Random Political Thoughts

[rbkwp]

very pleasing
for both the Chinese and the Russians
F the Western World, share your rmb and roubles, fully endorsed ...

Russian government focuses on Chinese tourists

Published on Jul 4, 2015
Russia does not seem to be at the top of many tourists' favourite destinations at the moment.Fighting in Ukraine, the plunging value of the rouble and other disputes mean European and US travellers are going elsewhere.So, instead, the Russian government is looking to welcome the neighbours in China. Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford reports from Moscow.

 

[AlwaysSunnyinDFW]

I'm not ready for Hillary :/

 

[ActionBuddy]

Boy Scout motto: "Be prepared"...

 

[rbkwp]

bit of a worry
BIG WORRY actually
was watching those seniors body language as best i could
when the NO vote came in ..

July 06, 2015

NYTimes.com »

July 06, 2015

BREAKING NEWS

Greek Finance Minister Abruptly Resigns

Monday, July 6, 2015 2:24 AM EDT
Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s combative finance minister, who took a strong stand in demanding that creditors write off some of his country’s debts, abruptly resigned on Monday morning.
Mr. Varoufakis had played a key role in rallying votes for a resounding “no” on a referendum on Sunday that asked Greeks whether they were willing to accept an arrangement with creditors that would require considerable further austerity, such as pension cuts. Mr. Varoufakis had threatened last week to resign if a “yes” vote passed, and his decision to resign after he and his allies prevailed in the referendum was unexpected.
Read more »

 

[rbkwp]

relieved and find the explanation thats been offered quite acceptable all around
stepping down to placate the lenders because of his relatively aggressive style mmmmm ..
if i felt shocked, how much more the normal Greek voters who voted No huh ha'


bit of a worry
BIG WORRY actually
was watching those seniors body language as best i could
when the NO vote came in ..


BREAKING NEWS
Greek Finance Minister Abruptly Resigns

 

[Fuzzy_]

Not sure if this is the real The Donald or not. If it's really him, well, clay feet and such.

 

[Greysun]

Don't know if it's real, Fuzzy, but I like it.

 

[rbkwp]

EGYPT

Objectivity and justice have nothing to do with one another.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)EGYPT /




ISRAEL

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)

 

[rbkwp]

GRs complete coverage of Greeces dillema ...

Grexit, Hitting Bank Deposits, “Bail-Ins” and the New Financial Order
By Global Research
Global Research, July 09, 2015
Url of this article:http://www.globalresearch.ca/grexit-hitting-bank-deposits-bail-ins-and-the-new-financial-order/5461323

Greek massive “No” vote to austerity triggered a wave of popular demand for referendums on austerity and exiting the eurozone?

It was reported this week that “[o]ver 260,000 Austrians have signed a petition calling for the EU exit for the country, and now the Austrian parliament must discuss a referendum on the issue.” Inspired by the Greeks, the British population is now asking for a referendum on austerity.

But is the financial world order threatened at all?

Michel Chossudovsky and James Corbett discuss “financial cleansing”, or how “bankers and their political cronies will be able to use the bail-in, this weapon of financial destruction, not against the megabanks but against smaller banks, credit unions and independent banks that threaten their monopoly of power.”

 

[rbkwp]

seems mighty unfortunate that this takes place, its one thing i hate re Russia/China
am sure they do it to spite the West/UN/NATO etc ..
subtle payback for all the slanderous political shit the West has slung at those two Countries forever and a day ..

Russia blocks UN resolution on 1995 Srebrenica killings

Al Jazeera English
Russia has blocked a UN resolution that would have labelled the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Bosnia 20 years ago, as a genocide.

Despite having majority support at the UN Security Council, the resolution did not pass because of Russia's veto power.

Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports from the UN headquarters in New York.


public service post
always a sad affair when ancient artifacts are solen or destroyed by the Aimmmalistic side of human nature huh'

Hundreds of looted artefacts return to Iraq
Published on Jul 9, 2015
Iraq has recovered hundreds of cultural artefacts that have been seized by international customs agents since 2003. Having been looted from Iraq, many of these pieces come from areas that are now under ISIL control. Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf reports from Baghdad.Subscribe to our channel\

 

[Fuzzy_]

Wuzzies are a protected class. We don't have to bake cakes for anybody.

 

[temptotalk]

Senate Passes Bill Letting Schools Give Education Money To Financial Consulting Firms

Thats more than a little depressing.

 

[rbkwp]

of course
this type of thing has absolutely nothing to do with all the white truths the white house puts out whenever it opens its mouth huh ..

--
uly 10, 2015

NYTimes.com »
Breaking News Alert
July 10, 2015

BREAKING NEWS
Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds
Friday, July 10, 2015 3:43 PM EDT
The Central Intelligence Agency’s health professionals repeatedly criticized the agency’s post-Sept. 11 interrogation program, but their protests were rebuffed by prominent outside psychologists who lent credibility to the program, according to a sweeping new report.
The 542-page report, which examines the involvement of the nation’s psychologists and their largest professional organization, the American Psychological Association, with the harsh interrogation programs of the Bush era, raises repeated questions about the collaboration between psychologists and officials at both the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.
Read more »


CUBA
Radio and TV Marti: Three decades of covering Cuba - The Listening
Published on Jul 10, 2015
The Listening Post's Marcela Pizarro reports from Miami on the shifting US-Cuba narrative and the challenges facing Radio and TV Marti in proving it is not an outdated relic from the Cold War

 

[rbkwp]

cool people real humans
dont need overstuffed/suited politicians to creating Wars all he time
send all the politicians into the War zpnes they create, make them try to live thru it

Greek workers take charge of otherwise doomed factory

Published on Jul 11, 2015
Many businesses are facing closure in the Greek port of Thessaloniki because they're either not being paid - or they can't pay their bills. It's one of the ports which could be privatised under the government plan.Hoda Abdel-Hamid has been meeting workers there who have taken control of their own future

one of the saddest events of the time
leaders of the World ignored it/let it happen
some things we expect them to act on, UN for example
what was it created for

Mourning Srebrenica, two decades on

Published on Jul 11, 2015
Tens of thousands of people poured into Srebrenica 20 years after more than 8,000 people were killed in the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II.The remains of 136 newly-identified victims will be laid to rest on Saturday along with thousands of others already buried at a memorial centre just outside the Bosnian town.Al Jazeera's Nadim Baba reports from Srebrenica.

 

[rbkwp]

no change
excep the Greeks are leaving there Cointry and heading in droves to Australia mmmmm
always had a large pop of Grecians there ..


SAD indeed earthquake Nepal/Migrants WW/this mmmmm
we really dont have any control over our lives
individually or by Country ..

Greek business owners fearful of the future

Published on Jul 8, 2015
If Greece were to leave the eurozone, industries that rely heavily on imports from other eurozone countries would suffer. Many business owners - from small farmers to sock-makers - have already made sacrifices, and are worried for what may come. Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Phillips reports. Subscribe to our channel

 

[rbkwp]

GREECE / Eu bailout disscussion
i would absolutely crack up if the Eu refused Greece
and someone like Russia or China offered them a bailout
imagine the Western furore' ha

EU cancels summit in attempt to stop 'Grexit'

Published on Jul 12, 2015
A planned meeting of all EU leaders on the future of Greece has been cancelled. But eurozone finance ministers are continuing to discuss Greece's latest bailout proposal. The Greek government has less than 24 hours to convince creditors it can be trusted to enact promised reforms and secure a bailout.Al Jazeera's

makes him a not so nice guy ha'
successful at doing what he does well, got to give the guy credit for that ..
succesful/perhaps more so than any corrupt politician huh .. sooooo
just the trade in narcotic is a very unsavoury activity ..

'El Chapo' escapes prison in Mexico for second time

Published on Jul 12, 2015
The leading drugs gang boss in Mexico has escaped from a maximum security prison for the second time. Joaquin Guzman heads the Sinaloa Cartel, which smuggles large amounts of illegal drugs into the United States.Mexican officials say Joaquin Guzman escaped through a one-point-five kilometre tunnel running from his cell to a disused building outside the prison. Victoria Gateby reports.

 

[rbkwp]

is nigh time for your President to try and do great works for the people
strive for an everlasting legacy ..
maybe he can pardon Clinton fon his white house desk, indiscretion aka illicitt bj ..
they seem to have a knack at excusing each other for there crimes
oreven adefinie gitmo closure may have been better/year realize....

July 13, 2015

July 13, 2015

BREAKING NEWS
Obama Commutes Sentences for 46 Drug Offenders
Monday, July 13, 2015 1:21 PM EDT
President Obama announced on Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 46 federal drug offenders, more than doubling the number of nonviolent criminals to whom he has granted clemency since taking office.
“These men and women were not violent criminals, but the overwhelming majority had been sentenced to at least 20 years; 14 of them had been sentenced to life for nonviolent drug offenses, so their punishments didn’t fit the crime,” Mr. Obama said in a video released on the White House

 

[rbkwp]

MYANMAR

not tooo fussed re that Sui Kye woman
she is yet to prove herself even if with words only
regarding the plight of the Myanmar/Rohingya peoples

btw
whats been happening with the MIGRANT problem
the World media seems to have given up reporting onn it,it couldent have just stopped/dissapeared duh'

Myanmar to hold first open general election in 25 years

Published on Jul 14, 2015
After nearly 50 years of military rule, Myanmar will be holding its first general election under the semi-civilian government that took power four years ago.Yet some remain unsure how much authority a new government can have. Al Jazeera's Florence Looi reports from Yangon in Myanmar.

possibly a bit of a worry huh ..

One Minute South China Sea

Published on Jul 14, 2015
8 countries arevying for control of the South China Sea - one of the busiest and richest waterways in the world.
Sometimes all that vying can get out of hand.

 

[rbkwp]

EGYPT

not going to refrain from placing Egypts ongoing atrocities out there
theyre absolutely MAD murderous bastards currently ..

Reports of deaths and negligence in Egypt's prisons

Published on Jul 14, 2015
One human rights group says that, in Egypt, 279 people have died in police custody since the 2013 military coup. Prison authorities have been accused of intentional negligence when dealing with political prisoners. Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal reports.

 

[rbkwp]

UKRAINE
how a 76yo will live out the end of her life

'tell the World there are NO Russian soldiers here'
google

Nearly 1.4m internally displaced in Ukraine

Published on Jul 15, 2015
The UN says nearly 1.4 million people have been displaced in Ukraine since the conflict began last year. A ceasefire agreement signed five months ago between the government and Pro-Russian separatists seems long forgotten.

mmmmm
seems like theyre as persecuted a peoples like the Rohingyars of Myanmar ..
google

The plight of the Uighurs

Published on Jul 15, 2015
"If I go back maybe they’ll put me in prison."More than a thousand Uighur refugees from China now live in Kayseri, Turkey.Al Jazeera’s Hassan Ghani heard from two Uighur families, on condition that we protect their identities. They fear a backlash against relatives left behind in Xinjiang.