(September 14th, 2009) – Gerald Celente – the most trusted name in trends – sits down for an exclusive interview with RT’s Anastasia Churkina to talk about what the future holds for America during and after the Great Recession, gives advice to Obama, and forecasts the unexpected.
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TV Feed from the lunar module LM-15 during the last revolution before descent. LM passes over Tsiolkovski, Fermi, Delporte and Lukte before passing on the Izsak Y crater. The spaceship is filmed with close telephoto lens, revealing more details. CDR communicates the South -East coordinates of the major parts of the spaceship, approximately 4 kilometers long. Color distortions are caused by the rotating wheel inside the Westinghouse Color TV
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Nassim Haramein speaks at Rougue Valley Metaphysical Library in Ashland, Oregon
aramein has advanced the thesis that the geometrical structure of the vacuum - the underlying structure of space and time — is a three-dimensional fractal, a double star tetrahedron. He believes that a lost antediluvian civilization possessed this knowledge and used it as the basis for a science that may exceed, in many respects, what our science has yet created. His thesis is spectacular and compelling, and his presentations are electrifying
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Demand for biofuels will add to pressure on forests, the report warns
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Demand for land to grow food, fuel crops and wood is set to outstrip supply, leading to the probable destruction of forests, a report warns.
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) says only half of the extra land needed by 2030 is available without eating into tropical forested areas.
A companion report documents poor progress in reforming land ownership and governance in developing countries.
Both reports will be launched on Monday in UK government offices in London.
Supporters of RRI include the UK’s Department of International Development (DfID) and its equivalents in Sweden and Switzerland.
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Andy White, RRI
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The dual crises of fuel and 
“Arguably, we are on the verge of a last great global land grab,” said RRI’s Andy White, co-author of the major report, Seeing People through the Trees.
“It will mean more deforestation, more conflict, more carbon emissions, more climate change and less prosperity for everyone.”
Rising demand for food, biofuels and wood for paper, building and industry means that 515 million hectares of extra land will be needed for growing crops and trees by 2030, RRI calculates.
But only 200 million hectares will be available without dipping into tropical forests.
Forest focus
The report foresees demand increasing further into the century.
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It cites studies suggesting that “…if the current plateau in productivity continues, the amount of additional agricultural land required just to meet the world’s projected food demand in 2050 would be about three billion hectares, nearly all of which would be required in developing countries.”
According to UN figures, the world currently has about 1.4 billion hectares of arable land and about 3.4 billion hectares of pasture.
Some academics place their hopes in agricultural technologies including genetic engineering to boost crop yields.
But since the spectacular successes of the Green Revolution, advances have been slow. In some areas, yields are falling - a trend which is likely to be exacerbated by climate change.
However, eating into tropical forests to create extra agricultural land would, in turn, exacerbate climate change, with deforestation currently accounting for about 20% of greenhouse gas emissions.
Reform call
One of RRI’s key conclusions is that reform of land ownership is crucial, if large-scale pillage of tropical forests is to be avoided.
The conclusion is supported by DfID, whose minister Gareth Thomas will be speaking at the launch event.
“These new studies should strengthen global resolve to protect the property rights of indigenous and local communities who play a vital role in protecting one the most outstanding natural wonders of the world,” he said.
DfID runs programmes in West Africa aimed at helping forest dwellers acquire the legal right to manage their land.
Many indigenous peoples need help in acquiring rights to the land they live on
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“It is clear that the dual crises of fuel and food are attracting significant new investments and great land speculation,” said Andy White.
“Only by protecting the rights of the people who live in and around the world’s most vulnerable forests can we prevent the devastation these forces will wreak on the poor.”
But the second RRI report - From Exclusion to Ownership? - says progress in reforming ownership has been slow, with only a few countries such as Brazil, Cameroon and Tanzania handing over significant tracts to local communities.
Moves to curb climate change by preserving forests in developing countries could help, RRI concludes. But it also raises the question of who owns rights to the trees - the rich Western countries that want to fund carbon sequestration, or the people who live in the forest areas?
Sorting out ownership could not only help on the environmental front, but also remove reasons for conflict. RRI calculates that about two-thirds of the world’s current violent conflicts are driven by land tenure issues.
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Iran missile test ‘provocative’
The US and Israel have condemned Iran after it test-fired a long range missile capable of reaching Tel Aviv.
Iran state media said nine missiles had been fired in total, including a new Shahab-3, with a range of 2,000km (1,240 miles).
Tehran has tested the missile before, but the latest launch comes amid rising tensions with the US and Israel over the country’s nuclear programme.
A senior US state department official said the launch was “provocative”.
Wednesday’s early morning test at a remote desert site sent oil prices climbing.
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Ze’ev Boim
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Brig Gen Hoseyn Salami, commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ air force, said: “Our missiles are ready for shooting at any place and any time, quickly and with accuracy.”
Western leaders have been attempting to convince Tehran to stop enriching uranium, which it has continued doing despite sanctions from the UN and the European Union, insisting its nuclear programme is purely for civilian energy.
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US Under-secretary of State William Burns said that thanks to UN sanctions, Iran’s real progress on its nuclear programme had been “modest”, despite its sabre-rattling.
“We view force as an option that is on the table but a last resort,” he told a Congressional hearing on Wednesday.
The launches were intended to deter any Israeli or US strike against Tehran’s nuclear installations, says BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus.
Our correspondent - who is in Israel - says the country has a fully operational anti-ballistic missile system, which Israeli military experts believe can counter any Iranian threat.
Why is it ok for Israel, the US and the UK to have WMDs or nuclear weapons but not for any other country?
In the Israeli parliament, Housing Minister Ze’ev Boim said: “I suggest Israel will not talk, and Israel should prepare itself to do what is needed to do.”
The White House and both American presidential candidates also condemned the Iranian test.
Describing Iran as a “great threat”, the Democratic challenger, Barack Obama, called for tougher sanctions while his Republican rival, John McCain, said the test demonstrated the need for effective missile defence.
The French, German and Italian governments expressed concern at the missile tests.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran has no intention of attacking Israel
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On Monday, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said it would retaliate against any military attack by hitting the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
Other commanders have threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which a large part of the world’s oil flows, and to target the US and its allies around the world if Iran comes under attack.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has insisted his country had no intention of attacking Israel.
Speaking on a visit to Malaysia on Tuesday, Mr Ahmadinejad dismissed the possibility of an attack by the US or Israel as a “joke”.
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THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY KIM BARTLEY AND DONNACHA O’BRIAIN IRELAND, 2003 74 MINUTES IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES HUGO CHAVEZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA IN 1998, IS A COLORFUL, UNPREDICTABLE FOLK HERO, beloved by his nation’s working class and a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power structure that would see him deposed. Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly removed from office. They were also present 48 hours later when, remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides. Their film records what was probably history’s shortest-lived coup d’état. It’s a unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall Street Journal credits with making Venezuela “Washington‚s biggest Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba.”
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Fuck the IMF and WTO!! (the real irony is that this film was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation <sigh> )
From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, ‘the North’ from Seattle to Genova, and the ‘War on Terror’ in New York, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
It is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated in this war.
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Determined to find the law that requires American citizens to pay income tax, producer Aaron Russo set out on a journey to find the evidence.
This film is a startling examination of government. It exposes the systematic erosion of civil liberties in America since 1913 when the Federal Reserve system was created. Through interviews with U.S. Congressmen, a former IRS Commissioner, former IRS and FBI agents and tax attorneys and authors, it shows connected dots between money creation, federal income tax and the national identity card which becomes law in May 2008. The film explores the possibiltity that America is moving headlong into a fascist police state.