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Index March 2015

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2015-03-01: equally related concerns;
2015-03-02: Austerity Kills: Economic Distress Seen as Culprit in Sharp Rise in Suicide Rate Among Middle Aged;
2015-03-03: A Little Myth-Busting – Europe’s Debt, Lies & Myths;
2015-03-04: Greece eyes last central bank funds to avert IMF default;
2015-03-05: all this happens;
2015-03-06: Tomgram: Engelhardt, the Ten Commandments for a Better American World;
2015-03-07: Are Pilots Deserting Washington’s Drone War?
2015-03-08: Victoria Nuland Lied to US Congress about Phantom Russian Hoards in Ukraine;
2015-03-08: Geld – Geld – Geld … ???
2015-03-09: Canada: Basic income could help reduce poverty;
2015-03-10: SYRIZA’s Responsibilities;
2015-03-11: Interview with Thomas Piketty on the Euro Zone;
2015-03-12: Syriza’s Only Choice, A Radical Step Forward;
2015-03-12: once again my evergreen statement;
2015-03-13: EU Increasingly Abandons Obama on Ukraine;
2015-03-13: Hidden Death;
2015-03-14: US – Russia – the others – the Collapse;
2015-03-15: Why Should We Care about Greece?
2015-03-16: Assange on Asylum – Interview;
2015-03-17: Basic income and the anti-slavery movement;
2015-03-18: Unintended Consequences: Obama traces origin of ISIS to Bush-era Iraq invasion;
2015-03-18: an die Anne Will-Diskussionsrunde;
2015-03-19: Negotiations with Greece Close to Breakdown as Budget Strains Worsen;
2015-03-20: Iran’s Nuclear Program – Diplomacy, War, and (In)Security in the Nuclear Age;
2015-03-21: Russian govt approves eastern route for gas supplies to China;
2015-03-22: Bank of Greece solicits donations on website to pay off debt;
2015-03-23: Nazi Extortion – Study Sheds New Light on Forced Greek Loans;
2015-03-24: US military convoy parades through Eastern Europe;
2015-03-25: Toronto’s Plan to Push Out the Homeless;
2015-03-26: But What About the Oil?
2015-03-27: California Water Wars – Another Form of Asset Stripping?
2015-03-28: War threatens Yemen;
2015-03-28: US Laser Test Destroys Germanwings Airliner, Killing 150 Innocent Civilians;
2015-03-29: The Troika’s Leverage Over Greece: The Ongoing Bank Run;
2015-03-29: … und noch dies …;
2015-03-30: Elizabeth Warren Strikes Back as Citigroup Tries to Blackmail the Democratic Party;
2015-03-31: different concerns in our world;
2015-03-31: Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, MARCH 1-31, 2015.

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Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, MARCH 1-31, 2015

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related articles published during March 2015 … :     Continue Reading…

different concerns in our world

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Elizabeth Warren Strikes Back as Citigroup Tries to Blackmail the Democratic Party

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Published on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, March 29, 2015.

An unusually move by a thin-skinned too big to fail bank, Citigroup, to slap down the finance-skeptic faction of the Democratic party appears to be backfiring … //

… Warren fingered Citigroup’s extensive connections to the Executive branch when she fought the addition of a rider to a must-pass spending bill that would eliminate a Dodd Frank provisions to force banks to stop trading certain derivatives in taxpayer-backstopped entities (the so-called swaps pushout rule). As you’ll see below, not only did Warren have the bad taste to point out that the current Treasury secretary is a Citigroup alum, and that Sandy Weill, Citigroup chairman, had offered Timothy Geithner the opportunity to run the bank, she also said that Dodd Frank had come up short by not forcing Citigroup’s breakup. If you’ve not seen this speech, you need to watch it. You’ll understand why Citigroup is desperate to find a way to leash and collar Warren.   Continue Reading…

… und noch dies …

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The Troika’s Leverage Over Greece: The Ongoing Bank Run

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Published on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, March 27, 2015.

A substantial portion of the site’s commentariat has wanted to believe that the Greek government’s defiance of the will of the Troika has been effective, either in and of itself, or as a means of preparing the Greek public and buying time before a Grexit … // Continue Reading…

US Laser Test Destroys Germanwings Airliner, Killing 150 Innocent Civilians

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again … US Laser Test Destroys Germanwings Airliner, Killing 150 Innocent Civilians! – Published on EU Times.net, by EU Times, March 25, 2015.

The (russian) Ministry of Defense (MoD/meanwhile no more published!) is reporting today that dispatches from the (russian) Northern Fleet (NF) appear to show that yesterdays downing of Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 in southern France yesterday was the “direct result” of a failed US Air Force test of its High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) attempting to shoot down an ICBM reentry vehicle, but which, instead, destroyed this civilian airliner killing all 150 aboard …

My comment: STOP – all Medias tell that it was the crazy co-pilot!Continue Reading…

War threatens Yemen

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Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Nasser Arrabyee in Sanaa, March 26, 2015.

While Yemen’s different groups are continuing to attend the country’s national dialogue, each is preparing for civil war.
The rebel Houthi group leader Abdel-Malik Al-Houthi this week declared a “war on terrorists” from the Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) groups that he says are trying to take over the volatile south and north of the country. Continue Reading…

California Water Wars: Another Form of Asset Stripping?

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on Global Research.ca (first on Web of Debt), by Ellen Brown, March 26, 2015.

In California’s epic drought, wars over water rights continue, while innovative alternatives for increasing the available water supply go untapped.

Wars over California’s limited water supply have been going on for at least a century. Water wars have been the subject of some vintage movies, including the 1958 hit The Big Country starring Gregory Peck, Clint Eastwood’s 1985 Pale Rider, 1995’s Waterworld with Kevin Costner, and the 2005 film Batman Begins. Most acclaimed was the 1975 Academy Award winner Chinatown with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, involving a plot between a corrupt Los Angeles politician and land speculators to fabricate the 1937 drought in order to force farmers to sell their land at low prices. The plot was rooted in historical fact, reflecting battles between Owens Valley farmers and Los Angeles urbanites over water rights.   Continue Reading…

But What About the Oil?

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Published on ZNet (first on Venezuelanalysis.com), by Rachael Boothroyd, March 25, 2015.

… What the hearing did reveal, however, aside from Senator Rubio’s lack of regular interaction with reality, is that U.S. intervention in Venezuela looks set to intensify over the coming year and will be implemented through a variety of mechanisms. Chiefly; further “targeted” sanctions against Venezuelan officials, more funding for Venezuelan opposition groups and NGOs, destabilisation of Venezuela’s economy, specifically its oil industry, an international media campaign against the country aimed at constructing a matrix of opinion surrounding human rights abuses and through further efforts to weaken Latin American integration and unity … // Continue Reading…

Toronto’s Plan to Push Out the Homeless

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Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1094, by John Clarke, March 24, 2015.

The Mayor’s Office in Toronto is today occupied by a much slicker operation than it was during the years of dysfunctional, bigoted buffoonery that unfolded under Rob Ford. Mayor John Tory has resumed the drive toward a fully fledged neoliberal city but has the basic political skills to frame his twin agendas of austerity and upscale redevelopment in the language of inclusiveness. He has been sufficiently proficient at this to rapidly create what Michael Laxer has termed an austerity consensus supported by the overwhelming majority of the Council, including its left wing … // Continue Reading…

US military convoy parades through Eastern Europe

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Published on Russia Today RT, March 22, 2015;

A convoy of US military vehicles, mostly IAV Stryker APCs, is touring through Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, the Czech Republic to Germany in a symbolic show of force and solidarity with Eastern European allies “that live closest to the Bear” … //

… (7 VIDEOS and text) … // Continue Reading…

Nazi Extortion: Study Sheds New Light on Forced Greek Loans

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Published on Spiegel Online International, by Manfred Ertel, Katrin Kuntz and Walter Mayr, March 21, 2015:

Is Germany liable to Athens for loans the Nazis forced the Greek central bank to provide during World War II? A new study in Greece could increase the pressure on Berlin to pay up … //

… Outstanding German Debt:

  • The central question in the report is that of forced loans the Nazi occupiers extorted from the Greek central bank beginning in 1941. Should requests for repayment of those loans be classified as reparation demands — demands that may have been forfeited with the Two-Plus-Four Treaty of 1990? Or is it a genuine loan that must be paid back? The expert commission analyzed contracts and agreements from the time of the occupation as well as receipts, remittance slips and bank statements.   Continue Reading…

Bank of Greece solicits donations on website to pay off debt

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Published on Russia Today RT, March 20, 2015 – (with Picture: Screenshot from Bank of Greece.gr Website)

While Mr Tsipras isn’t saying what’s left in the bank, he acknowledges Greece is facing “liquidity pressure.” The country’s cash shortfall is projected to hit €3.5 billion in March, according to Bloomberg calculations based on 2015 budget figures.

Greece’s coffers are spread thin, but the country has €3-4 billion in buffer cash stored at the Bank of Greece that could be used at a pinch, according to Economy Minister George Stathakis. Continue Reading…

Russian govt approves eastern route for gas supplies to China

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Published on Russia Today RT, March 20, 2015.

… The agreement defines the basic conditions for cooperation in Russian gas supply to China via the so-called eastern route. It includes the terms of design, construction and operation of the cross-border pipeline sector, the government said Friday.   Continue Reading…

Iran’s Nuclear Program: Diplomacy, War, and (In)Security in the Nuclear Age

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Published on Richard Falk’s Blog (also on ZNet), by blog owner, March 17, 2015.

We can only wonder about the stability and future prospects of the United States if 47 Republican senators can irresponsibly further jeopardize the peace of the Middle East and the world by writing an outrageous Open Letter to the leadership of Iran. Continue Reading…

Negotiations with Greece Close to Breakdown as Budget Strains Worsen

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Published on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, March 18, 2015.

Things are not looking good for Greece.

When Greece and the Eurogroup signed a four-month deal delineating how Greece could get access to desperate needed, so-called “bailout” funds, our reading of the agreement was that it reaffirmed the so-called Memorandum of Understanding, meaning the structural reforms that were part of the IMF loan program. That was very much a minority view at the time.   Continue Reading…

an die Anne Will-Diskussionsrunde

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… im deutschen Ersten Fernsehen vom 11. März 2015 – Griechenlands Schulden   Continue Reading…

Unintended Consequences

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… Obama traces origin of ISIS to Bush-era Iraq invasion, President Barack Obama speaks with ICE news – Video published on Russia Today RT, 2.59 min, March 17, 2015.

Obama stated that he is “confident” a coalition consisting of 60 nations “will slowly push back ISIL out of Iraq,” but added that the challenge of stopping extremism won’t stop unless there is a political solution to the internal strife affecting so many countries in the Middle East.   Continue Reading…

Basic income and the anti-slavery movement

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Modern-day ‘abolitionists’ need to frame labour exploitation so that it fits the narrative of their funding sources – Published on openDemocracy, by NEIL HOWARD, March 12, 2015:

Unconditional basic income is not only feasible, but it also has more emancipatory potential than any other single policy because it targets economic vulnerability, the heart of all labour exploitation.

Last May, I argued in a piece for Al-Jazeera that the emerging global anti-slavery movement risks becoming no more than a fig leaf for structural political-economic injustice. I suggested that unless it faces that injustice head-on, it will waste a generational opportunity to make the world more just, focussing instead on making consumers and activists “feel better about feeling bad” … //

… Slavery and the market: … //

… Basic income: Continue Reading…

Assange on Asylum – Interview

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Published on ZNet (first on teleSUR English ), by Chris Spannos and Julian Assange, March 14, 2015.

Swedish authorities announced Friday their willingness to finally interview WikiLeaks’ editor-in-chief Julian Assange, but a secret U.S. investigation has trapped the insurgent publisher without charge in Ecuador’s London embassy. Monday, March 16 will mark 1,000 days since Assange sought asylum there. In an exclusive interview with teleSUR English, Assange said there is growing recognition that the situation is unjust. Assange spoke with teleSUR editor Chis Spannos//

… CS: So in this larger context, what does the Swedish investigation represent?   Continue Reading…

Why Should We Care about Greece?

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Published on American Thinker, by Michael Booth, March 14, 2015.

… The answer has several parts; political, economic, ideological and perhaps — given Greece’s history — even philosophic, all blended together into an acrid, ruinous stew.

Greece is routinely painted in the Western MSM as the feckless child, and over the decades there’s truth in this. The Greeks are the author of their current situation. But that history of economic fantasy changed in the last Greek election, with the empowerment of a reality-based coalition.   Continue Reading…

US – Russia – the others – the Collapse

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Hidden Death

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Der Weg eines Big Mac / le chemin d’un Big Mac / the way of a Big Mac), 3.01 min, von Beni Stocker am 7. Juni 2013 hochgeladen.

EU Increasingly Abandons Obama on Ukraine

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Published on RINF alternative news, by Eric Zuesse, March 7, 2015.

As reported on Saturday March 7th by both German Economic News, and Spiegel magazine, the ongoing lies and arrogance from U.S. President Barack Obama’s Administration regarding Ukraine and Russia have finally raised to the surface a long-mounting anger of Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Government.   Continue Reading…