Ecuador To Sell A Third Of Its Amazon Rainforest To Chinese Oil Companies

"Ecuador is planning to auction off three million of the country's 8.1 million hectares of pristine Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies...

"The report comes as oil pollution forced neighboring Peru to declare an environmental state of emergency in its northern Amazon rainforest.

Ecuador owed China more than $7 billion — more than a tenth of its GDP — as of last summer."

DOES YOUR COUNTRY HAVE 'NATIONAL PARKS? CHANCES ARE, THEY HAVE LOTS OF TREES, OIL AND MINERALS IN THEM.

WHEN YOUR COUNTRY IS CASH POOR AND OWES TONS OF MONEY TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, THOSE 'PARKS' ARE SOLD OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN AFRICA AND NOW SLOWLY HAPPENING IN SOUTH AMERICA.

Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval

"Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals, The Center for Investigative Reporting has found.

At least 148 women received tubal ligations in violation of prison rules during those five years – and there are perhaps 100 more dating back to the late 1990s, according to state documents and interviews."

ARE THE PRISONS CO-ED THESE DAYS? 

HOW ELSE WOULD THESE WOMEN GET PREGNANT IN JAIL?

Fukushima Radiation Pouring Into The Dying Pacific Spiked 9,000% MINIMUM In The Last Week

THAT'S CORRECT: SPIKED 9,000 PER CENT IN ONE WEEK!

China’s Arctic Strategy

"In addition, as the Northern Sea Route opens up as a cheaper alternative for transcontinental shipping and trade, Russia will almost certainly seek to establish an advantageous tariff regime; China can now make certain that Russia heeds its voice in setting those tariff rates. China will also now have a secure footing from which it can defend what it will claim to be its “legitimate rights” in the Arctic. It is quite conceivable that China will now use that foothold to demand as well a voice in the resolution of Arctic territorial boundaries that are up for decision."

Historical Roots of the Social Crisis in Brazil. The Role of the IMF

"According to Marcos Arruda of PACS, a non-governmental research center in Rio de Janeiro:

“Lula’s economic team by pursuing IMF-imposed policies is gutting social payments not just for the retired, but also for the disabled and the poorer families as well.” The pursuance of orthodox economic policies has also pushed up official unemployment to 12 percent while domestic interest rates stand at 26.5 percent, among the highest rates in the world. In Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, unemployment has reached 20 percent."

IMF:  INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND.

Why Canadians Should Be Demanding Answers About Secret Surveillance Programs

"Does this mean Canadian authorities are engaged in similar forms of surveillance? That phone companies such as Bell and Telus are subject to warrants similar to those faced by Verizon? That Internet companies co-operate with Canadian authorities? That Canadian and U.S. authorities share information obtained through programs such as the Verizon meta-data program or PRISM? That Canadians are targeted by the U.S. programs?

The law would suggest that all of these things are entirely possible. Given the integrated communications networks and the increased information sharing, it seems very likely. Yet since virtually everything remain shrouded in secrecy, Canadians don't know for sure. As the calls for greater oversight ring out in the U.S., it is time for Canadians to consider the privacy and surveillance risks associated with cloud-based services and to demand answers and accountability from Canada's politicians and security agencies."

UK stops all smart meter installations - News censored in the US (video)

"The representatives from Stop Smart Meters! (UK) share their concerns about adverse health effects from wireless smart meters due to the pulsed microwave radiation that is emitted 24/7 by these meters, up to 190,000 pulses a day - acute effects (insomnia, headaches, nausea, anxiety and depression, fatigue and memory/concentration problems) and chronic effects (including increased risk of cancer, infertility, dementia, immune system dysfunction, damage to fetuses); environmental damage from wireless smart meters - RF radiation affecting bees, plants, trees, birds etc and the inherent energy-inefficiency of wireless technology: cybersecurity problems - leaving homes and communities vulnerable to hacking of their smart meters; privacy issues - concerning the masses of real-time data on energy usage collected by the utility company which gives a detailed picture of family life inside a home with a smart meter, who will have access to that data, and how that data will be used; and the specter of higher bills resulting from smart meters - as has been the experience in Canada where 80% of Smart Meter users complain of higher bills within a year of installation, often more that 50% higher."

Billionaires Dumping Stocks, Economist Knows Why

"It’s very likely that these professional investors are aware of specific research that points toward a massive market correction, as much as 90%."