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#1. To: Robin (#0) Don't wear burkas (attn Scott Pelley and CBS;), call the authorities when you see these burkas, men out of uniform with AK 47's and you'll be fine. Syria : Aleppo encircled by Al-Assad Army. Seif El Dawla - Adhamiya bandits strongholds cleared of Obama backed Terrorists. Hundreds of Rats killed and captured! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAd2VtgRoeU There's a reason Israel fears Syria....;} "Looks like the Syrian army by Numberone on 29.07.2012 [21:52 ] is finally hitting its stride. Won't be long now until the entire country is cleansed. The gloom in Washington, London, Tel Aviv and Riyadh must be palpable. mcgowanjm posted on 2012-07-30 9:16:45 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit #2. To: All (#1) The Turks need to be reminded of Int'l Reciprocity. Allow 'this', then 'this' becomes acceptable for the opposition as well....;} "We had the Reuters news agency 24 to 36 hours ago publishing the report that you referred to about the Adana base supported actively by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and of course on Turkish territory. This base was actually made to order during a visit by Saudi Prince Abdulaziz, the Deputy Foreign Minister who demanded that the Turks open up such a base. The trick with that base is Adana is right next to the Incirlik NATO air force base. It is Incirlik AFB and the account in Reuters is not certain whether the Adana logistical base for the death squads in Syria is actually on the NATO base. So at that point it is getting very hard to deny anything. " mcgowanjm posted on 2012-07-30 9:21:40 ET
Welcome to the Kurdish Spring ~ link ~ This could prove to be a massive 'wild card' event, on a par with the Kaiser sending Lenin to Russia in a sealed train. It ended up bringing not only the Emperor of Russia down but the Kaiser and many others as well. Stirling Turkish foreign policy, codified by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, used to be known in shorthand as "zero problems with our neighbors". When Turkey started calling for regime change in Syria, it turned into "a major problem with one of our neighbors" (even tough Davutoglu himself admitted on the record the policy change failed). Now, in yet another twist, it's becoming "all sorts of problems with two of our neighbors". Enter - inevitably - Ankara's ultimate taboo; the Kurdish question. News Embargo....waiting for the USSA to uncensor....;}
Post Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:26 am by mcgowanjm ".... money will be found to "rescue" Spain and Italy, even if it comes from the Fed,..... and September will come and go just like all the other crunch times which were trumpeted up to this point." Nope. The only thing holding the USSA's colonies is certain payment. As in: $4 Geo Washingtons will get you a gal of petrol anywhere in the world. Once this no longer holds, neither will the Empire's colonies. As I keep asking myself what Turkey gets for destabilizing Syria and going against Russia/China. Though not yet announced by the Saudi authorities, the death of Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has been confirmed to Voltaire Network unofficially. Prince Bandar had just been appointed head of Saudi intelligence on July 22: a promotion which was interpreted as a reward for having organized the attack in Damascus on July 18. The Saudi services, with logistical support from the CIA, had managed to blow up the headquarters of the Syrian National Security during a Crisis Cell meeting: Generals Assef Chaoukat, Daoud Rajha and Hassan Tourkmani were killed instantly. Generals Amin Charabeh and Hicham Ikhtiar died soon after from their wounds. This operation, called "Damascus Volcano" was the signal for the attack on the capital by a swarm of mercenaries, mainly coming from Jordan. Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was hand in glove with the bush family. IF the above is true, Turki al Faisal is all the USSA has left. Worse for the Saudi's than the drone attack on Syria's Defense Minister. ''Turkish foreign policy, codified by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, used to be known in shorthand as "zero problems with our neighbors". When Turkey started calling for regime change in Syria, it turned into "a major problem with one of our neighbors" (even tough Davutoglu himself admitted on the record the policy change failed).
The Truth replaced by Silence is evil....;} A lot of Silence this AM....;} " >My comment would be that if AND I MEAN IF there was a valid deal offered to Iran by the US, it would be to have Syria removed, then it would follow the same path and destroy Iran. You still don't understand why they want a regime change in Iran. They want to remove the ideology, eventually break the country into two parts: Balunchistan and Iran proper, and parts of in near the Caspian sea to go to form a new country for the Azeri population. Now there's no need to say IF, the deal was at P5+1: - Syria renounces resistance to israel - Syrian army is reduced in size to half then a quarter of its size, mainly used to police the country - Public betrayal of Hezbollah required to prove the deal is sealed Syria REFUSED, furthermore, many were betting that Russia would give up at that point, but were wrong. The failure to kill Assad and the failure to take Damascus and Aleppo will be their undoing, they're going to make a big mistake soon and involve Turkey overtly. The leaders don't want to engulf the world in a nuclear war for nothing, they're careful and have a long term plan. 3 Chinese vessels entered the Mediterranean, joining 8 Russian vessels off the coast of Syria. Can you finally put the pieces together and see your "5 Kings" split in the middle between the FUKUS axis and China/Russia? China cannot lose Iran, it's not possible for them to survive long-term without this secure point of oil and leverage over the gulf. Do you not agree with this? Of course because of your 5 kings bullshit, you think China will just lower its head to be sliced clean off by America. Do you understand what double vetoes, 3 times in a row, means? Do you understand what would happen to Russia's reputation if they allow a violation of their veto? Do you understand what is at stake here? They've been trying to take down Syria in the most ferocious way, they've killed thousands of soldiers, wounded countless more, they've destroyed hundreds of armored vehicles, they've killed scientists, sanctioned literally EVERYTHING (I cannot even get a flight back home without going through Lebanon), destroyed infrastructure everywhere they've laid their hand on. They're calling this the dirtiest war in written history. The country is still here and it's still fighting. Russia, China, Iran, Syria and the resistance. If any one of them falls, all of them fall. There was great pressure on Iran to first accept the deal by America and betray Russia (who would then be engulfed by Islamists via destroyed Syria, Turkey). Then there was great pressure on Syria to make a deal, we all assumed that Russia would not veto the third time and would have to fight alone. Mistaken, even moving the "missile shield" out of Turkey wasn't a good enough deal for them. They knew that taking down Syria was multipurpose. YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKE is assuming they just want to tie things up with Iran and then that's it. WRONG, their target is Russia (biggest landmass, most of the world's untapped resources) and China (industrial power house, huge untapped resources). They want to swallow the world. Syria is the knot holding the rope together for the opposition to the US, if it's undone, it's over, there's no point resisting them anymore. I hope people understand the gravity of the situation."
Photo: The face of Libya's "revolution" was literally Al Qaeda. Abdul Hakim Belhaj, commander of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) listed by the US State Department as a "Foreign Terrorists Organization," was armed and backed by NATO (including the US) in his efforts to topple the government of Libya. Belhaj more recently pledged (NATO) weapons, cash, and Libyan militants to the "Free Syrian Army." SO: To ReCap: Al Qaeda did 9/11....bush43 will hunt them down and take away USSAn citizen's rights. Al Qaeda NOT in Iraq until the USSAns invade. Al Qaeda is the Enemy in the Afghans. The USSAns invaded the Afghans because the Taliban would NOT hand over Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda became our Aliies in the Arab Spring/Libya. Al Qaeda is our Ally in Syria. Al Qaeda did 9/11. Any questions.... :?: :lol: :evil: :? 8-)
"Turkey hosts invading Saudi and Qatari mercenary army." This confirms earlier reports featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post, that not only are the Gulf States of Saudi Arabia and Qatar funding and arming militants via Turkey, but that the US is coordinating the logistical aspects of the operation as well. "
Saudis and Qataris Attempt "Arab League-UN" Rescue of Faltering Mercenaries Perhaps as a sign the Gulf States of Saudi Arabia and Qatar are stretched to the limits of their ability to covertly undermine Syria, they have announced plans to seek "UN General Assembly action" for a "political transition and establishment of a democratic government in Syria." For the despotic, unelected, grandiose nepotism of Saudi Arabia and Qatar to call for a "democratic government in Syria" is truly a move made as much out of desperation as it is one of farcical hypocrisy.
“Any attack on Syrian territory will meet with a harsh response, and the Iranian-Syrian mutual defence agreement will be activated,” the statement reportedly said. Turkey’s president and foreign minister have both issued statements recently suggesting an attack could be forthcoming.
This is suicide for Turkey. What did the USSA promise. Full Heroin distribution rights in NYC?
Correction: Soy is now $1.35 over May highs. And I've never seen Soy break by a $ in after market session..... :twisted: :? 8-) [img]finviz.com/fut_chart.ashx?t=ZS&cot=005602&p=m5[/img] And Platinum needs to hurry back over $1400. [img]finviz.com/fut_chart.ashx?t=PL&cot=076651&p=w1[/img] Cause it's at Aug 2009 levels here. Three years of Rampant unregulated Capitalism.... thievery to you and me and the Bottom 99%.... and ....what hyperinflation were you talking about :?: ...... :twisted: :? 8-)
How you can tell the USSA's losing in Syria: LF's not talking about it....;} PressTV - Syrian rebels accidentally blow themselves up in Aleppo www.presstv.ir/detail/.../syria-rebels-bombs-go-off-in-their-faces/ 14 hours ago – Members of a foreign-backed armed gang in Syria (file photo) Foreign-backed ... Tens of armed men have been killed or injured in blasts that occurred when explosive charges they were planting in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo ... The incident occurred on Tuesday when the rebels were planting the ...
Knight Capital Group, Inc. (KCG) -NYSE 8.98 Down 1.35(13.07%) 11:20AM EDT - Nasdaq Real Time Price 148 stocks down then up 10%. Except for the 'clearinghouse' KCG. The Market's experiencing a little Cardiac Arrest. Nothing to worry about. Now: Knight Capital Group, Inc. (KCG) -NYSE 8.38 Down 1.95(18.88%) 11:54AM EDT - Nasdaq Real Time Pric Bloomberg: It’s “yet another example of how the market structure plumbing is responsible for massive price distortions,” Joseph Saluzzi, co-head of equity trading at Themis Trading LLC in Chatham, New Jersey, said in an e-mail. “August 1st will be another day that will destroy investor confidence just like the May 6th flash crash.” Eric Ryan, spokesmen at NYSE, said in an e-mail “I’m not aware of anything.” Robert Madden, a spokesman for Nasdaq OMX, did not respond to a phone call and e-mail requesting comment." Anything else you Bottom Feeders need to know? LMFAO.....;}
" On August 1, Panetta meets with Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. Imperial warlords will discuss their next moves. War tops their agenda. Both countries prioritize it. Together they threaten humanity." NBC: Obama signs secret 'finding' authorizing 'mostly clandestine forces'. Translation: We're in another war....this one should culminate in another Cuban Missile Crisis. Hope the Russian Commander again disobeys the Kremlin....;}
E-mail Print PDF Thursday, 14 Ramadan 1433 Thursday, 02 August 2012 10:35 The intelligence organ of Kabul regime claimed that they have thwarted a Mujahideen assault in Kabul today and in the process have killed several assailants. We reject such reports and state that such a subject has no bases. Rather, we believe this is yet another maneuver of the intelligence apparatus which is trying to portray itself as active, aware and vigilant. Since the intelligence agency is under question from the parliament and other departments in Kabul hence its wants to have something to draw upon in the hearings. The Islamic Emirate had no plans for an operation in Kabul today and neither are those people which they reportedly eliminated Mujahideen. We believe this whole process was staged to keep the media busy for today. This whole charade is an enemy propaganda ploy which we strongly reject and deem it as nothing more than a stunt and allegory. We must state that if we ever wanted to carry out an operation, it would be done with the help of Allah and with all precautionary measures and will be executed successfully in its allocated time, Allah willing, without it being detected or foiled by the enemy. Zabihullah Mujahid
#610. To: All (#0) Where you stand: You Got Nothing. ;} Watch THIS get Zero Coverage today. The Truth Replaced by Silence is Evil. finance.yahoo.com/news/fi...alance-040222013.html?l=1 Fidelity Investments, the nation's largest 401(k) administrator, said on Thursday that the average balance among its nearly 12 million accountholders was $72,800 at the end of June. That's 2.4 percent less than at the end of March, and largely unchanged from last year's second-quarter average. It didn't help that the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index fell 2.8 percent during this year's second quarter. Investors worried about the European debt crisis and slow economic growth at home. " "That's consistent with the trend since the financial crisis. Balances have grown a cumulative 58 percent since early 2009, when the stock market meltdown reduced the average balance to $46,200. Yet workers who have stayed in the market long term have found it difficult to rely solely on investment gains to build up 401(k) savings. Stocks remain about 12 percent below their historic peak in October 2007. " YA THINK!? The Top 1%: QUE SE JODAN !!!!!.....8D mcgowanjm posted on 2012-08-02 8:06:58 ET
A senior commander in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, General Hamid Reza Moqadam Far, was quoted in another newspaper, Kayhan, saying that Syrian civilians were now fighting rebels alongside the regime's troops. He added that, if the rebellion was routed, it would "deliver an enormous blow to Saudi Arabia and Western countries," which Tehran sees as directly helping the insurgents. And speaking of Saudi's.... Syria eliminates Bandar bin Sultan in retaliation for Damascus bombing.... Still looking for Bandar to show up..... :twisted: :? 8-) Post Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:23 am by mcgowanjm Re: Iran Discussion Post Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:23 am by mcgowanjm The bottom line; no one knows, because no one is talking. What is certain is that Bandar as head of Saudi intelligence was part of King Abdullah's hardcore response to the Arab Spring. In Syria, the House of Saud strategy boils down to regime change - and a fragile, fragmented, Sunni government in Damascus not aligned with Tehran. Internally, the strategy is to viciously smash any peaceful Shi'ite-majority protest in the eastern provinces. Essentially, there's no Arab Spring in Saudi Arabia because the House of Saud either bribes or intimidates its subjects. The overall strategy of choice is "blame it on Iran"; as this logic goes, Saudi Shi'ites are Iranian puppets as much as Bahraini Shi'ites. The Obama administration blindly subscribes to this fallacy - totally missing the point; the House of Saud hates any semblance of Western parliamentary democracy as much as it hates Shi'ites - Iranian and otherwise. So what happened in Riyadh? A graphic Tehran message to the House of Saud? A rogue suicide bomber? An internal Saudi war? The House of Saud is not talking. And Bandar is not moving. Pepe Escobar When Pepe Escobar has questions, people around the world take note. Every day from now on that bandar does not show, is weakness for the Saudi Regime amd strength for syria/IRan.
I hope the fight lasts a very long time. Down to the last man.
Mr. Stone, is this your forum or does it belong to this mcgowan person? I occasionally click on a link to Liberty's Flame then Latest Comments and I see a huge list of posts by mcgowanjm to you and vice versa. I have tried to read mcgowan's comments but that person seems to be for the most part a "libertarian" with the remainder being a bundle of contradictions. So...is Liberty's Flame really a kooky libertarian website as it appears to be?
I own the site. It is a place to state your opinions and debate them with others. There are leftists and Conservatives such as myself. I'm a Pat Buchanan, Rand Paul type conservative. I guess there is some libertarian running through me. But I find most libertarians to simply be amoral.
Zesta. Are U a troll or do you just play one here. And why ping me as you talk of me in the third person. Do you have cojones, Zesta? LMFAO.....;}
I'm a Pat Buchanan, Rand Paul type conservative. I guess there is some libertarian running through me. But I find most libertarians to simply be amoral. Nice...but I don't see any Libertarians around here. Unless you mean non right wing Republicans.... and I don't think there is such a thing.... National Security Act of 1947 "The World At War: A New Germany "A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. The supreme god of a fascist, to which his ends are directed, may be money or power; may be a race or a class; may be a military, clique or an economic group; or may be a culture, religion, or a political party... We all know the part that the cartels played in bringing Hitler to power, and the rule the giant German trusts have played in Nazi conquests. Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise. In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself... Still another danger is represented by those who, paying lip service to democracy and the common welfare, in their insatiable greed for money and the power which money gives, do not hesitate surreptitiously to evade the laws designed to safeguard the public from monopolistic extortion. American fascists of this stamp were clandestinely aligned with their German counterparts before the war, and are even now preparing to resume where they left off, after "the present unpleasantness" ceases. Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection. They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution." Henry A. Wallace, 33rd Vice President of the US, The Danger of American Fascism
Perpetual War destroys the Empire....everytime. And the Deal about being a super power is that you control all events. IF you don't, what's the point? And yes, 2.2 Billion are about to be wiped off the map. sad. but true.
Yes I want the muzzies to kill each other.
How to lose $440 million in 45 minutes.... :twisted: :lol: :roll: :shock: :? 8-) Be wired into the NYSE and World Markets. Do High Frequency Trading as your preferred platform. HAve one of your algorithms programmed to give you the worst possible trades 40 per second for 45 minutes. Then have the NYSE announce that All trades are good and will stand. EASY Peasy..... 8-) Knight Capital Group, Inc. (KCG) -NYSE 3.43 Down 3.51(50.58%) 10:59AM EDT - Nasdaq Real Time Price From down 25% yesterday.
Two anagrams Black Knight Group wishes they'd never heard of: HFT and Algo's.....8D Us Dirty Fuckin' Hippies told you this blatant market manipulation would end badly. SkyNet goes self aware and the USSA's done just as fast.
Spoken like a true zioFundy. Your problem is that Power trumps every religion. The madness will not stop until it comes for you.
DEATH SPIRAL and the CEO is clueless. per ZH: www.zerohedge.com/news/kn...rket-hap-one-day#comments "Translation: we are shopping ourselves right now and unless someone pick us up by end of trading when the margin calls come in, tomorrow's open may be a little problematic. Of course, JPM will mysteriously step up in the last minute and provide a DIP-like loan in the process onboarding all the "segregated" accounts. * KNIGHT BONDS FALL 13.125 CENTS TO 70 CENTS ON DOLLAR Quite soon we may find out what it means to trade in a market which has just lost one of its key market makers, responsible for up to 15% of overall liquidity.
No, nitwit, I don't. Blather on.
A female at LF....welcome.... I can be very sensitive. Sincerely Jim....;}
Sound Familiar? " "I am not an important man... I possess only my personal sense of dignity. My life has been reduced to nothing by an intolerable insult. Therefore, I have nothing to lose except my life, which is nothing, so I trade my life for yours, as your life is favoured. The exchange is in my favour, so I shall not only kill you, but I shall kill many of you, and at the same time rehabilitate myself in the eyes of the group of which I am a member, even though I might be killed in the process." The amok syndrome is an extreme instance of the puzzle of human emotions. Exotic at first glance, upon scrutiny they turn out to be universal; quintessentially irrational, they are tightly interwoven with abstract thought and have a cold logic of their own."
The problem for the USSA is that we actually think that our colonies have been subdued....;} "Thursday: 54 Killed, 74 Wounded August 2, 2012 An extraordinary number of attacks on checkpoints and other security targets occurred across central and northern Iraq today. Most of them produced few casualties each, but together they eclipsed a bombing in Baghdad that left dozens killed or injured there. Overall, at least 54 people were killed and 74 more were wounded. Only yesterday, the Iraqi government, in releasing July casualties statistics admitted that violence in on the rise." original.antiwar.com/upda...d-74-wounded-across-iraq/ O, and the difference between Liberation Movements and Fascists: Fascists avoid military/infrastructure and target civilians....;}
In Baghdad, a bomb killed nine people and wounded 32 others in Husseiniya; residents attacked federal police with their bare hands after the blast. Now THAT's a non fascist attack.....;}
"White South Africa regarded its wealth as prima facie evidence of cultural superiority." The 20 to 1 disparity between Israeli and Palestinian per capita income matches the wealth gap between American Blacks and whites (app. $5,000 vs. $100,000 for median Black and white households). The fact that such numbers do not provoke general shock and calls for reparations is proof enough that most whites view the disparity as more a natural phenomenon than evidence of cumulative injustice. Daniel Patrick Moynihan spoke for white folks of the past, present and future when he posited, in 1965, that a Black "culture of poverty" is what keeps Black people poor – not pervasive white racism.
With KCG getting caught Front Running it's customers, getting caught on the Wrong side of the trade, and Then claiming it has a 'bank' extending a 'line of credit' til ......Wednesday/Monday/Who Knows the 'bank' does not exist..... Fri, 08/03/2012 - 14:40 | 2676455 SheepDog-One SheepDog-One's picture It sure as s**t isnt your grand dads market....100% broken fraud. How the hell anything goes on forward from here I have absolutely no idea. mcgowanjm posted on 2012-08-03 22:09:04 ET
#623. To: Robin, All (#0) First. I notice that Never Ever does the 'links' following my Google present ANY of the Following: Market Manipulation Climate Change Peak Oil Never. Which means they are ALL Full On in Play....8D Second. www.theoilage.com/post62943.html#p62943 mcgowanjm posted on 2012-08-04 9:30:51 ET
Send that one to Manila. 2/3 of the city of 12 million is under water....;} r sight in Metro Manila – DENR chief ... newsinfo.inquirer.net/......me-familiar-sight-in-me... 23 hours ago – Latest News Stories ... MANILA, Philippines – Let's get used to great floods. ... adapt to climate change and the only way we could be prepared for the impact of climate change is to accept that these recent developments in our ... BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHHA...;} We've altered 1/2 the planet, 95% expect 2 billion to be added in the next 25 years, and Now we're just going to have to get used to this.....
It wasn’t just that July was a single-record month: the 12 months ending with July was the warmest such period since modern recordkeeping began in 1895, and the January-July 2012 period was also the warmest on record. The top 13 warmest 12-month periods since 1895 have all occurred since 1999. Brian Williams last nite: "This is not a One Off. We'll have to get used to Climate Change. BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...;}
Interestingly, the Aquino Administration after just a little over one year in power was said to have summarily cancelled projects that aimed to construct flood-control infrastructure initiated by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasig_River The Pasig River winds generally north-westward for some 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) from the Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines, to Manila Bay, in the southern part of the island of Luzon. From the lake, the river runs between Taguig City, and Taytay, Rizal, before entering Pasig City. This portion of the Pasig River, to the confluence with the Marikina River tributary, is known as the Napindan River or Napindan Channel. From there, the river forms the common border between Makati City to the south and Pasig City, followed by Mandaluyong City to the north. The river then sharply turns northeast, where it has become the border between Mandaluyong and Manila before turning again westward, joining its other major tributary, the San Juan River, and then following a sinuous path through the center of Manila before emptying into the bay. The whole river and most portions of its tributaries lie entirely within Metro Manila, the metropolitan region of the capital. Isla de Convalescencia (14°35′26"N 120°59′20"E), the only island dividing the Pasig River, can be found in Manila and it is where the Hospicio de San Jose is located. Tributaries and canals One major river that drains Laguna de Bay is the Taguig River, which enters into Taguig before becoming the Pateros River; it is the border between the municipalities of Pateros and Makati City. Pateros River then enters the confluence where the Napindan Channel and Marikina River meet. The Marikina River is the larger of the two major tributaries of the Pasig River, and it flows southward from the mountains of Rizal and cuts through the Marikina Valley. The San Juan River drains the plateau on which Quezon City stands; its major tributary is Diliman Creek. Within the city of Manila, various esteros (canals) criss-cross through the city and connect with the Tullahan River in the north and the Parañaque River to the west. The growth of Manila along the banks of the Pasig River has made it a focal point for development and historical events. The foremost landmark on the banks of the river is the walled district of Intramuros, located near the mouth of the river on its southern bank. It was built by the Spanish colonial government in the 16th century. Further upstream is the Hospicio de San Jose, an orphanage located on Pasig's sole island, the Isla de Convalescencia. On the northern bank stands Malacañan Palace, the official residence of the President of the Philippines. Also on Pasig River's northern bank and within the Manila district of Sta. Mesa is the main campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. In Makati City, along the southern bank of Pasig, is the Sta. Ana Racetrack and the Rockwell Commercial Center, a high-end office and commercial area containing the Power Plant Mall. At the confluence of the Pasig and Marikina rivers is the Napindan Hydraulic Control Structure, which regulates the flow of water from the Napindan Channel. The Pasig River's main watershed is concentrated in the plains between Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay. The watershed of the Marikina River tributary mostly occupies the Marikina Valley, which was formed by the Marikina Fault Line. The Manggahan Floodway is an artificially constructed waterway that aims to reduce the flooding in the Marikina Valley during the rainy season, by bringing excess water to the Laguna de Bay. Tidal flows The Pasig River is technically considered a tidal estuary. Toward the end of the summer or dry season (April and May), the water level in Laguna de Bay reaches to a minimum of 10.5 meters. During times of high tide, the water level in the lake may drop below that of Manila Bay's, resulting in a reverse flow of seawater from the bay into the lake. This results in increased pollution and salinity levels in Laguna de Bay at this time of the year.[1] Flooding The Pasig River is vulnerable to flooding in times of very heavy rainfall, with the Marikina River tributary the main source of the floodwater. The Manggahan Floodway was constructed to divert excess floodwater from the Marikina River into the Laguna de Bay, which serves as a temporary reservoir. By design, the Manggahan Floodway is capable of handling 2,400 cubic meters per second of water flow, although the actual flow is about 2,000 cubic meters per second. To complement the floodway, the Napindan Hydraulic Control System (NHCS) was built in 1983 at the confluence of the Marikina River and the Napindan Channel to regulate the flow of water between the Pasig River and the lake.[2] Before the mass urbanization of Manila, the Pasig River served as an important means of transport; it was the city's lifeline and center of economic activity. Some of the most prominent kingdoms in early Philippine history, including the kingdoms of Namayan, Maynila, and Tondo grew up along the banks of the river, drawing their life and source of wealth from it. When the Spanish established Manila as the capital of their colonial properties in the Far East, they built the walled city of Intramuros on the southern bank of Pasig River near its mouth. After World War II, massive population growth, infrastructure construction, and the dispersal of economic activities to Manila's suburbs left the river neglected. The banks of the river attracted informal settlers and the remaining factories dumped their wastes into the river, making it effectively a huge sewer system. Industrialization had already polluted the river.[3] In the 1930s, observers noticed the increasing pollution of the river, as fish migration from Laguna de Bay diminished. People ceased using the river's water for laundering in the 1960s, and ferry transport declined. By the 1970s, the river started to emanate offensive smells, and in the 1980s, fishing in the river was prohibited. By the 1990s, the Pasig River was considered biologically dead[3] Bankoff, Gregg (2003). "Constructing Vulnerability: The Historical, Natural and Social Generation of Flooding in Metropolitan Manila," Disasters, 27(3): 95–109. "Metro Manila is situated in a semi-alluvial floodplain formed by sediment flow from the Meycauayan and Malabon-Tullahan river basins in the north and the Marikina river basin in the east. It encompasses a land area of 636 square kilometres, measuring about 20 kilometres in length along a north-south axis and stretching more than 22 kilometres at its widest. The conurbation is open to Manila Bay on the west and to Laguna de Bay, a large lake, on the south-east. As such, the metropolitan area now constitutes a vast urbanised drainage basin that experiences frequent inundations from overflowing rivers and storm waters that render the existing system of esteros (modified natural channels) and canals constructed during the Spanish and American colonial periods inadequate. Despite the growing vulnerability of much of the metropolitan area, however, rapid urbanisation has continued unabated with residential homes, industries and commercial sites increasingly exposed to flood-related destruction." While flooding variously affects all areas of Manila, some cities and municipalities are more vulnerable than others due to their location and height relative to sea level. Some 20 per cent of the capital’s 63,600 square hectares is designated as flood prone, of which 5,385 square hectares (41 per cent) are served by pumping stations and the remaining 7,715 square hectares (59 per cent) suffer frequent and long lasting inundation. Areas to the east, south-east and south of the capital around Marikina, Pasig, Mandaluyong, Muntinlupa and Parañaque and especially those adjacent to Laguna de Bay such as Taguig and Pateros are acutely susceptible to flooding. n some particularly exposed cities such as Muntinlupa and Taguig, all barangays (the basic unit of local government) are regularly inundated and the coverage of flooding extends to 88 per cent and 83 per cent of their respective land areas. Flooding is not a recent hazard in the Philippines but one that has occurred throughout the recorded history of the archipelago: it is the result of the low-lying nature of much of the terrain and the frequency of typhoons. These typhoons do not necessarily constitute hazards as such and are, in fact, responsible for a significant percentage of the annual rainfall that makes the islands so fertile and thus ideal for agriculture. This fertility, in turn, encourages or at least permits demographic growth and the location of people in large cities such as Metro Manila. The demands of this steadily expanding urban population for basic amenities such as water, together with the nature of modern development, generate environmental problems like accelerated subsidence and garbage disposal that, in conjunction with the torrential rainfall associated with tropical storms, aggravates the incidence and severity of flooding in the metropolitan area. The concentration of employment, educational and health among other opportunities in the ‘big city’ only spurs more rural-to-urban migration, creates shortages of suitable residential land and encourages the occupation of areas more prone to flooding or that have important drainage functions. The actions of governments and the technological solutions they mainly favour have only limited outcomes and may actually aggravate conditions usually to the disadvantage of the most vulnerable poor, whether urban or rural. The construction of vulnerability to flood in Metro Manila, therefore, clearly shows how societies and destructive agents are very much mutually constituted and embedded in natural and social systems as unfolding processes over time. Heavy rain is no surprise in the Philippines - the country typically gets at least 20 typhoons a year - and some claim that global climate change is making the problem worse. Even if that view is wrong, clearly more can be done to diminish the effect of extreme rains, in Manila and across the country. To be sure, the country is a poor one, but that does not excuse the official failure to learn from history, notably from the 2009 Manila flooding which killed at least 460. Despite solemn promises made then, low-lying shantytowns continue to grow, and rubbish dumped by their residents clogs drainage canals and sewers. Around the city, meanwhile, forested areas capable of retaining water in the soil, are being cleared to build suburbs for the affluent.
" There are some scoundrels, however, who purposely clog the drainage pipes of some streets precisely to induce floods. Why? So that vehicles will stall in the floods and they will earn by pushing the stalled vehicles to higher ground. Or they can earn fees from pedestrians who do not want to get their feet wet to use the wooden planks that they have laid above the water. Or they can ferry them from dry ground to dry ground on their pushcarts—for a fee. Trabaho lang, they will tell you. That is par for the course in low-lying areas like España. But what about V. Luna street in Quezon City that was never flooded before? Why was it suddenly flooded one day so that many vehicles stalled and had to be pushed to higher ground by men waiting there? Workers of the MMDA found the drainage pipes blocked with rocks and garbage. Were the rocks lodged there by the floodwaters or purposely placed there to block the drainage pipe and cause the flooding?"
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