impact of a downgrade can be very significant - aside from simply reducing investor appetite for risk (in its simplest form), it can trigger collateral calls and in a world where liquidity is hard to come by, and with the magnitude of funding (and rolling maturing debt) due over the next few quarters, we suspect this will be the catalyst for another leg down in equity prices as they snap back to credit's reality.

Merry Christmas.  S&P may do what OWS has yet to achieve.

Money out of Nothing.

The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight of hand that was ever invented. Banking was conceived in inequity and born in sin... Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them but leave them the power to create money, and, with a flick of a pen, they will create enough money to buy it back again... Take this great power away from them, or if you want to continue to be the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let bankers continue to create money and control credit.

This was not written by OWS.  Guess who said this and when.

OWS Police State Update - Dorli Rainey, 84-Year-Old Occupy Seattle Protester, Pepper Sprayed In The Face

So now the "police" find the need to Pepper Spray in the face Dorli Rainey, an 84-Year-Old Occupy Seattle Protester.

Imagine your mother or grand-mother pepper sprayed!  They may be carrying bombs or semi-automatic weapons.  Mine carry lip-stick and sometimes gum; but you never know.  Little old ladies these days are dangerous!!!!!

Rainey was among a group of Seattle protesters scattered by police on Tuesday. A pregnant 19-year-old woman was also reportedly hit by pepper spray Tuesday, The Associated Press reported, though police haven't confirmed the incident.

A priest was also among those pepper sprayed during the protesters' march from their camp at Seattle Central Community College to Westlake Park, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Police officers on bicycles attempted to block the protesters' way. After tensions mounted, the police used pepper spray to disperse the crowd.

Good, let's clear the streets of priests and pregnant women and old ladies.  More room for the Ferrari driving super rich to jet off to St. Barts.

Welcome to The United Police States of America!

The three aims of the tyrant are, one, the humiliation of his subjects; he knows that a mean-spirited man will not conspire against anybody; two, the creation of mistrust among them; for a tyrant is not to be overthrown until men begin to have confidence in one another -- and this is the reason why tyrants are at war with the good; they are under the idea that their power is endangered by them, not only because they will not be ruled despotically, but also because they are too loyal to one another and to other men, and do not inform against one another or against other men -- three, the tyrant desires that all his subjects shall be incapable of action, for no one attempts what is impossible and they will not attempt to overthrow a tyranny if they are powerless.

Aristotle.

I have written about how I view OWS as just the start of the 99% realizing that they are being systematically controlled and turned into serfs for the ruling oligarchy - the concept of kleptocracy. Just as Aristotle said, the ruling elite will stop at nothing to keep serfs, the 99%, in line.

I have also commented about how the police kept the media far away during their crackdowns in Zuccotti Park (Liberty Park). It happened again last night, clearly to prevent the public from seeing images of their efforts to clear the square. There were reports at the time via the live feed of protesters being tear gassed and dragged away by their arms and legs, and later of the use of pepper spray and batons.

The video below was from this morning, when the police were keeping protesters out of the park.

The protesters show a copy of a court order that protesters be allowed in the park and are (predictably) denied access to the park. Then the police appear to punch a woman (at around 1:45); although, the footage does not show the actual blow - but you can pretty clearly infer from her suddenly being on the ground in obvious pain what happened.

If this is what you see, imagine what happened last night, with no cameras and videos to constrain police aggression.

As reported by http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/

The area around Zuccotti Park was subject last night to a 9/11 level lockdown over peaceful, lawful protests by a small number of people. No credible case has been made by the officialdom that the protestors had violated any laws. Martial law level restrictions were in place. Subways were shut down. Local residents were not allowed to leave their buildings. People were allowed into the area only if they showed ID with an address in the ‘hood. Media access was limited to those with official press credentials, which is almost certainly a small minority of those who wanted to cover the crackdown (the Times’ Media Decoder blog says that journalists are describing the tactics, as we did, as a media blackout). Moreover, reading the various news stories, it appears they were kept well away from the actual confrontation (for instance, the reported tear gassing of the Occupiers in what had been the kitchen, as well as separate accounts of the use of pepper spray and batons). News helicopters were forced to land. As of 10 AM, reader Wentworth reported that police helicopters were out in force buzzing lower Manhattan.

Perhaps even more alarming and insidious in this episode is that there is a “police” officer videotaping protesters. Is there anyone out there who still doesn’t grasp the gravity of this?? This is suppose to be a free country, but with "police" taping protesters it makes one wonder what is next. It is standard procedure in police states world wide to video those opposed to the ruling kleptocracy. Next usually come the "visits" in the night.

That poor blond woman who got punched has paid her dues. She can proudly tell future generations: “I shed my blood for this country!”

The mere fact that those police did such a reprehensible act in full view of cameras tells the tale. They feel invincible and righteous. Classic authoritarian mind set.

It appears that Bloomberg is the bell wether for the rest of the State and Local Authorities. He is ‘pushing the envelope’ against the protesters. The more he gets away with, the more he will try to ‘accomplish.’ The sinister ties of the NYC police administration with the Feds suggests a stepping stone approach will be implemented nationwide. (Or already is so being engaged in.)  Today we learned that the Mayors of at least 18 Cities had a joint conference call to discuss "tactics."

Although various right wing tea-party fascists seem to have appropriated this wonderful quotation, I think what we are seeing before us today in Liberty Plaza (and elsewhere around this country) is exactly what Thomas Jefferson was talking about when he wrote the following words:

The British ministry have so long hired their gazetteers to repeat and model into every form lies about our being in anarchy, that the world has at length believed them, the English nation has believed them, the ministers themselves have come to believe them, and what is more wonderful, we have believed them ourselves. Yet where does this anarchy exist? Where did it ever exist, except in the single instance of Massachusets? And can history produce an instance of a rebellion so honourably conducted? I say nothing of it’s motives. They were founded in ignorance, not wickedness. God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion. The people can not be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. We have had 13 states independant 11 years. There has been one rebellion. That comes to one rebellion in a century and a half for each state. What country ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.

Ladies and Gentlemen, our rights to free speech and free assembly are being taken from us before our eyes (when the "police" can't stop the media and protesters from capturing images).

When we saw protesters in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East, the Government applauded and defended them. When OWS happens in the US, they are deemed thugs and criminals (as quoted by Aristotle, the first step is "the humiliation of his subjects").

All we are getting and will continue to see on network and cable “news” apparatus is misinformation; that the protests were “dangerous”, and “dirty”, a “public risk”, etc., etc., The police state must be shown up for what they are, (brutal, violent, illegal and undemocratic) and held up in plain view of the public. More peaceful and truthful confrontation is absolutely necessary. I will be there offering up my head to a police club.  I just hope someone else gets the video up on youtube.

Remember Aristotle's words " three, the tyrant desires that all his subjects shall be incapable of action, for no one attempts what is impossible and they will not attempt to overthrow a tyranny if they are powerless."