politics for the 99%

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Ullrich Fichtner, Maximilian Popp, Christoph Schult and Alexander Smoltczyk, June 23, 2015 (Photo Gallery – Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan).

When 800 refugees drowned on their way to Europe this April, leaders promised to act. Just over two months later, the EU’s attempts at real reform have all but failed – and thrown up some dark moral questions. Continue Reading…

Published on Global Research.ca, by Christina Sarich, June 21, 2015 [VIDEO, 2.39 min].

Should we not have the right to choose? One in 50 children are now autistic. No, you didn’t read that wrong. Despite the fact that a CDC whistleblower recently came forward admitting that the government agency obfuscated evidence linking vaccines to autistic behavior, California lawmakers passed a mandatory vaccine bill (SB277) which removes parental exemptions – making it so parents couldn’t refuse or delay vaccines. Even more damning evidence has surfaced proving that Big Pharma had their hands in the creation of the bill.   Continue Reading…

Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, June 21, 2015: the Rise of the Non Leftist Left.

Over the past decade fundamental changes have taken place in Southern Europe, which have broken with previous political alignments, resulting in the virtual disappearance of traditional leftist parties, the decline of trade unions and the emergence of middle class radicalism … // Continue Reading…

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Florian Gathmann, Matthias Gebauer, Christiane Hoffmann, Gordon Repinski, Matthias Schepp, Christoph Schult and Klaus Wiegrefe, June 19, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

Washington is once again talking about stationing nuclear warheads in Europe. Russia, too, is turning up the rhetoric. Europeans are concerned about becoming caught in the middle of a new Cold War … // Continue Reading…

UK: three in ten UK Bangladeshi households are overcrowded, on Left Foot Forward, by Ruby Stockham, June 20, 2015: Latest government figures show the impact soaring house prices are having on living conditions. New figures published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that in 2011, home ownership fell for the first time in almost a century;

The ’joke of the decade’, on Kashmir and IDPs, by K.N. Pandita, June 20, 2015;   Continue Reading…

Published on Russia Today RT, June 19, 2015.

The sanctions imposed by the EU against Russia and Moscow’s retaliation would cost Europeans 100 billion euros in economic development and jeopardize up to 2.5 million jobs, a new study said.   Continue Reading…

Published on Dissident Voice, by Binoy Kampmark, June 16, 2015.

Idolatry is the natural consequence of abuse and disregard. Forget something, and revere it. Edification entails that no regard need be had to substance. When human rights conventions make it into the political argot, cited by the very individuals who are controlled by them, we know that a degree of amnesia and calculation has set in. They are the last ones who are interested in what those documents enshrine.   Continue Reading…

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Marco Evers and Laura Höflinger, June 15, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

A new consensus is emerging that bans on cannabis are counterproductive. Across the world, countries are legalizing its use for pleasure and medical treatment – but Germany still lags behind … // Continue Reading…

Published on Dissident Voice, by David Swanson, June 15, 2015.

I’m not sure if there’s been a better written book published yet this year than Ukraine: Zbig’s Grand Chessboard and How the West Was Checkmated, but I’m confident there’s not been a more important one … // Continue Reading…

Chants: Voice of the Living Light, 76.56 min, uploaded by Classical Music goturhjem2, Jan 14, 2012.

Links:

• Find her on en.wikipedia; dans fr.wikipedia; auf de.wikpedia; on YouTube-search; on Google web-search; on Google Images-search;
• Film auf deutsch: Visions – Hildegarde von Bingen, 105.55 min, (parlé allemand, sous titre français), mise en ligne par rashailesfly, le 14 juin 2014;
• Webseite: Land of Hildergard / Land der Hildegard.de.

Regime-Change in der Ukraine? – Dr. Daniele Ganser, 110.13 min, von wwwKenFMde am 6. Juni 2015 hochgeladen – KenFM zeigt: aus der Physik wissen wir, dass Ursache und Wirkung miteinander zu tun haben, und kennen auch eine Reihenfolge. Erst die Ursache, dann die Wirkung. Ein Glas, das zerschlagen am Boden liegt, musste erst fallen. Continue Reading…

Published on Dissident Voice, by Bill Annett, June 13, 2015.

Tim Geithner is seated at Charlie Rose’s exclusive Table Ronde, his fashionable curly locks carefully askew on his lofty forehead, his hands expressively illustrating his financial competence. He has published a book destined for stardom, Stress Test, he confronts Charlie who loves to flog best sellers before they are. Tim has been here before – annually, on average – but tonight we are treated to the official word, the inside story on what we’ve accomplished since TARP, how much better the banking system is now, largely because of the astuteness of Tim Geithner himself, former Treasury Secretary.   Continue Reading…

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Peter Müller, René Pfister and Christian Reiermann, June 12, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble appears to have given up hope of a satisfactory outcome to the Greek crisis. Unlike the chancellor, he is willing to cut the rope on Athens. But will he dare to dig in his heels and defy Merkel?   Continue Reading…

Published on Dodd-Frank Update, June 11, 2015;

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau CFPB issued a report detailing reverse mortgage advertisements and their potential risk to older consumers. The CFPB found that, after viewing reverse mortgage advertisements, focus group and interview participants were confused or had misconceptions about important features and terms of reverse mortgage loans.   Continue Reading…

Published on GIZMODO.co.uk, by Matt Novak,June 6, 2015.

In the late 1960s a biologist named Paul Ehrlich insisted that the world’s rapid population growth was unsustainable. What could be done? Ehrlich proposed radical population control measures—including sterilisation.   Continue Reading…

• Following the Silk Road to the end of China, on BBCtravel, by Stanley Stewart, Oct 27, 2014: Stanley Stewart travels across the wilds of Central Asia, not for gold or conquest, trade or empire, but to explore the outer fringes of the imagination;
• Silk Road travel on YouTube-search;
• Silk Road – Kitaro, 6 Albums in autoplay, uploaded by kitarotv, December 2012.

Von wwwKenFMde auf YouTube hochgeladen:

• Krieg oder Frieden in Europa – Wer bestimmt auf dem Kontinent? 161.37 min, am 3. Juni 2015 hochgeladen … KenFM-Positionen #1: Krieg als bewusst eingesetztes Mittel der Politik war in den letzten Jahrzehnten für und in Europa ein Tabu. Diese Zeiten endeten unmittelbar nach Mauerfall und dem Zusammenbruch der UdSSR;     Continue Reading…

• Ben Morris & Melissa Rutz – 2015 Capital Swing Champion J&J Winners, 4.09 min, uploaded by CapitalSwingDancers, Feb 18, 2015 … West Coast Swing – BudaFest, 9-10-11 January 2015;
• Rob and Kathryn – Uptown Funk Capital Swing 2015, 2.54 min, uploaded by rob567321, Feb 16, 2015;
• Представление финальных пар Чемпионата России - по латиноамериканской программе танцев 2015, 8.21 min, uploaded by DANCESPORTru, Feb 09, 2015 … different dancers … and other videos in autoplay;     Continue Reading…

Published on The Irish Times, by Joe Humphreys, June 6, 2015: The idea of a living wage has been around since the 1700s, but Switzerland is set to put it to a vote next year … //

• … Progressive thinkers such as Thomas Paine and Bertrand Russell were fans but, in every age, predictable objections kicked in: it would be too expensive; it would be open to abuse; it would make people lazy … //

Laziness: Continue Reading…

Published on Russia Today RT, June 7, 2015.

Artillery shells have hit a local market in the north-western district of Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine. At least one person has been wounded, according to the head of the district’s administration aligned with Donbass rebels.   Continue Reading…

• Austerity policies – prescribing rat poison for ailing economies, on Real-World Economics Review Blog, by Lars Syll, June 6, 2015;
• A pattern of professional recruiters’ work – Father of Russian ‘ISIS’ girl talks to RT, on Russia Today RT, June 6, 2015 [with 2 videos];
• US’ big data breaches offer treasure trove for hackers, on The Economic Times, India, June 6, 2015;

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Saudi-led naval blockade worsens Yemen humanitarian disaster, on The Guardian, by Julian Borger, June 5, 2015: Aid agencies say embargo imposed by US and UK-backed Arab coalition has had dramatic effect, with nearly 80% of population in urgent need;

Hackers swipe confidential files on 4 million federal workers, on Consumer Affairs, by James R. Hood, June 5, 2015: Second major breach in a year of federal personnel records. Hackers have gained access to confidential personnel records of more than 4 million current and retired federal employees, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management OPM said late Thursday. It’s the second major breach of federal personnel records in a year …;     Continue Reading…

Published on The Telegraph.co.uk, by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, June 5, 2015.: No developed country has ever skipped a payment to the IMF – but Greek sources say they were provoked [incl. picture: Syriza had the money at hand. It chose not to pay as a conscious political choice; Video: How big is Greece's dept, 1.12 min; Graphs].

Greece is to take the drastic step of skipping a €300m payment to the International Monetary Fund on Friday, invoking an obscure mechanism in abeyance since the 1970s to bundle all debts due in June and pay them at the end of the month.   Continue Reading…

Published on Russia Today RT, June 3, 2015.

WikiLeaks has published 17 secret documents related to a controversial trade agreement currently being negotiated behind closed doors between the US, EU and 23 WTO members. NGO Global Justice Now called the leak “a dark day for democracy” … (including Chapters and Annexes of the TiSA text under negotiation, with it’s Docs dates and wikileaks publishing dates) …;   Continue Reading…

Early Middle Ages Music, 61.18 min, uploaded by Gramila888, Sept 17, 2013: the Middle Ages saw the emergence of great changes. After fall of the (Roman Empire) the violent times of the Dark Ages had led to a primitive society lacking in engineering skills or refinement. The traditions of Western music can be traced back to the social and religious developments that took place in Europe during the Middle Ages, the years roughly spanning from about 500 to 1400 A.D. Because of the domination of the early Catholic Church during this period, sacred music was the most prevalent. Beginning with Gregorian Chant, sacred music slowly developed into a polyphonic music called organum performed at Notre Dame in Paris by the twelfth century. Secular music flourished, too, in the hands of the French trouvères and troubadours, until the period culminated with the sacred and secular compositions of the first true genius of Western music, Guillaume de Machaut.
On en.wikipedia: Medieval music; /External Links.