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Written on November 27th, 2015 in politics by heidi
Published on International Business Times IBS, by Mark Piggott, Nov 26, 2015.
A former senior risk consultant at scandal-hit Royal Bank of Scotland RBS is reported to be planning to make a number of explosive allegations about deception and greed within the bank’s upper echelons, even as the 2008 financial crisis was underway. Victor Hong, based in the US, is set to appear in court in the UK as part of a major action being taken against the bank by its own shareholders. Continue Reading…
Written on November 26th, 2015 in politics by heidi
Published on Dissident Voice, by Paul Craig Roberts, Nov 24, 2015.
… Turkey’s unprovoked shoot-down of a Russian military aircraft over Syria raises interesting questions. It seems unlikely that the Turkish government would commit an act of war against a much more powerful neighbor unless Washington had cleared the attack. Turkey’s government is not very competent, but even the incompetent know better than to put themselves into a position of facing Russia alone. Continue Reading…
Written on November 25th, 2015 in politics by heidi
Published on ZNet, by Cal Winslow, Nov 24, 2015.
The therapists, counselors, and social workers at Kaiser Permanente in California have won a magnificent victory. In a last minute retreat, in the face of an open-ended strike, Kaiser, the giant California health care corporation, settled with 1400 workers and their union, the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). Continue Reading…
Written on November 24th, 2015 in politics by heidi
Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1188, by Panagiotis Sotiris, Nov 23, 2015.
- In a certain way, I feel a certain unease since the entire Greek Left has some form of responsibility for the fact that Greece is not currently a laboratory of hope; rather it is a reason for despair. What I am going to say should be taken as a form of self-criticism rather than a declaration. I consider myself part of the problem. Continue Reading…
Written on November 23rd, 2015 in politics by heidi
… and No One Has Food – Published on Vice News, by Samuel Oakford, Nov 19, 2015.
Yemen’s humanitarian and human rights catastrophe continues to worsen, according to new UN figures which put the number of killed since late March at more than 5,700. Continue Reading…
Written on November 22nd, 2015 in politics by heidi
Published on Dissident Voice, by Paul Craig Roberts, Nov 21st, 2015.
… Once Russia is in a coalition against ISIS, Russia will have to make compromises. Putin will be told that Russia can have ISIS, but Russia has to turn Assad’s fate over to the West. If Putin balks, the Western media will blame Putin for torpedoing the war against ISIS. Continue Reading…
Written on November 21st, 2015 in politics by heidi
… in its Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Chapter – Published on naked capitalism, by Lambert Strether, Nov 19, 2015.
Let’s begin our quest for “science” with what the (disinformation campaign that is the) USTR’s FAQ has to say about the TPP’s SPS chapter, which controls, among other things, the (imported) food that you eat[1] … //
… Science vs. The Precautionary Principle: … //
… “Science” Based on “Confidential Information”: … // Continue Reading…
Written on November 20th, 2015 in politics by heidi
on refugees in the US:
- Obama threatens to veto GOP halt on Syrian refugees, on Russia Today RT, Nov 19, 2015: Tensions rose between the Republican lawmakers and US President Barack Obama when the White House threatened to veto a GOP-proposed bill requiring additional background checks for 10,000 Syrian refugees that Obama intends to settle in the US. Sponsored by Representatives Mike McCaul (R-Texas) and Richard Hudson (R-North Carolina), the bill would require top US security officials to certify that every refugee admitted to the US “does not represent a security threat,” according to McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee …;
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Written on November 19th, 2015 in comment by heidi
Paris attacked by Islamists … no, I no more will listen to any of these talkshows. As mentionned, again so called terrorists forgot their passports on the crime scene … do you really believe THAT?
I no more do. Thus, forget the whole bla-bla. To say it with the words of the belgian sociologist Jean-Claude Paye / (engl)… on Passport, le retour:
… l’apparente stupidité répétitive des terroristes doit être interprétée comme un artifice rhétorique du Pouvoir pour sidérer les citoyens. C’est parce que le récit officiel est absurde qu’on ne peut pas, qu’on ne doit pas le contester …;
in english: … the apparent repetitive stupidity of terrorists must be interpreted as a rhetorical device of the power / the govs to flabbergast citizens. This is because the official narrative is absurd that cannot – (that) has not – (to) be challenged …; Continue Reading…
Written on November 18th, 2015 in comment, politics by heidi
Published on the blog Triple Crisis (a publication from Dollars&Sense), by Nina Eichacker, Nov 16, 2015.
… One factor that contributed to the Icelandic financial crisis was the lack of financial market transparency. Organizations that could have reported on the conditions of the Icelandic financial marketplace and the state of the Icelandic economy did not … // Continue Reading…
Written on November 17th, 2015 in politics by heidi
… and more:
- Global Capitalism: November 2015 Monthly Update, 97.50 min, uploaded by RichardDWolff, Nov 12, 2015 … websites: Democracy at Work; Dr. Richard D. Wolff on YouTube-search /this month; and Left Forum.org;
- Is Capitalism Broken? – with Richard D. Wolff, 31.52 min, uploaded by FinanceAndLiberty.com, Aug 25, 2015;
- why Europeans fight Austerity more successfully than Americans – Professor Richard D Wolff, 6.26 min, uploaded by RichardDWolff, Dec 11, 2011; Continue Reading…
Written on November 16th, 2015 in politics by heidi
- 3 Hour Zen Music, 180.10 min, uploaded by YellowBrickCinema, June 11, 2015;
- Indian Background Flute Music, 181.43 min, uploaded by NuMeditationMusic, March 26, 2015;
- Native American Indian Shamanic Spiritual Music, 64.01 min, uploaded by Josmer De Abreu, April 27, 2014;
- DEEP PRAYING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, 31.36 min, uploaded by Kenneth Thompson, Nov 1, 2011;
- Nokia ringtone during concert of classical music, 1.20 min, uploaded by greatmilan, July 30, 2011.
Written on November 15th, 2015 in politics by heidi
Published on Let’s Try Democracy, by David Swanson, Nov 14, 2015.
We are all France. Apparently. Though we are never all Lebanon or Syria or Iraq for some reason. Or a long, long list of additional places.
We are led to believe that U.S. wars are not tolerated and cheered because of the color or culture of the people being bombed and occupied. But let a relatively tiny number of people be murdered in a white, Christian, Western-European land, with a pro-war government, and suddenly sympathy is the order of the day. Continue Reading…
Written on November 14th, 2015 in politics by heidi
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Written on November 14th, 2015 in politics by heidi
Published on Spiegel Online International, a Commentary by Markus Feldenkirchen, Nov 12, 2015.
Germany could approach the refugee crisis without surrendering its civility. But instead, the basest of anti-foreigner sentiment is taking hold in many places. If it continues, we could soon witness an atmosphere of brutality not seen in decades. Continue Reading…
Written on November 13th, 2015 in politics by heidi
Published on Anti War, by Jason Ditz, Nov 11, 2015.
A closed briefing in the Senate today has ended with officials saying that the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) for the ISIS war is a “nonstarter,” after White House officials, principally special envoy Brett McGurk, informing the Senate leadership that such a vote was unwelcome. Continue Reading…
Written on November 12th, 2015 in politics by heidi
Published on Dissident Voice, by James Hoover, Nov 10, 2015.
Ben Carson is the quiet, almost somnolent, version of Donald Trump. He is, like Trump, a political outsider, but a crafty politician all the same, without the reality TV persona of Donald Trump. Carson seems to share other attributes with “the Donald” though not commonly discussed in the media. Continue Reading…
Written on November 11th, 2015 in politics by heidi
- The Alternative to Capitalism, 3.55 min, uploaded by Chomsky’s Philosophy;
- Corporate Attack on Education, 64.03 min, uploaded by Joe Friendly;
- The Myth of the Liberal Media, 59.33 min, uploaded by Peter Pan;
- What Is Anarchism? on Capitalism, Socialism, Free Markets (2013), 71.50 min, uploaded by Remeber This; Continue Reading…
Written on November 10th, 2015 in politics by heidi
on the idiocy ruling our daily life …
- Subtitled in german: Dirk Pohlmann interviews Yanis Varoufakis, 62.38 min, uploaded by wwwKenFMde, Nov 3, 2015;
- Why Britain must stay in Europe, 83.51 min, uploaded by Guardian Members, Oct 26, 2015 … speaking at a Guardian Live event, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, warned of the movement towards the fragmentation of Europe;
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Written on November 9th, 2015 in politics by heidi
Violin, Guitar, Flute, Harp, Cello and Piano, 177.42 min, uploaded by Peder B. Helland, Composer (Norway), April 25, 2015 … with more music in autoplay – Website/about.
Written on November 8th, 2015 in politics by heidi
Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1183 (first on 2016 Socialist Register), by the 2016 Socialist Register, Nov 6, 2015.
The Preface to the 2016 Socialist Register, The Politics of the Right, includes the following paragraphs: “There is a great strategic importance in a sober analysis of the strength of new right today, and the impasse of the left emerges here as a central concern. In confronting almost everywhere different permutations of right wing populism gaining further ground in this phase of neoliberalism, and the increasing state authoritarianism seen in new modes of surveillance and policing, we need to recognize the complicity of liberal and social democratic political agents in this. Both this and the limited political capacities of the radical left have provide space for the rise of the right and the new authoritarianism in the current conjuncture … // Continue Reading…
Written on November 7th, 2015 in politics by heidi
… for immediate release – Published on Dissident Voice, by Kevin Zeese, Nov 5, 2015.
A mass mobilization (Flush the TPP, stopp the Global Corporate Coup) in Washington, DC from November 14 to 18 has been announced to begin the next stage of the campaign to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP was made public 10 days from the actions. Continue Reading…
Written on November 6th, 2015 in politics by heidi
a Railway journey in Switzerland – Driver’s View, 29.32 min, uploaded by P.-Călin A., July 31, 2013.
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Written on November 5th, 2015 in comment, politics by heidi
… Western Mainstream Extremism – Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, Nov 3, 2015.
With the collapse of the Communist countries in the 1990s and their conversion to capitalism, followed by the advent of neo-liberal regimes throughout most of Latin America, Asia, Europe, and North America, the imperial regimes in the US and EU have established a new political spectrum, in which the standards of acceptability narrowed and the definition of adversaries expanded … // Continue Reading…
Written on November 4th, 2015 in politics by heidi
Japanese High Speed Bullet Train – doc 2015 HD, 48.31 min, uploaded by Dokumentarfilm 2015 H, Aug 28, 2015.
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