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Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson (the "real" Reverend Jesse) joins me today to discuss media double standards, the "post-racial" left, and his wonderful organization B.O.N.D.. Live at 3pmE/2pmP/NoonP. Archives available here, or on iTunes. Taking calls in the second half: (347) 327-9710

> Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. (Habakkuk 3:17-19)

Land of Rising Debt: Falling Tax Revenue Forces Japan to Sell More Bonds By Bob Blandeburgo Associate Editor Money Morning Japan’s government will have to sell more bonds – and grow the country’s record debt – in the face of declining tax receipts. The central government’s tax revenue may fall below $442 billion (40 trillion yen) considerably less than the $439 billion (46 trillion yen) forecast a year ago, Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii told The Wall Street Journal. “This is due to the global recession that began last year, and we will deal with this through the additional issuance...

Yesterday, a snippet of info from James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, made its way online about the upcoming sequel to Quantum of Solace, referred to as simply Bond 23 for the time being. A Bond fansite called Commanderbond.net picked up on the info which came from when Craig was signing autographs after a performance of his stage play, A Steady Rain, with Hugh Jackman.

Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization Of A New Destiny, issued the following statement about the scandalous and shameful way NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith treated Rush Limbaugh, effectively blocking his bid as part of a group to purchase the St. Louis Rams: “As an American civil-rights leader I am deeply disturbed by the unfair treatment Rush Limbaugh received at the hands of the NFL and the smear campaign orchestrated by many in the media to brand him a ‘racist.’ “Rush Limbaugh was denied the opportunity to own...

THOMAS PAINE argues for a restoration of the common bond over diversity

Fusing together entries on Fleming’s famous 00-agent and detailed information on cases of espionage, real-life spies, MI5, SIS, CIA, KGB, and others, Historical Dictionary of Ian Fleming’s James Bond asks the question: What proportion of Fleming’s output is authentic, and what comes directly from the his imagination?

The top Republican on the Senate intelligence committee has pulled out of the panel's bipartisan review of Bush-era terrorist interrogation techniques, saying Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s criminal investigation into the CIA undermines the committee's ability to interview witnesses. "Had Mr. Holder honored the pledge made by the president to look forward, not backwards, we would still be active participants in the committee's review," said Sen. Christopher S. Bond of Missouri, the panel's vice chairman. "Instead, DOJ sent a loud and clear message that previous decisions to decline prosecution mean nothing and old criminal charges can be brought anytime...

An invitation to join Dame Shirley Bassey at the Ritz Casino is not to be ignored - reports The Times. After unveiling her new album, The Performance, we ask the Welsh wonder, 72, if she is ready to return glamour and hummability to that much abased commodity, the James Bond theme tune.

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Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance By JENNY ANDERSON After the mortgage business imploded last year, Wall Street investment banks began searching for another big idea to make money. They think they may have found one. The bankers plan to buy “life settlements,” life insurance policies that ill and elderly people sell for cash — $400,000 for a $1 million policy, say, depending on the life expectancy of the insured person. Then they plan to “securitize” these policies, in Wall Street jargon, by packaging hundreds or thousands together into bonds. They will then resell those bonds to...

Empire Magazine are touting Kathryn Bigelow to become the first female director in the James Bond series by recommending her for the 23rd 007 outing. Their argument for Bigelow was posted on their blog today: Ten directors have hollered “Action” on a James Bond picture. And in 47 years and 22 movies, they’ve all been blokes. In the equal opportunity 21st century, this begs a question: isn’t it time Bond was directed by a bird?* Bond 23 is two years away. Regular writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have been hired alongside Frost/Nixon scribe Peter Morgan to craft a suitably...

Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan /snip After yesterday’s big rush to safety, the bond market promptly puked and gave it all back. This is exactly what I am referring to when I state that today’s markets are broken and that hedge fund lunacy is destroying their integrity. The wild price swings are indicative of ZERO analysis being done by human beings. Rather what we are seeing is the result of a dog walking its master on the leash. Computers are running our markets and that is what scares the hell out of me. How does a bunch of...

Here is video of Sen. Kit Bond on a phone call with reporters yesterday, where he likened President Obama's trip to Russia and his dealmaking with Putin and Medvedev to a "manure pile." . . . . (Hear Audio)

Securities seized in Chiasso still between a wall of silence and a flow of disinformation Neither Italian nor US authorities have officially said whether the seized US Treasury bills worth US$ 134.5 billion are real or fake. A US Treasury spokesperson said they were fakes, but acknowledged that he only saw them in a photo on the internet. For Italy’s financial police, if they are forgeries, they are practically indistinguishable from the real stuff. Both the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan have an interest in denying their authenticity. Milan (AsiaNews) – Italy’s financial police (Guardia di Finanza)...

Demonstrations in the wake of Iran's presidential election are a sign that country's dissidents want the U.S. to get involved in the disputed contest, Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) asserted Monday. Bond, the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, pushed back against President Obama's claim that the election is not a U.S. issue, and urged the administration to speak out more forcefully in favor of Iranian dissidents."We didn't have anything to do with this uprising; we're not trying to tell them who they should select," Bond said on CNBC Monday morning. "But when they have such obvious election fraud and...

James Bond prefers brunettes, research says Gentlemen may prefer blondes but Britain's most sophisticated secret service agent tends to go for brunettes, according to an extensive investigation into James Bond's love life. By Roger Dobson 07 Jun 2009 MI6 agent Strawberry Fields, played by Gemma Arterton, is one of the nine per cent of red-haired Bond girls Photo: EON Productions Academics who set out to discover what makes the ideal Bond girl found that apart from having long dark hair, she is likely to have an American accent – and to carry a weapon. The unexpected findings were reached by...

Insight: Recovery not as easy as U, V, W By Gillian Tett Published: May 28 2009 20:09 | Last updated: May 28 2009 20:09 Are you expecting a “V” shaped recovery this summer? Or do you anticipate a scenario more like a “U” or a “W”? That is the question I have been asked repeatedly this month, as the debate about “green shoots” roars on. Personally, though, I suspect that none of the letters in the Roman alphabet quite captures what is most likely to go on. To be sure, the last year might seem to correspond to the start...

Obama Laughs While Conservatives Attacked By Vile Black LesbianRev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND Action, Inc., released the following statement blasting President Barack Obama’s smiling endorsement of Wanda Sykes during her scathing attack against conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. At a recent White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Sykes accused Limbaugh of treason and compared him to the terrorists of 9/11. She also said she hopes that Rush’s “kidney’s fail.” Sykes comments drew laughter from President Obama and most of the journalists in the room. The following is Rev. Peterson’s statement on this issue: “Wanda Sykes’ remarks...

The top Republican on the Senate Intelligence panel on Sunday warned that the Pentagon’s plan to release hundreds of photos documenting the abuse of U.S. military detainees will endanger troops and the American public. "I don't think there's any question it would endanger all of us, because I think it will enhance recruitment for all kinds of terrorists willing to come after us,” Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) said on Fox News Sunday. The release of those photos will come after incendiary photos showing U.S. military personnel abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq spurred an intense debate during...

When Warren Buffett speaks, it’s usually worth paying attention. This time, the Oracle of Omaha is voicing concerns about the ability of some battered local and state governments to pay off their debts. The idea of cities and states facing insolvency is alarming for sure, and Buffett isn’t alone. Moody’s recently assigned a “negative outlook” to the creditworthiness of all the nation’s local governments. The agency has rarely made such a sweeping generalization but said the magnitude of this recession warranted the move. The comments are the latest to have shaken the once-staid world of municipal bond investing. Traditionally, muni...

By some tortured, objective filmmaking standard it might be possible to make the case that Quantum of Solace isn’t the worst James Bond film of all time, but I defy anyone to argue that it isn’t the least satisfying. After all, a bad James Bond film is still a James Bond film. There is that going for it. Invisible cars and Grace Jones have done no small amount of damage but in the smoking, campy wreckage there still lies a James Bond film. Unfortunately, in the smoking, plodding wreckage of Quantum of Solace that scrap of comfort is nowhere to...

Alan Keyes on The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show Tomorrow, Feb. 27., 10 a.m. EST / 7 a.m. PST! Hour 1 (9 a.m. EST): Guest Amefika Geuka, Founder, Joseph Littles-NGUZO SABA Charter School. Topic: Do Black students need an African centered education? Hour 2 (10 a.m. EST): Guest Dr. Alan Keyes, Former Assistant Secretary of State and 2008 Presidential Candidate. Topic: Exposing Barack Obama's socialist agenda. Hour 3 (11 a.m. EST): Bible Go-to Guy. Topic: Do Christians really need to be taught how to pray? The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show airs Monday through Friday, 9-12 a.m. EST. / 6-9...

Will The Real Monkey Stand Up! Rev. Peterson Blasts Sharpton Over NY Post Cartoon Controversy Rev. Al Sharpton and NAACP President Benjamin Jealous—outraged over a New York Post cartoon which they claim is “racist” and that the NAACP chief says is an invitation to assassinate President Barack Obama, are calling for a boycott of The Post. Sharpton also wants the FCC to investigate the parent company News Corp. and look into its hiring practices. The Post cartoon showed the bullet-riddled body of a chimp, shot by two cops with one of the officers stating: "They'll have to find someone else...

Recently, I wrote an article regarding three misconceptions about homosexuality. The response to this article, published on Christian Post, was voluminous and intense. On the plus side, some readers were relieved to see these misconceptions addressed, but on the down side, others attacked my orthodoxy and competence. Given this response and the admittedly brief treatment of each of the misconceptions, I plan additional articles which will elucidate each point. Although this deeper examination may raise additional questions, I hope to address some issues provoked by the initial article on misconceptions in ministry. The first misconception I identified was "all gay...

Nationwide Inquiry on Bids for Municipal Bonds By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH The federal investigation that prompted Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico to withdraw his nomination as commerce secretary offers a rare glimpse into a long-simmering investigation of possible bid-rigging, tax evasion and other wrongdoing throughout the municipal bond business. Three federal agencies and a loose consortium of state attorneys general have for several years been gathering evidence of what appears to be collusion among the banks and other companies that have helped state and local governments take approximately $400 billion worth of municipal notes and bonds to market each...

Sen. Kit Bond (R-Missouri) announced he will not be seeking reelection, a Washington Post blog reports. As far as conservatives are concerned, this could be a good thing. Bond is an ardent Big Government supporter who for years has refused to back any fiscal restraint at the useless Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). When Republicans had a majority in the Senate, Bond consistently defended his turf as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee's panel on HUD. Every oversight hearing he would chastise whoever was HUD secretary for not wanting to flush more taxpayer dollars down the toilet. Hasta...

Deutsche Bank faces buyer strike over bond move By Paul J Davies in London and James Wilson in Frankfurt Published: December 18 2008 23:31 | Last updated: December 18 2008 23:31 Deutsche Bank is facing the prospect of a buyers’ strike against its own debt and even debt it tries to sell on behalf of others as investors protest against the bank’s decision not to redeem a bond deal this week. The German bank shocked bond and equity investors – and raised fears about its own capital strength – on Wednesday when it became the first big bank to say...

Bond Bubble Hits Manic Stage by Michael Pento, Delta Global Advisors, Inc. | December 12, 2008 Print This week marked the beginning of what I believe is the manic bubble stage in the nearly three decade long Treasury bull market. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Treasury sold $27 billion of three month bills at a discount rate of .005%. That rate is the lowest since the auction began in 1929. On Tuesday, $30 billion of four-week Treasury bills were sold at 0%! Again, the lowest yield ever recorded for that security. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, 41 U.S....

China Money: Bond curve may have steepened enough Reuters - Monday, December 8 By Alex Wang ADVERTISEMENT SHANGHAI, Dec 8 - China's bond yield curve has steepened spectacularly in the last few months as the central bank has flooded the money market with funds. But short-term yields are now so low that the curve may flatten back moderately. The spread between the indicative one-year government bond yield and the 20-year yield ballooned to a multi-year high of 218 basis points on Monday from just 67 bps two months ago, Reuters Reference Rates show. There were good reasons for the steepening....

Helicopter Ben Pulls Out Bazooka /snip Bazooka Is Loaded The bazooka is loaded and the helicopter drop has begun. Why anyone would be shorting the long bond when Bernanke is just doing what he said he would do in his famous helicopter drop speech Deflation: Making Sure "It" Doesn't Happen Here is beyond me. Here is the paragraph to consider from his November 21, 2002 speech: So what then might the Fed do if its target interest rate, the overnight federal funds rate, fell to zero? One relatively straightforward extension of current procedures would be to try to stimulate spending...

Rev. Peterson: Black Preachers Are Worshiping The Wrong Messiah! There shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies…2 Peter 2:1 With the November 4 election of Barack Obama, black preachers have been celebrating across the country. Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND Action, Inc. is rebuking these black preachers for their part in electing the most left-wing presidential candidate in American history: “Ninety-six percent of black voters supported Barack Obama and the majority of these voters were influenced by black preachers to put race ahead of their country and their faith,” said...

New Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko has been getting all sorts of attention recently from Hollywood producers, magazine editors and legions of drooling fanboys. The Ukrainian actress, who plays a Bolivian secret agent opposite Daniel Craig's 007 in "Quantum Of Solace", has also gained ire of the Communist Party of St. Petersburg, which in an open letter on its website condemned her for aiding "the killer of hundreds of Soviet people and their allies."

Watch Rev. Peterson's excellent speech from yesterday given at Texas A&M University. Jesse is uniting the races by truth instead of dividing them by lies........!! "HERE

Obama “would so weaken our security forces that I personally believe that we would be in much greater danger of terrorist attacks in the United States and abroad,” says Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo. “I’m very much concerned, because he’s shown weak judgment throughout his career. [snip] Obama voted twice in favor of requiring warrants to intercept communications of foreign terrorists situated overseas, including Osama bin Laden, Bond says. [snip] [Regarding the legal route Obama prefers in fighting terror ... ] “That’s really great,” Bond says. “Prosecuting somebody who’s blown themselves to pieces. You’re lucky to find enough of them to...

After Amy Winehouse blew the assignment in the midst of her drug-fueled self-destruction, producers turned to Keys and White to craft the theme song for "Quantum of Solace," the latest "Bond" film (No. 22, to be exact). The duo delivered a little ditty called "Another Way to Die," written by White but dominated by Keys. And though the movie doesn't open in theaters until Nov. 14, the song and the video are already ubiquitous on the Net. "Another Way to Die" has the distinction of being the first duet in the long history of Bond-branding ditties, as well as one...

States, Localities Face Deeper Crisis The Bond Buyer By Lynne Funk October 8, 2008 State and local governments are facing a fiscal crisis that will be far worse than the 2001 recession because sharp declines in income and sales tax collections will lead to more widespread budget cuts in the months ahead, a new Rockefeller Institute of Government report warns. But governments may have to issue more debt as a result of their financial difficulties, according to Don Boyd, the author of the report, titled The Damage is Just Beginning, and other market participants. Boyd said he expects a major...

The Jack White and Alicia Keys song for the next James Bond movie finally has a video, and it's way way worse than you could have ever imagined.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Justice Department investigation finds former U.S. Attorney Todd Graves of the Western District of Missouri was forced out because of opposition from Missouri Sen. Kit Bond's office. The report by the department's internal watchdog says Bond's legal counsel, Jack Bartling, asked the White House at least twice in 2005 to remove Graves. Bartling told investigators that he wanted to remove Graves because of conflicts between the staffs of Bond and Graves' brother, U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, a Republican who represents northwest Missouri. Bartling said Rep. Graves' operation "did not run business" the way that Bond's office...

Much coolness to behold!Trailer 2, Quantum Solace

When federal immigration agents raided a Houston rag factory and took 166 suspected illegal immigrants into custody, a Boston philanthropist and multimillionaire was ready to chip in bond money to help the workers. Robert J. Hildreth, 57, is the public face of the National Immigrant Bond Fund, a fledgling organization that helps immigrants swept up in Immigration and Customs Enforcement workplace raids post bonds. The controversial fund has the backing of major immigrant advocacy groups and religious leaders, but has drawn criticism from anti-illegal immigration organizations. Since spring 2007, the fund has paid more than $180,000 to bond out immigrants...

White Stripes frontman Jack White and soul singer Alicia Keys have recorded the next Bond theme tune - Another Way To Die. Amy Winehouse, Duffy, Grace Jones and Leona Lewis had all been tipped as frontrunners to perform the track in Quantum Of Solace. Another Way To Die has been written by US star White, 33, who also plays drums on the track, and will be the first duet in Bond soundtrack history. Daniel Craig reprises his role as 007 in Quantum Of Solace, the 22nd adventure in Bond history, when the film opens later this year. Bond producers Michael...

NAACP: Obama Win Won't Fix Race Problems CINCINNATI, July 14, 2005(AP) Racial disparity will remain an issue in America, regardless of whether Barack Obama is elected as the nation's first black president, the chairman of the NAACP told the organization's national convention Sunday night. Julian Bond, a veteran civil rights leader, said Obama's candidacy doesn't "herald a post-civil rights America, any more than his victory in November will mean that race as an issue has been vanquished in America." But he drew loud applause when he said the country, and "all of us here," are taking pride in the success...

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/06/bond-teaser-tra.html Released Nov 7th, 2008

FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq, June 30, 2008 – Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers and Iraqi National Police officers share the stresses and successes of providing security and stability in Iraq as they work side by side every day to protect the people of Baghdad. Army Sgt. Brent Mann (far left), of Austin, Texas, and Army Spc. Octavio Torres, of New York, share water with a policeman from 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st National Police Division, near a checkpoint at a major intersection in eastern Baghdad. Mann and Torres are assigned to Multinational Division Baghdad in Company D, 2nd Battalion,...

The curse of James Bond has struck again - after 007 actor Daniel Craig sliced off the tip of one of his fingers filming an action sequence. Craig, 39, was taken to hospital today while the 22nd Bond movie, 'Quantum of Solace' was being shot at Pinewood Studios. It is the second time in two weeks that Craig has been injured during filming. A week ago his face was cut and required eight stitches. But after the injury to his hand in the morning he was back on set to resume filming in the afternoon. 'There was quite a lot...

Beyonce Knowles has reportedly been approached to replace Amy Winehouse and record the theme song for the forthcoming Bond movie, 'Quantum of Solace'. Winehouse was rumoured to have been dropped as the film's official musical muse after DJ Mark Ronson told reporters he had scrapped his 007 collaboration with the singer, because she was not "ready" to work on music after a recent return to her erratic ways.

Bond measure to improve children's hospitals on ballot A $980 million bond measure aimed at modernizing and expanding children's hospitals in California has qualified for the November ballot.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has just filed an emergency motion for a hearing to modify the bond for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Action News broke the story of the Mayor's weekend trip to Dallas. Now...the prosecutor wants the mayor on a tighter leash.

After getting the bad end of his own ax in a fight, a bloodied villain limps alone in a stark desert. Mathieu Amalric stumbles to the red, rocky ground. "CUT!" rings loudly from the set of the 22nd James Bond film. Picking up an hour after "Casino Royale" left off, "Quantum of Solace" is the spy franchise's first direct sequel. Filming began in January and has taken the crew from Britain to Panama to this moonlike landscape in northern Chile, which is standing in for Bolivia. It's a place that director Marc Forster said evokes Bond's "isolation and loneliness." "He...