Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, deconstructs the myths of Canada's economic strength. Prepare Yourself Accordingly.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Max Keiser - Bitcoin, Bernanke & Buffett | London Real
Max Keiser of Russia Today drops by to explain the genesis and implications of the digital currency Bitcoin, why The Federal Reserve and the banking system should apologise to the people for manipulating interest rates, how Warren Buffett is complicit in the Mexican drug trade by purchasing Wells Fargo, and Max's crazy times in the 1980s as a New York City stockbroker by day and punk-rock party animal by night.
Bitcoin bomb may blow up Banks bondage, hence US attacks
Bitcoin bomb may blow up banks' bondage, hence US attacks'
I was wondering when the fed was going to shut it down. Yeah it's kind of hard to defend against money laundering when the whole point of your currency alternative is anonymity and ease of exchange. It was only a matter of time. Even gold dealers can't exchange large sums of cash without reporting it to the IRS.
The government has a monopoly on currency...one of the worst kind of monopolies any one can have, they have this monopoly because they use coercion and force to keep it. In which case the US government also has yet another monopoly that is detrimental to citizens of any society, a monopoly on force and use of "legitimatized" violence...the US govt is one of the most corrupt monopolistic corporations in the world! They are now flexing their power to keep their monopoly which is threatened by free market forces trying to override government failures...
We need a revolution in this country if for no other reason than to level the playing field. Our money is worthless because of all of the hustles of the banks and our government. We not only need something like Bitcoin, we also need to get rid of the banks and install a new government.
Bitcoin is a new generation's response to wanting to pursue and alternative to what amounts to totalitarianism. Why should the US care? To preserve "Our Integrity" ? The banks are nothing more than a bunch of vampires in brooks brothers suits. Their motto should be “We’d prefer blood but………we’ll take cash.”
I was wondering when the fed was going to shut it down. Yeah it's kind of hard to defend against money laundering when the whole point of your currency alternative is anonymity and ease of exchange. It was only a matter of time. Even gold dealers can't exchange large sums of cash without reporting it to the IRS.
The government has a monopoly on currency...one of the worst kind of monopolies any one can have, they have this monopoly because they use coercion and force to keep it. In which case the US government also has yet another monopoly that is detrimental to citizens of any society, a monopoly on force and use of "legitimatized" violence...the US govt is one of the most corrupt monopolistic corporations in the world! They are now flexing their power to keep their monopoly which is threatened by free market forces trying to override government failures...
We need a revolution in this country if for no other reason than to level the playing field. Our money is worthless because of all of the hustles of the banks and our government. We not only need something like Bitcoin, we also need to get rid of the banks and install a new government.
Bitcoin is a new generation's response to wanting to pursue and alternative to what amounts to totalitarianism. Why should the US care? To preserve "Our Integrity" ? The banks are nothing more than a bunch of vampires in brooks brothers suits. Their motto should be “We’d prefer blood but………we’ll take cash.”
Economic Collapse In America 2013 - 2014
Economic Collapse In America 2013 - 2014
I think the collapse of the dollar is the last best hope this world has of ridding ourselves from the criminal elite based in Washington District of Criminals. We all know this Ponzi scheme will end someday, how exactly, and when is up in the air but it will end. What we will do, will be largely in response to what the rulers do in their attempt to maintain their power and privilege at the expense of people like us. Namely how will they continue to enslave us if we don’t use their currency, don’t do business with their banks and don’t buy their stuff anymore, and most of all stop paying their illegal debts? If a provisional government springs up in an aria of the country and declares all debt based on fiat currency illegal and null en void, what will the rulers do when they can’t rule us economically? If people with no “job” have time instead to grow their own food in yards and vacant lots and devote all of their efforts to providing for themselves and not the “government” what will the “government” do in response? If economies become informal and local, based on value and real wealth, (is this thing useful to me?) how can there be a giant monster of a “government” exploiting everyone for the benefit of a handful of elite in-bred ruling families? I think there can’t. So I wait for the death of the dollar with bated breath. I look forward to it and anticipate it. It is the hope that this murdering monster we know as the American Federal “Government” may at last die its long overdue death.
I think the collapse of the dollar is the last best hope this world has of ridding ourselves from the criminal elite based in Washington District of Criminals. We all know this Ponzi scheme will end someday, how exactly, and when is up in the air but it will end. What we will do, will be largely in response to what the rulers do in their attempt to maintain their power and privilege at the expense of people like us. Namely how will they continue to enslave us if we don’t use their currency, don’t do business with their banks and don’t buy their stuff anymore, and most of all stop paying their illegal debts? If a provisional government springs up in an aria of the country and declares all debt based on fiat currency illegal and null en void, what will the rulers do when they can’t rule us economically? If people with no “job” have time instead to grow their own food in yards and vacant lots and devote all of their efforts to providing for themselves and not the “government” what will the “government” do in response? If economies become informal and local, based on value and real wealth, (is this thing useful to me?) how can there be a giant monster of a “government” exploiting everyone for the benefit of a handful of elite in-bred ruling families? I think there can’t. So I wait for the death of the dollar with bated breath. I look forward to it and anticipate it. It is the hope that this murdering monster we know as the American Federal “Government” may at last die its long overdue death.
NEWS ALERT - N.Korea Launches 4th Missile In Two Days
NEWS ALERT - N.Korea Launches 4th Missile In Two Days
U.S. official says communications show North Korea could be planning to launch a mobile missile. North Korea Statement April 4, 2013 Pyongyang, April 4 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the National Peace Committee of Korea issued a statement on Thursday. The U.S. is now hurling latest nuclear war hardware into south Korea, pushing the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of a war, the statement said, and went on: Defying public rebuff and criticism at home and abroad, the U.S. sent to south Korea Aegis destroyers John S. McCain and Decatur equipped with interceptor missiles and SBX-1 in the wake of its introduction of nuclear submarine Cheyenne, B-52, B-2A, F-22 under the pretext of the Foal Eagle joint military exercises. Worse still, it said it would send super-large nuclear aircraft carrier to the waters off the Korean Peninsula soon. The sky, land and seas of south Korea are deluged with U.S. latest nuclear war hardware. The U.S. imperialists have pursued ceaseless war moves since their occupation of south Korea, creating a tough-and-go situation several times. But never have they worked so desperately to launch a nuclear war against the DPRK with all type latest nuclear hardware involved as now. This is not a mere threat and blackmail against the DPRK and a demonstration of armed forces but a very dangerous military provocation to unleash a nuclear war on the peninsula at any cost. The U.S. seems to show off its muscle by introducing latest nuclear weapons into south Korea but this would get them nowhere. It is seriously mistaken if it thinks it can frighten the DPRK with such latest weapons. Cutting-edge weapons are not a monopoly of the U.S. and gone are the days never to return when it could invade other countries with nukes as it pleased. The DPRK already declared that it would no longer remain a passive onlooker to the U.S. imperialists' frantic moves to ignite a nuclear war but make every possible effort including a preemptive nuclear strike to defend the dignity of the supreme leadership of the country and the destiny of the nation. If the U.S. imperialists provoke a nuclear war against the DPRK, they will not be able to escape a miserable ruin in face of the powerful precision nuclear strike means of the DPRK. The south Korean puppet regime will not be an exception as it is offering south Korea as the ground for displaying supplicated nuclear weapons and theatre of test nuclear war of the U.S. The U.S. and the south Korean warmongers had better stop their rash actions, deeply aware of the gravity of the prevailing situation.
Is This The END of BITCOIN? ~ U.S. BLOCKS World's Largest BITCOIN Exchange
U.S. BLOCKS World's Largest BITCOIN Exchange - Is This The END of BITCOIN?
More bumps in the road are probably in store for Bitcoin. The virtual currency has seen some massive swings in value over the last several weeks, but that volatility is not likely to end soon, its lead developer suggested on Saturday.
"We've been on a roller coaster ride," said Gavin Andresen, chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, which provides much of the core backend development for the currency.
"I expect for the next few years we're going to remain on a roller coaster ride," he said, speaking in front of a packed room of developers, enthusiasts, venture capitalists and other industry players at Bitcoin 2013, the first conference in Silicon Valley to be held on the topic.
Bitcoin is a digital currency that is managed and traded on a peer-to-peer computer network. Often referred to as a form of "crypto-currency," it is intended to be a decentralized form of payment not regulated by any financial institution or governmental body. A variety of online retailers and a growing number of brick-and-mortar stores are now accepting Bitcoins, which can either be purchased through exchanges on the Internet or "mined" by using specialized hardware.
Hitting some bumps
But the growing attention the currency has experienced has come with numerous setbacks as well, in the form of hacks, the shutdown of various exchanges, seizure of accounts and huge selloffs in Bitcoin.
In March, Bitcoins were trading for roughly US$30. Then for a brief period in April its price on the Tokyo-based exchange Mt. Gox skyrocketed to over $230. A couple of days later, its value plummeted to roughly $120 as a massive sell off forced Mt. Gox to temporarily shut down.
This past week, Mt. Gox received a seizure order of its funds by the Department of Homeland Security, triggered by an alleged failure to comply with U.S. financial regulations.
Despite the challenges, Bitcoin's Andresen is not deterred. "We have to be reliable and resilient," he said. The foundation, which currently just has two full-time staff, is looking to hire a Washington lawyer this year to engage with politicians and to help support the currency's growth.
Hundreds of attendees are at the Bitcoin conference, with roughly 20 exhibitors offering a range of Bitcoin-related products such as digital wallets, specialized trading services, and analytical tools.
"Star power" has even been provided by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss , the brothers claiming ownership of the idea for Facebook, who delivered the opening keynote on Friday night
Bitcoin supporters promise banking 'revolution'
Some workers are now even being paid with new virtual currency that you can only spend online.
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Bitcoin threatens both the financial elite's monopoly over the economy and the online web of payment systems which have been used as a tool to crack down on free speech on the Internet, Amir Taaki, a bitcoin software developer, told RT.
On Wednesday, The US Department of Homeland Security seized a payment processing account belonging to Mt. Gox, the largest international Bitcoin trader over claims the monetary exchange service had falsified financial documents.
The US government has never hidden the fact that it is closely watching the virtual currency, which international regulators have thus far failed to keep a lid on.
But while banks and governments have treated the Bitcoin payment system as an "existential threat" to current financial system, Taaki argues that the virtual currency epitomizes real free trade and is a necessary tool to maximize the benefits of a free and open market.
Amir Taaki: The basic gist of it is, there is this network of people worldwide, and any person that joins the Bitcoin network is responsible for upholding it. The Bitcoin is actually a form of money, like the dollar, euro or pound, but it's virtual currency
More bumps in the road are probably in store for Bitcoin. The virtual currency has seen some massive swings in value over the last several weeks, but that volatility is not likely to end soon, its lead developer suggested on Saturday.
"We've been on a roller coaster ride," said Gavin Andresen, chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, which provides much of the core backend development for the currency.
"I expect for the next few years we're going to remain on a roller coaster ride," he said, speaking in front of a packed room of developers, enthusiasts, venture capitalists and other industry players at Bitcoin 2013, the first conference in Silicon Valley to be held on the topic.
Bitcoin is a digital currency that is managed and traded on a peer-to-peer computer network. Often referred to as a form of "crypto-currency," it is intended to be a decentralized form of payment not regulated by any financial institution or governmental body. A variety of online retailers and a growing number of brick-and-mortar stores are now accepting Bitcoins, which can either be purchased through exchanges on the Internet or "mined" by using specialized hardware.
Hitting some bumps
But the growing attention the currency has experienced has come with numerous setbacks as well, in the form of hacks, the shutdown of various exchanges, seizure of accounts and huge selloffs in Bitcoin.
In March, Bitcoins were trading for roughly US$30. Then for a brief period in April its price on the Tokyo-based exchange Mt. Gox skyrocketed to over $230. A couple of days later, its value plummeted to roughly $120 as a massive sell off forced Mt. Gox to temporarily shut down.
This past week, Mt. Gox received a seizure order of its funds by the Department of Homeland Security, triggered by an alleged failure to comply with U.S. financial regulations.
Despite the challenges, Bitcoin's Andresen is not deterred. "We have to be reliable and resilient," he said. The foundation, which currently just has two full-time staff, is looking to hire a Washington lawyer this year to engage with politicians and to help support the currency's growth.
Hundreds of attendees are at the Bitcoin conference, with roughly 20 exhibitors offering a range of Bitcoin-related products such as digital wallets, specialized trading services, and analytical tools.
"Star power" has even been provided by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss , the brothers claiming ownership of the idea for Facebook, who delivered the opening keynote on Friday night
Bitcoin supporters promise banking 'revolution'
Some workers are now even being paid with new virtual currency that you can only spend online.
bitcoin system unknown download wallet currency "bitcoin wallet" freedom banks cryption technology transfer cash "goods and services" "bitcoin software" developer "software developer" economy matrix network money dollar euro pounds "central bank" regulation finance paypal "payment system" politics "free speech" safe trust gold silver "gold bullion" "open source" "silver bullion" transaction u.s. "united states" "united kingdom" elite "new world order" threat power censorship underground economy civil liberty human rights federal reserve free market 2013 rt russia today china russia today alex jones infowars david icke gerald celente trends in the news lindsey williams glenn beck
Bitcoin threatens both the financial elite's monopoly over the economy and the online web of payment systems which have been used as a tool to crack down on free speech on the Internet, Amir Taaki, a bitcoin software developer, told RT.
On Wednesday, The US Department of Homeland Security seized a payment processing account belonging to Mt. Gox, the largest international Bitcoin trader over claims the monetary exchange service had falsified financial documents.
The US government has never hidden the fact that it is closely watching the virtual currency, which international regulators have thus far failed to keep a lid on.
But while banks and governments have treated the Bitcoin payment system as an "existential threat" to current financial system, Taaki argues that the virtual currency epitomizes real free trade and is a necessary tool to maximize the benefits of a free and open market.
Amir Taaki: The basic gist of it is, there is this network of people worldwide, and any person that joins the Bitcoin network is responsible for upholding it. The Bitcoin is actually a form of money, like the dollar, euro or pound, but it's virtual currency
Lindsey Williams ~ America is next after Cyprus
Lindsey Williams on Goldseek Radio 18 May 2013
Lindsey Williams delivers more earth shattering critical information on the plans of the Illuminati (whom he refers to as ''The Elite'') to destroy the world economy through the derivative market, which will subsequently cause the collapse of every currency in the world. He states that the Elite will then pose as the savior of the global economy- by providing the solution they already had waiting in the wings; One World Currency. As the alternative to the decimation caused by inflation. Williams states that the turmoil in Cyprus was merely an example of what will happen in countries across the globe, although in less obvious terms; devaluation as opposed to outright confiscation. He refers to the Canadian Government's Economic Action Plan 2013 which includes provisions to institute ''bail-ins'' to save insolvent banks via the use of bank capital (i.e. your deposits) which can clearly be evidenced in documentation on pages 144-145. (Google ''Economic Action Plan of 2013'' of the Canadian Government- see for yourself. Also view the link here http://www.budget.gc.ca/2013/doc/plan...) Williams also mentions that the healthcare bill which comes into effect on January 1st 2014 will completely destroy the United States Healthcare System.
Tribulation Last Days Prophecy The Rapture Book of Daniel Antichrist - What You Never Knew
'The Tribulation - Hidden Secrets Revealed From Texts Predating The Bible' found at www.TheTribulation.us is the new mind-blowing book by Dr. Scott McQuate that reveals powerful secrets about the epic event known as the Great Tribulation, that have been hidden beneath the pages of the Bible. Learn the fascinating and alarming messages, completely unknown to scholars and theologians, that the ancient Sumerians, Mayans, Hebrews and others tried to give us that have been concealed for millennia by the Illuminati. If you've read any other works by highly-acclaimed author Dr. Scott McQuate, you know that what he reveals from his research is unlike anything else you've ever seen. Read this scintillating, non-fiction book today and prepare yourself for a roller-coaster ride that begins by exploring your very own DNA and a recently-discovered, ancient stone hive before moving to the Egyptian temple at Dendera and then onto the furthest reaches of the space-time continuum. This is never-before-revealed information that will shock you while providing real answers like nothing you've read before. Get ready for what the world has never known. www.TheTribulation.us
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Role Of Russia & China In Changing The World Order By Sheikh Imran Hosein
Role Of Russia & China In Changing The World Order By Sheikh Imran Hosein
Imran Nazar Hosein is a leading International Islamic Philosopher, Scholar and author, specialising in world politics, economy, eschatology , modern socio-economic/political issues and expert on international affairs. He is best- selling author of Jerusalem in the Qur'an. Imran Nazar Hosein was born on the Caribbean island of Trinidad in 1942 to parents whose ancestors had migrated from India as indentured labourers. He studied Islam, Philosophy and International Relations at several universities and institutions of higher learning. Among them are al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad, the University of Karachi in Pakistan, the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies in Karachi, Pakistan, and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
Webster Tarpley ~ Ending the FED is not The Solution
Webster Tarpley world crisis radio May 18 2013 : S897; Benghazi; Syria; Reactionary march and more
Webster Griffin Tarpley is a philosopher of history who seeks to provide the programs and strategies needed to overcome the current world crisis. As an activist historian he first became widely known for his book George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography (1992), a masterpiece of research which is still a must read. Tarpley is a member of the "world anti-imperialist conference" Axis for Peace, of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and of a research Netzwerk of German 9/11 authors founded in September 2006. He is featured in the film, Zero: an investigation into 9/11 During 2008, he warned of the dangers of an Obama presidency controlled by Wall Street with Obama: The Postmodern Coup, The Making of a Manchurian Candidate and Barack H. Obama: The Unauthorized Biography. His interest in economics is reflected in Surviving the Cataclysm: Your Guide Through the Worst Financial Crisis in Human HistoryAgainst Oligarchy. He is currently completing a study of Pearl Harbor as an episode in Wall Street's war against President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, and FDR's economic bill of rights. His books have appeared in Japanese, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. From 1974 to 1984, he was a correspondent in central Europe, during which time he co-authored Chi ha ucciso Aldo Moro (Who Killed Aldo Moro, 1978) a study of international terrorism. In 1979-80, he appeared as commentator for Teleradiosole, a television station in Rome. From 1984 to 1996, he was a correspondent in Washington DC. Tarpley is the co-author of George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography (1992), which has sold 30,000 copies and remains the only critical biography of the former President. In 1997 he published an anthology entitled Against Oligarchy: Essays and Speeches 1970-1996. These books can be consulted on the internet at www.tarpley.net. His 9/11 Synthetic Terror, the Bible of the 9/11 Truth Movement, has sold over 20,000 copies. His two books on Obama are virtually the only critical ones in print from a progressive viewpoint. Tarpley has lectured in numerous colleges and universities around the world. In 1995 he was named a consultant to the Universal Ecological Academy of Moscow. He holds an MA from Skidmore College and a Ph.D. in history from the Catholic University of America. Webster Tarpley's talk show World Crisis Radio is now broadcast on the Genesis World Report on GCNLive Free Internet Streaming Radio, Saturdays, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern (1-3 Central, 11-1 Pacific), all 4 networks.
Webster Griffin Tarpley is a philosopher of history who seeks to provide the programs and strategies needed to overcome the current world crisis. As an activist historian he first became widely known for his book George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography (1992), a masterpiece of research which is still a must read. Tarpley is a member of the "world anti-imperialist conference" Axis for Peace, of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and of a research Netzwerk of German 9/11 authors founded in September 2006. He is featured in the film, Zero: an investigation into 9/11 During 2008, he warned of the dangers of an Obama presidency controlled by Wall Street with Obama: The Postmodern Coup, The Making of a Manchurian Candidate and Barack H. Obama: The Unauthorized Biography. His interest in economics is reflected in Surviving the Cataclysm: Your Guide Through the Worst Financial Crisis in Human HistoryAgainst Oligarchy. He is currently completing a study of Pearl Harbor as an episode in Wall Street's war against President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, and FDR's economic bill of rights. His books have appeared in Japanese, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. From 1974 to 1984, he was a correspondent in central Europe, during which time he co-authored Chi ha ucciso Aldo Moro (Who Killed Aldo Moro, 1978) a study of international terrorism. In 1979-80, he appeared as commentator for Teleradiosole, a television station in Rome. From 1984 to 1996, he was a correspondent in Washington DC. Tarpley is the co-author of George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography (1992), which has sold 30,000 copies and remains the only critical biography of the former President. In 1997 he published an anthology entitled Against Oligarchy: Essays and Speeches 1970-1996. These books can be consulted on the internet at www.tarpley.net. His 9/11 Synthetic Terror, the Bible of the 9/11 Truth Movement, has sold over 20,000 copies. His two books on Obama are virtually the only critical ones in print from a progressive viewpoint. Tarpley has lectured in numerous colleges and universities around the world. In 1995 he was named a consultant to the Universal Ecological Academy of Moscow. He holds an MA from Skidmore College and a Ph.D. in history from the Catholic University of America. Webster Tarpley's talk show World Crisis Radio is now broadcast on the Genesis World Report on GCNLive Free Internet Streaming Radio, Saturdays, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern (1-3 Central, 11-1 Pacific), all 4 networks.
Video Of The Current Mayor Of Toronto Smoking Crack Cocaine Worth $200,000 Dollars?
Video Of The Current Mayor Of Toronto Smoking Crack Cocaine Worth $200,000 Dollars?
Rob Ford, proud Canadian and Toronto mayor, was caught on tape smoking crack in the ghetto. Ford is famous for his heavy drinking and conservative notions of race and sexual orientation, but crack smoking might be a new low for him. The tape is in the hands of a shady character related to Ford's deceased drug dealer Anthony Smith, who was shot to death in front of a night club two months ago. The tape will go to the highest bidder, and it allegedly shows Ford smoking rock and laughing like a hyena.
(The Star) A cellphone video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine is being shopped around Toronto by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade. Two Toronto Star reporters have viewed the video three times. It appears to show Ford in a room, sitting in a chair, wearing a white shirt, top buttons open, inhaling from what appears to be a glass crack pipe. Ford is incoherent, trading jibes with an off-camera speaker who goads the clearly impaired mayor by raising topics including Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and the Don Bosco high school football team Ford coaches. "I'm f---ing right-wing," Ford appears to mutter at one point. "Everyone expects me to be right-wing. I'm just supposed to be this great...." and his voice trails off. At another point he is heard calling Trudeau a "fag." Later in the 90-second video he is asked about the football team and he appears to say (though he is mumbling), "they are just f---ing minorities." The Star had no way to verify the authenticity of the video, which appears to clearly show Ford in a well-lit room. The Star was told the video was shot during the past winter at a house south of Dixon Rd. and Kipling Avenue. What follows is an account based on what both reporters viewed on the video screen. Attempts to reach the mayor and members of his staff to get comment on this story were unsuccessful. A lawyer retained by Ford, Dennis Morris, said that Thursday evening's publication by the U.S.-based Gawker website of some details related to the video was "false and defamatory." Morris told the Star that by viewing any video it is impossible to tell what a person is doing. "How can you indicate what the person is actually doing or smoking?" Morris said.
Rob Ford, proud Canadian and Toronto mayor, was caught on tape smoking crack in the ghetto. Ford is famous for his heavy drinking and conservative notions of race and sexual orientation, but crack smoking might be a new low for him. The tape is in the hands of a shady character related to Ford's deceased drug dealer Anthony Smith, who was shot to death in front of a night club two months ago. The tape will go to the highest bidder, and it allegedly shows Ford smoking rock and laughing like a hyena.
(The Star) A cellphone video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine is being shopped around Toronto by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade. Two Toronto Star reporters have viewed the video three times. It appears to show Ford in a room, sitting in a chair, wearing a white shirt, top buttons open, inhaling from what appears to be a glass crack pipe. Ford is incoherent, trading jibes with an off-camera speaker who goads the clearly impaired mayor by raising topics including Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and the Don Bosco high school football team Ford coaches. "I'm f---ing right-wing," Ford appears to mutter at one point. "Everyone expects me to be right-wing. I'm just supposed to be this great...." and his voice trails off. At another point he is heard calling Trudeau a "fag." Later in the 90-second video he is asked about the football team and he appears to say (though he is mumbling), "they are just f---ing minorities." The Star had no way to verify the authenticity of the video, which appears to clearly show Ford in a well-lit room. The Star was told the video was shot during the past winter at a house south of Dixon Rd. and Kipling Avenue. What follows is an account based on what both reporters viewed on the video screen. Attempts to reach the mayor and members of his staff to get comment on this story were unsuccessful. A lawyer retained by Ford, Dennis Morris, said that Thursday evening's publication by the U.S.-based Gawker website of some details related to the video was "false and defamatory." Morris told the Star that by viewing any video it is impossible to tell what a person is doing. "How can you indicate what the person is actually doing or smoking?" Morris said.
US Department of Homeland Security Seizes Bitcoin Operator Accounts
US Department of Homeland Security Seizes Bitcoin Operator Accounts
Bitcoin is a database called the "Blockchain" that is shared among users via P2P in place a central authority like a bank. When making a purchase you receive a payment address an amount. Put that information into your wallet and click "send." A miner then records the transaction and adds it to the Blockchain database so everyone can see the transaction.
US authorities have frozen the account of the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, which helps move the customers' cash online. The booming digital currency has hit bureaucratic blocks ever since its rapid growth came to the attention of government.
The US Department of Homeland Security seized a payment processing account Tuesday belonging to Mt. Gox, the largest international Bitcoin trader, claiming the monetary exchange service falsified financial documents.
The American government has previously made it clear that officials are watching Bitcoin, a decentralized economic currency that international regulators have not yet been able to control. Many of those who favor Bitcoin use Dwolla, an Iowa-based startup that allows customers to transfer their dollars into Bitcoins.
Unfortunately for those consumers, the Department of Homeland Security issued a warrant Tuesday effectively shutting down Dwolla's ability to process Bitcoin payments, as reported by CNET. Whether because of the DHS' charge of operating an "unlicensed money transmitting business," the sudden timing of the allegations, or another reason, Dwolla and Mt. Gox officials have been reluctant to comment.
"In order not to compromise this ongoing investigation being conducted by ICE Homeland Security Investigations Baltimore, we cannot comment beyond the information in warrant, which was filed in the District of Maryland [Tuesday]," said Nicole Navas, a representative for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The warrant claims Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles did not disclose he operated a financial transfer site when he opened a new bank account for the business. Money transmitting services, according to Gawker, are required to register with the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen). Mt. Gox, which is involved in roughly 63 per cent of all Bitcoin purchases, has not done so.
Despite the technicalities skeptics are wondering if Bitcoin's friction with the Treasury department is the cause of this recent scrutiny. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said the anonymity afforded by the service provided an "online form of money laundering" and campaigned for its downfall.
"Literally, it allows buyers and users to sell illegal drugs online, including heroin, cocaine, and meth, and users do sell by hiding their identity through a program that makes them virtually untraceable," Schumer said during a 2011 news conference. "It's a certifiable one-stop shop for illegal drugs that represents the most brazen attempt to peddle drugs online that we have ever seen. It's more brazen than anything else by light years."
Most notably, proponents have asserted that Bitcoin would be impermeable in instances where WikiLeaks, for example, saw its funding evaporate as the federal government pressured PayPal to cut off the whistleblower site's support network. Bitcoin would be more resistant to a crackdown of that nature.
Jerry Brito, a scholar at the libertarian Mercatus Center at George Mason University, told the Washington Post Bitcoin could reduce the cost of financial services by pioneering new business formats.
"Bitcoin has the potential to be a boon to the economy and a boon to merchants," he said, adding that it could "disrupt traditional payment networks that have not been innovative for a very long time."
A blind governmental crackdown would only serve to push Bitcoin further underground, Brito argued.
"You can't put the genie back into the bottle," he continued. "I hate to say it, but the Bitcoin community needs to start lobbying. It needs to start educating policymakers, lobbyists and influencers about the pros of Bitcoin and the impossibility or the difficulty in getting rid of all the bad uses."
Bitcoin is a database called the "Blockchain" that is shared among users via P2P in place a central authority like a bank. When making a purchase you receive a payment address an amount. Put that information into your wallet and click "send." A miner then records the transaction and adds it to the Blockchain database so everyone can see the transaction.
US authorities have frozen the account of the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, which helps move the customers' cash online. The booming digital currency has hit bureaucratic blocks ever since its rapid growth came to the attention of government.
The US Department of Homeland Security seized a payment processing account Tuesday belonging to Mt. Gox, the largest international Bitcoin trader, claiming the monetary exchange service falsified financial documents.
The American government has previously made it clear that officials are watching Bitcoin, a decentralized economic currency that international regulators have not yet been able to control. Many of those who favor Bitcoin use Dwolla, an Iowa-based startup that allows customers to transfer their dollars into Bitcoins.
Unfortunately for those consumers, the Department of Homeland Security issued a warrant Tuesday effectively shutting down Dwolla's ability to process Bitcoin payments, as reported by CNET. Whether because of the DHS' charge of operating an "unlicensed money transmitting business," the sudden timing of the allegations, or another reason, Dwolla and Mt. Gox officials have been reluctant to comment.
"In order not to compromise this ongoing investigation being conducted by ICE Homeland Security Investigations Baltimore, we cannot comment beyond the information in warrant, which was filed in the District of Maryland [Tuesday]," said Nicole Navas, a representative for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The warrant claims Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles did not disclose he operated a financial transfer site when he opened a new bank account for the business. Money transmitting services, according to Gawker, are required to register with the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen). Mt. Gox, which is involved in roughly 63 per cent of all Bitcoin purchases, has not done so.
Despite the technicalities skeptics are wondering if Bitcoin's friction with the Treasury department is the cause of this recent scrutiny. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said the anonymity afforded by the service provided an "online form of money laundering" and campaigned for its downfall.
"Literally, it allows buyers and users to sell illegal drugs online, including heroin, cocaine, and meth, and users do sell by hiding their identity through a program that makes them virtually untraceable," Schumer said during a 2011 news conference. "It's a certifiable one-stop shop for illegal drugs that represents the most brazen attempt to peddle drugs online that we have ever seen. It's more brazen than anything else by light years."
Most notably, proponents have asserted that Bitcoin would be impermeable in instances where WikiLeaks, for example, saw its funding evaporate as the federal government pressured PayPal to cut off the whistleblower site's support network. Bitcoin would be more resistant to a crackdown of that nature.
Jerry Brito, a scholar at the libertarian Mercatus Center at George Mason University, told the Washington Post Bitcoin could reduce the cost of financial services by pioneering new business formats.
"Bitcoin has the potential to be a boon to the economy and a boon to merchants," he said, adding that it could "disrupt traditional payment networks that have not been innovative for a very long time."
A blind governmental crackdown would only serve to push Bitcoin further underground, Brito argued.
"You can't put the genie back into the bottle," he continued. "I hate to say it, but the Bitcoin community needs to start lobbying. It needs to start educating policymakers, lobbyists and influencers about the pros of Bitcoin and the impossibility or the difficulty in getting rid of all the bad uses."
David Icke - Robotic Software People!
David Icke - Robotic Software People!
The future before us is forked. one way leads to terror, darkness and human misery. The other path leads to light, peace and prosperity. Of course humankind will choose the future of light. Right?
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David Icke is one of the most visible outspoken and controversial speakers and writers about the Illuminati and the New World Order control agenda
Some David Icke Quotes :
A gift of truth is the gift of love.
David Icke
And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech,
allow people to go to prison and be vilified, and magazines to be closed
down on the spot, for suggesting another version of history.
David Icke
Everyone is a son or daughter of god.
David Icke
Have you ever wondered what your subconscious mind looks like? Well today, I can show you.
David Icke
I am a channel for the Christ spirit. The title was given to me very recently by the Godhead.
David Icke
I believe that the human race has developed a form of collective
schizophrenia in which we are not only the slaves to this imposed
thought behavior, but we are also the police force of it.
David Icke
I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It
was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a
figure of ridicule.
David Icke
I know that you are part of me and I am part of you because we are all
aspects of the same infinite consciousness that we call God and
Creation.
David Icke
In the Atlantean period there were many energies being used and
information and knowledge being used which were, for particular reasons
of safety, withdrawn, shall we say, to prevent complete catastrophe, to
prevent total destruction of your planet.
David Icke
Infinite love is the only truth. Everything else is illusion.
David Icke
One of my very greatest fears as a child was being ridiculed in public.
And there it was coming true. As a television presenter, I'd been
respected. People come up to you in the street and shake your hand and
talk to you in a respectful way.
David Icke
So reports of my madness, as they say, were greatly exaggerated. Not that I give a bugger either way.
David Icke
The best way of removing negativity is to laugh and be joyous.
David Icke
The Earth needs rebels!
David Icke
The reason most people don't express their individuality and actually
deny it, is not fear of what prime ministers think of us or the head of
the federal reserve, It's what their families and their friends down at
the bar are going to think of them.
David Icke
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground.
David Icke
IRS Gives Laughable Defense - Glenn Beck
IRS Gives Laughable Defense - TheBlazeTV - The Glenn Beck Radio Program - 2013.05.17
The radio show listens to the IRS hearings.
This week, we learned that the Obama Justice Department seized two months of records of at least 20 phone lines used by Associated Press reporters. These include phone lines in the AP’s New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn offices as well as the main AP number in the House of Representatives press gallery, the private phones and cell phones belonging to AP reporters and a fax line in one AP office. In many ways, this is the most blatant act of media information..
The radio show listens to the IRS hearings.
This week, we learned that the Obama Justice Department seized two months of records of at least 20 phone lines used by Associated Press reporters. These include phone lines in the AP’s New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn offices as well as the main AP number in the House of Representatives press gallery, the private phones and cell phones belonging to AP reporters and a fax line in one AP office. In many ways, this is the most blatant act of media information..
Bitcoin ~ The Next Revolution in Banking
Bitcoin supporters promise banking 'revolution'
The new virtual currency Bitcoin: You can't touch it; you can only spend it online or with a smart phone. But supporters of Bitcoin say it will revolutionise banking. And now some workers are even being paid with the new system. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds went to meet one man who's doing just that, and finds out how his salary has gone up ten-fold.
Fema's Mass Fatality Planning
"The truth of the matter is that you do have those standby provisions, and the statutory emergency plans are there whereby you could, in the name of stopping terrorism, apprehend, invoke the military, and arrest Americans and hold them in detention camps." - U.S. Representative Henry Gonzalez, Aug 29th, 1994
"Today, the New World Order has brought in hundreds of thousands of foreign troops into the United States, they have brought in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of guillotines for executions, they have built a network of unused concentration camps across the U.S., they have built crematoriums next to these concentration camps, and yet most Americans appear to believe the lies of President Clinton and others." -Fritz Springmeier, "Bloodlines of the Illuminati" (note: Fritz Springmeier has been in prison since 11/13/03 after being framed)
Since the Reagan administration, REX-84 U.S. Civilian Inmate Labor program has been drawn up, implemented, and expanded in many ways. The military and police have been increasingly training together. The military has been running operations like "Urban Warrior" fully-armed in suburbia. 800+ FEMA detention centers (concentration camps) have already been built all over the United States and Halliburton's engineering subsidiary KBR is busy building more. These camps are complete with biometric scanners, barbed wire facing inwards, gas lines and furnaces, heli-pads, watchtowers, and security cameras. The few journalists who have filmed and reported on these have been observed by black helicopters and even approached and questioned by secret servicemen (see Google or you tube videos of "FEMA camps").
"The Civilian Inmate Labor Program was conducted in secret at US military bases from 1989 to 1996. This nightmare program was recently declassified. If Civilian Inmate Labor Programs are so wonderful, why did the Army keep them secret for over seven years? There are thousands of pages of documents on the Army's website detailing the massive scope of this program, much of which is still secret. Many of the documents are contradictory. For example, on the same page it will say that the Army is not allowed to house and use State inmate labor, and, in the next paragraph will say that they have been housing and using State inmate labor ...For years, we warned people about FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). The federal documents have been around for decades and include round-up plans and concentration camps. People used to laugh at us when we said this in December of 1999. Then came Seattle. FEMA housed and protected government-placed 'anarchist' provocateurs, but put five hundred peaceful demonstrators in a FEMA camp on the outskirts of town. FEMA used the old Sand Point naval brig to detain hundreds of American citizens." -Alex Jones, "911 Descent into Tyranny"
"FEMA can force the population to live and work wherever they are told. People can be moved from their homes and have their property seized, including farms and businesses. Their children can be taken away from them and FEMA has the power to take over all communications, food and energy sources, health care, finance, education, welfare and transportation including your personal vehicles. The Postmaster General can order that all men, women and children are registered. It is also FEMA that controls the network of concentration camps, or 'detention centers,' in the United States that are in place and waiting for the dissidents and 'troublemakers' when the Illuminati fascist takeover is complete. Yes, concentration camps in America." -David Icke, "Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Center" (199)
What Is Next May-22 ~ With Steve Quayle on The HAGMANN & HAGMANN Report
The HAGMANN & HAGMANN Report With Steve Quayle What Is Next May-22
The Hagmann & Hagmann Report provides viewers and listeners information about current events and historical topics that transcend the political right-left paradigm and delve into the real issues behind the sugar-coated news. This unique, father-son detective duo uses their investigative abilities and resources to aggressively research and report on issues left untouched by the corporate media and those that exist beyond the scope of the non-traditional media. The show addresses many issues once considered mere fodder for "conspiracy theorists," tracing their roots from the various events that created them through the fabric of history to the present day
Stephen Quayle is the author of five books. For over thirty years, he has been investigating ancient civilizations, giants, UFOs and biological warfare as they relate to the future of mankind. Stephen discusses the coming worst-case scenarios approaching this world and how they interrelate to each other. Earthquakes, volcanoes, nuclear and biological terrorism, coupled with the planned financial meltdown of the U.S. dollar will thrust us into unimagined tribulations. Stephen Quayle is on record as stating that we have moved from the realm of natural threats into the arena of supernaturally guided events of the unseen hand of evil orchestrating world events of unfathomable proportions
Stephen Quayle is the author of five books. For over thirty years, he has been investigating ancient civilizations, giants, UFOs and biological warfare as they relate to the future of mankind. Stephen discusses the coming worst-case scenarios approaching this world and how they interrelate to each other. Earthquakes, volcanoes, nuclear and biological terrorism, coupled with the planned financial meltdown of the U.S. dollar will thrust us into unimagined tribulations. Stephen Quayle is on record as stating that we have moved from the realm of natural threats into the arena of supernaturally guided events of the unseen hand of evil orchestrating world events of unfathomable proportions.
Wikipedia
The Christian Bible's Book of Revelation describes a "war in heaven" between angels led respectively by the archangel Michael and by "the dragon", identified with "the devil and Satan", who is defeated and thrown down to the earth. Revelation's "war in heaven" has been compared to the idea of fallen angels and possible parallels have been proposed in the Old Testament and Dead Sea Scrolls.
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation, which consists principally of eschatological visions and opens with the words, "The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place",[4] includes in those events a war in heaven.
Among its visions of things to come is one of "a great sign (that) appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars", and "another sign appeared in heaven: behold a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it." This is followed by: "Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world -- he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
The Hagmann & Hagmann Report provides viewers and listeners information about current events and historical topics that transcend the political right-left paradigm and delve into the real issues behind the sugar-coated news. This unique, father-son detective duo uses their investigative abilities and resources to aggressively research and report on issues left untouched by the corporate media and those that exist beyond the scope of the non-traditional media. The show addresses many issues once considered mere fodder for "conspiracy theorists," tracing their roots from the various events that created them through the fabric of history to the present day
Stephen Quayle is the author of five books. For over thirty years, he has been investigating ancient civilizations, giants, UFOs and biological warfare as they relate to the future of mankind. Stephen discusses the coming worst-case scenarios approaching this world and how they interrelate to each other. Earthquakes, volcanoes, nuclear and biological terrorism, coupled with the planned financial meltdown of the U.S. dollar will thrust us into unimagined tribulations. Stephen Quayle is on record as stating that we have moved from the realm of natural threats into the arena of supernaturally guided events of the unseen hand of evil orchestrating world events of unfathomable proportions
Stephen Quayle is the author of five books. For over thirty years, he has been investigating ancient civilizations, giants, UFOs and biological warfare as they relate to the future of mankind. Stephen discusses the coming worst-case scenarios approaching this world and how they interrelate to each other. Earthquakes, volcanoes, nuclear and biological terrorism, coupled with the planned financial meltdown of the U.S. dollar will thrust us into unimagined tribulations. Stephen Quayle is on record as stating that we have moved from the realm of natural threats into the arena of supernaturally guided events of the unseen hand of evil orchestrating world events of unfathomable proportions.
Wikipedia
The Christian Bible's Book of Revelation describes a "war in heaven" between angels led respectively by the archangel Michael and by "the dragon", identified with "the devil and Satan", who is defeated and thrown down to the earth. Revelation's "war in heaven" has been compared to the idea of fallen angels and possible parallels have been proposed in the Old Testament and Dead Sea Scrolls.
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation, which consists principally of eschatological visions and opens with the words, "The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place",[4] includes in those events a war in heaven.
Among its visions of things to come is one of "a great sign (that) appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars", and "another sign appeared in heaven: behold a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it." This is followed by: "Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world -- he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Think The Big Banks should be broken up? You're in good company.
If Republicans, Democrats, Independents, FDIC Chairs, Bankers, the Inspector General for TARP, Nobel Prize-winning economists, muckrakers, economics professors, Occupiers, and Tea Partiers all agree that the big banks should be broken up, you've got to think twice before disagreeing.
0:07 -- Bill Moyers (PBS) and Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone discuss how little has changed since 2008.
0:27 -- Robert Reich (fmr Labor Sec) explains why we need to break up the biggest banks
0:47 -- Sandy Weil (founder, Citi Bank) explains why he wants the banks to be broken up
1:04 -- Byron Dorgan gives the successful history of breaking up the banks.
1:32 -- James Rickards lists the folks who allowed the banks to get big again.
1:41 -- James Komansky (fmr CEO, Merril Lynch) regrets his decision to allow banks to get big again.
1:57 -- Luigi Zingales (economist, Univ. of Chicago) on the danger of consolidated banks.
2:13 -- Sheila Bair (fmr FDIC Chair) on why she would like to see the banks broken back up.
2:18 -- Nassib Taleb (NYU professor) calls the big banks a "cartel."
2:30 -- Joseph Stiglitz (Nobel laureate, Columbia economist) on why we don't have ordinary capitalism when banks are so big.
2:40 -- Nouriel Roubini (NYU economist) "if institutions are too big to fail, they are too big."
2:54 -- Simon Johnson (MIT economist) wonders if bigger really is better.
3:18 -- Neil Barofsky (TARP inspector) explains exactly what needs to happen.
A few of the politicians who want to end TBTF
3:41 -- Elizabeth Warren
4:00 -- Bernie Sanders
4:17 -- Ted Kaufman
4:32 -- Sherrod Brown
4:44 -- (quotes Alan Greenspan)
4:50 -- David Vitter (quotes George Will and Maureen Dowd)
5:29 -- Robert Reich drives it home
5:42 -- Now what?
5:49 -- "After the Great Depression we broke up the banks. We should do that again."
Fired IRS Chief Testifies Before Congress Says Targeting Of Tea Party Groups Was NOT Illegal
Fired IRS Chief Testifies Before Congress Says Targeting Of Tea Party Groups Was NOT Illegal
The IRS has apologized for during the 2012 election cycling auditing conservative and Tea Party groups and singling them out for audits. This is a parody of the IRS explaining that their audits were not political.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Venezuela hardly hit by Toilet Paper Shortage & Food Shortages
Venezuelans have been hit by a chronic toilet paper shortage leading to
empty supermarket shelves and long queues to snap up the remaining
rolls.
Shop shelves are empty and people are down to their last sheets but the President says it is all an "anti-government conspiracy".Venezuelans have been hit by a chronic toilet paper shortage leading to empty supermarket shelves and long queues to snap up the remaining rolls.
When new stocks arrive at supermarkets customers have been rushing in to fill their trollies.
The country is used to a scarcity of basic food items such as milk and sugar but even by the country's usual standards the toilet paper shortage has caused considerable consumer panic.
One 70-year-old woman said she had been trying to find toilet rolls for two weeks before locating a few rolls in a supermarket in Caracas. Maria Rojas said: "Even at my age, I've never seen this." Another customer in the same supermarket, Maria Perez, said: "Here there's a shortage of everything - butter, sugar, flour." But, she added: "There always used to be toilet paper."
President Nicolas Maduro, who was chosen by the dying Hugo Chavez to carry on running the country and won April's election, claims it is a conspiracy to destabilise the country.
However, the government has agreed to import an extra 50 million toilet rolls to cope with demand.
His Commerce Minister Alejandro Fleming said "excessive demand" for tissue had built up due to a "media campaign that has been generated to disrupt the country." He said monthly consumption of toilet paper was normally 125 million rolls, but current demand "leads us to think that 40 million more are required."
"We will bring in 50 million to show those groups that they won't make us bow down," he said.
Economists say Venezuela's shortages of some consumer products stem from price controls meant to make basic goods available to the poorest parts of society and the government's controls on foreign currency. Steve Hanke, professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University in the US, said: "State-controlled prices - prices that are set below market-clearing price - always result in shortages. The shortage problem will only get worse, as it did over the years in the Soviet Union."
But economic theory does little to help those down to their last few sheets.
"I've been looking for it for two weeks," Cristina Ramos said at one store. "I was told that they had some here and now I'm in the queue."
Many factories operate at half capacity because the currency controls make it hard for them to pay for imported parts and materials.
Shop shelves are empty and people are down to their last sheets but the President says it is all an "anti-government conspiracy".Venezuelans have been hit by a chronic toilet paper shortage leading to empty supermarket shelves and long queues to snap up the remaining rolls.
When new stocks arrive at supermarkets customers have been rushing in to fill their trollies.
The country is used to a scarcity of basic food items such as milk and sugar but even by the country's usual standards the toilet paper shortage has caused considerable consumer panic.
One 70-year-old woman said she had been trying to find toilet rolls for two weeks before locating a few rolls in a supermarket in Caracas. Maria Rojas said: "Even at my age, I've never seen this." Another customer in the same supermarket, Maria Perez, said: "Here there's a shortage of everything - butter, sugar, flour." But, she added: "There always used to be toilet paper."
President Nicolas Maduro, who was chosen by the dying Hugo Chavez to carry on running the country and won April's election, claims it is a conspiracy to destabilise the country.
However, the government has agreed to import an extra 50 million toilet rolls to cope with demand.
His Commerce Minister Alejandro Fleming said "excessive demand" for tissue had built up due to a "media campaign that has been generated to disrupt the country." He said monthly consumption of toilet paper was normally 125 million rolls, but current demand "leads us to think that 40 million more are required."
"We will bring in 50 million to show those groups that they won't make us bow down," he said.
Economists say Venezuela's shortages of some consumer products stem from price controls meant to make basic goods available to the poorest parts of society and the government's controls on foreign currency. Steve Hanke, professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University in the US, said: "State-controlled prices - prices that are set below market-clearing price - always result in shortages. The shortage problem will only get worse, as it did over the years in the Soviet Union."
But economic theory does little to help those down to their last few sheets.
"I've been looking for it for two weeks," Cristina Ramos said at one store. "I was told that they had some here and now I'm in the queue."
Many factories operate at half capacity because the currency controls make it hard for them to pay for imported parts and materials.
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