Random Political Thoughts

[rbkwp]

annoying that the stupid insensitive BBC
showed a short clip of a devesatated Ecuadorian man suggesting there Earthquake was 20 times stroner than eith of Japans 2
doesent matter surely, an earthquake is an ...
bloddy media, anything for a story??

Aftershocks hit Japan as search for survivors continues

Published on Apr 19, 2016
Powerful aftershocks continue to shake Southern Japan following Saturday's earthquake on the island of KyushuThis is close to the city of Kumamoto, which had been hit by a 6.4 maginitude quake on Thursday.At least 100,000 people are living in emergency accommodation.Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports from Minami-Aso.

Jan Boehmermann, host of the late-night "Neo Magazin Royale," is pictured during a TV show of Markus Lanz in Hamburg, Aug. 21, 2012. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed a complaint against the comedian, who recited a satirical and sexually crude poem about him on German television. (photo by REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen)

Political humor no joke for Turkish satirists

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s wrath at the media recently reached Germany, bringing Berlin and Ankara to a diplomatic confrontation over German TV programs satirizing the Turkish leader. Amid tensions simmering since mid-March, the Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the German ambassador in protest March 22 and sent Berlin a formal request for the prosecution of a comedian for insulting Erdogan in a poem recited on a satirical TV show.

Read more: Political humor no joke for Turkish satirists - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

 

[rbkwp]

a nother who i personnaly have the least time inthe world for
Norway and its do good to everyone attitude have made the biggest mistake ever, by allowing this evil bastard the right to live
have no compunctions in saying so
why shjould the families/friends of thos ekilled always be reminded of this animals existence ..
shoiuld have been executed withinjn a week of its atrocities ..
absolutely ridiculous

Anders Behring Breivik, Norway murderer, wins human rights case

Anders Behring Breivik, Norway murderer, wins human rights case - BBC News

Mass killer Anders Breivik wins human rights case
NO NO pic of the animal/nazi salute and all geeesus ..

\GWLADYS FOUCHE AND ALISTER DOYLE 2:44am | Norway violated Breivik's human rights by keeping him in a "completely locked world", a court ruled.

2nd day in a row VICE news has concentrated on this DRUGH BS UN JUNKET TALK FEST
like the BS PARIS GW//CC TALKFEST
they will meet/east, overstuff themselves,and nothing will come ot it ..

world having there drug junket this week ..

Portugal’s Example: What Happened After It Decriminalized All Drugs, From Weed to Heroin
As diplomats gather at the United Nations in New York this week to consider the future of global drug policy, one Portuguese official, João Goulão, will likely command attention that far outstrips his country's influence in practically any other area. That's because 16 years ago, Portugal took a leap and decriminalized the possession of all drugs — everything from marijuana to heroin. By most measures, the move has paid off.

Why International Drug Laws Won't Stop Legalization
International laws on drugs, including cannabis, remain virtually the same as they've been since 1961, when the UN's Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs officially made weed as tightly restricted as heroin.

The Story Behind Every Pothead's Favorite Number: 420
There are far more myths surrounding April 20, or, as it’s written numerically, 4.20, than there are facts. But here’s one incontrovertible statement about today's date: A lot of people are going to be supremely stoned.

Trouble in Europe's Pot Paradise: A Bloody Gang War Is Raging in Amsterdam
Though the Dutch have struck a compromise with international treaties that shows great results for reducing harm for drug users, the approach has largely shielded problems with drug crime in the Netherlands from public view.

Marijuana Researchers Are Tired of Working With the US Government's Shitty Weed
To date, the DEA has only licensed the University of Mississippi to do grow pot for research purposes. Another a grower at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst applied for a license more than a decade ago, but the request was denied.


dont like nor trust the Saudi nation ever, never have really there wealth has gone to there head and think they can get there way in anything/evgerything
very dominerring countrry?

Obama to meet Saudi king in Riyadh amid strains

Published on Apr 20, 2016
US President, Barack Obama is en route to Saudi Arabia, where he'll meet with King Salman during the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Riyadh.

The meeting is widely expected to highlight the strains between the U-S and Saudi Arabia.

good luck on that ..
black lives matter movement ..

Published on Apr 20, 2016
A year ago, thousands protested in U.S. cities over the deaths of black men at the hands of police.

It led to the
Race relations: A US election issue

which highlighted tense race relations.

The controversial issue is being raised again during the presidential campaign, as Rob Reynolds reports.

 

[rbkwp]

8 nours andx x3 partial posts hbow excuiting the LPSG politics forum can be
make a post and ignite/motivatge some duh???


would not have thought possible with the perfect English media reporting duh'

UK newspaper becoming a 'laughing stock' on climate reporting
Some of the world's most eminent scientists say the UK newspaper The Times is damaging its own credibility with its coverage of climate science and are urging the paper to improve the quality of reporting.

Leading scientists urge UK newspaper The Times to improve 'sub-standard' climate reporting

www.abc.net.au: UK newspaper becoming a 'laughing stock' on climate reporting

 

[rbkwp]

Anti-slavery activist to appear on US banknote

An activist born into slavery, will replace a former US president and slave owner, on the new US $20 bill. Harriet Tubman will become the first African American to appear on a US banknote. Born in the 1820s, she helped free more than 70 slaves through the Underground Railroad network.

Rob Reynolds looks at the life of this extraordinary woman. -

NATO suspends practical cooperation with Russia over Ukraine

Published on Apr 21, 2016
NATO says it has suspended practical cooperation with Russia.

The announcement was made at a formal meeting with Russia's envoy to the military

 

[rbkwp]

move the OLYMPICS back to GREECE permanently
olympics committee to pay for the privilege ..

Rio 2016 countdown continues as Olympic flame is lit in Greece
The countdown to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is intensified with the official lighting of the Olympic flame in a traditional ancient ceremony in Greece.

www.abc.net.au: Rio 2016 countdown continues as Olympic flame is lit in Greece

British police want citizens to watch for Paris-style attacks

British police have announced that they want to train one million citizens in how to spot and respond to a Paris-style attack.

It comes as security manufacturers say they're increasingly being asked to protect vulnerable civilian sites.

 

[rbkwp]

HUNGER being used against them
up to 400-000 Syrians, many children
250 of 400-000 soup out of dirty water and grass/cereal formerly 1 dollar a bag, now 150-00
its all happening in TURKEY

i blame the European leaders for a greater part of this entire conflict/fiasco ..
GOOGLE

Hundreds of Syrians evacuated from besieged areas

Published on Apr 22, 2016
A new aid convoy in Syria has reached the rebel-controlled town of Rastan.

Hundreds of people who were trapped in besieged areas have now also been evacuated.

Andrew Simmons has been following developments from the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border.

 

[rbkwp]

mmm see what happens, how it goes
UN backed govt huh ../aka US always add them in everwhere
and they dare rave the Russia is trying for world dominance

no wonder they were talking last week about doing something re Libya and the migrant refugees mmmmm SUSPECT

Libya's new government is struggling to take power

Libya's new government is struggling to take power
An initiative to unite Libya's political parties is facing major hurdles. Not all politicians have agreed to support a new UN-backed unity government. Meanwhile, the country remains divided under two rival administrations. Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from Misrata.

Head to Head - Has political Islam failed?

Published on Apr 22, 2016
Controversial Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan discusses Islamism and the rise and fall of the Muslim Brotherhood.
More from Head to Head on:

not quite at peace,not quite at war /aj repporter

very sad indeed for these unfortunte people
war forced on them by there neighbours, n this corner of the south Caucasus

looks like a dreamtime place,love to live there ..

Azerbaijan shows its side of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Published on Apr 22, 2016
For years Nagorno-Karabakh has languished as one of the world's semi-forgotten conflict zones. But the recent explosion of violence in this corner of the south Caucasus has people paying attention once more.Both Armenia and Azerbaijan are using the spotlight to communicate their differing narratives.

 

[rbkwp]

\ha
has someone been mentioning TURKEY ERR GODAN,has its stinjky finger in the global pie ..
sooner they get rid of that despot the better
if Turkey Egypt gottogether, oh what fun the world would have to untravel there holding hands
id even want Isrtael to do anolther 3 day war to sort them out, preferably not nuclear?? haha

A banner with the word "coup" is extended over supporters of President Dilma Rousseff watching the televised voting in the lower house of Congress over Rousseff's impeachment in Brasilia, Brazil, April 17, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker)

The real reason some Turks are so quick to cry ‘coup’ in Brazil

On April 17, Brazil’s lower house of Congress passed a vote to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, based on charges that she violated the country’s budgetary laws. In return, both Rousseff and some of her supporters condemned this voteas an attempted “coup" against the nation's democratically elected president.

Summary⎙ Print When Turks comment on the "coup" in Brazil, they are actually speaking about Turkey.
Author Mustafa AkyolPosted April 21, 2016
Interestingly, more than 6,000 miles away, staunch supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan passionately agreed with this interpretation of Brazil’s affairs. Various pundits of the pro-Erdogan media wrote hastened lines about "the coup plot" in Brazil and expressed "democratic solidarity" with the Brazilian president.

For instance, prominent pro-Erdogan columnist Hilal Kaplan wrote that “the coup in Brazil,” which was realized partly by the “big capital owning families,” must be a lesson for Turkey. Another commentator wrote a long piece titled “The coup has won, and Brazil has lost.” And a TV show used all of its airtime to report on “the coup attempt in Brazil and its consequences.” Meanwhile, on Twitter hundreds of comments in Turkish appeared about “the coup” in Brazil and how to defend democracy in the face of such challenges.

Read more: The real reason some Turks are so quick to cry ‘coup’ in Brazil - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

 

[rbkwp]

of course as expected, died off as quick as it came to light
lucky if there was interest for a couiple of days, pooh pooh ..

Panama investigators raid Mossack Fonseca property
Saturday 23 Apr 2016 11:32 a.m.

(Reuters file

Panama Papers called 'huge blow' to NZ's reputation

Mossack Fonseca, which specialises in setting up offshore companies, has said it broke no laws, destroyed no documents, and all its operations were legal.

Read more: www.newshub.co.nz: Panama investigators raid Mossack Fonseca property

seems the UN juist loves calling in everyone for little junkets like this
imagine the cost for them all to gather when called, the cost of getting together to feed the4mselves discuss talk shit and the sec gen to proclaim with a sad face
'thje world is in a terrible styate"?

Everything You Need to Know About What Happened at the UN Drug Convention

Collage by Marta Parszeniew
Drugs being illegal is exactly what criminals want. Relinquish control of the narcotics market by just outright banning everything, rather than decriminalizing and regulating it, and undesirable individuals, gangs, and cartels swoop in, making mammoth profits and indiscriminately slaughtering vast numbers of people in the process.

Everything You Need to Know About What Happened at the UN Drug Convention | VICE | United States

3 years of drought
INDIA
millions affected for many years
GOOGLE

India drought: Millions without steady water supply

Published on Apr 23, 2016
A third of a billion Indians are facing severe drought.Train loads of water are being moved across the country, but farmers' wells are drying up and drinking water is being rationed. Faiz Jamil reports from Maharashtra.

and furthjer/yet more crought
poor tobacco crops, little money for food .. geesus, the world is crapping out
millions bordering on destitution ..
GOOGLE

Zimbabwean tobacco farmers suffer from drought

Published on Apr 22, 2016
Southern Africa is facing one of the worst ever droughts because of El Nino conditions as record-low rainfall has made it difficult for farmers to yield their crops.

Annual tobacco production in Zimbabwe is expected to fall by 15 percent because of the drought.

 

[rbkwp]

hardly endorsing it but
quite amazing what NK gets up to compared to the suppressive sanctiobns placed on Iran

often wonder if its actually getting assisstance from China
we are never going to know huh ..

North Korea Just Launched a Ballistic Missile from a Submarine

News of the test launch comes ahead of the ruling Worker's Party congress, where Kim Jong-Un Is expected to flaunt his leadership and North Korean military might.

North Korea Just Launched a Ballistic Missile From a Submarine | VICE News

bummer for a country and its people this is geesus ..
always viewed it as a mystical place ..

Apr 23, 2016NEWS

William Mathis
Life Is Like Purgatory in the Squalid Shantytowns of Paraguay

In December, 2015, massive flooding on the Rio Paraguay forced over 100,000 Paraguayans to flee their homes. Nearly six months later, 60,000 citizens are still displaced and the situation isn't improving.

"If you blinked, the water rose so fast that it didn't give us any time to get out," Blanca López, 50, told me as we walked through Plaza de la Independencia, a public plaza turned shanty-town community in Asunción, the capital city of Paraguay. "A year ago I had faith, but now my faith in Paraguay has run out."

Life Is Like Purgatory in the Squalid Shantytowns of Paraguay | VICE | United States

 

[rbkwp]

bummer,real bummer MY MYNMAR
corrupt govt, i am sure of it, naaah no facts, but who gives a F
F'n useless bastards the govt either way ..

how disgusting and pathetic that is
meanwhile the millions given in ayd is probably being filtetred away thru corruption from those in power , bastards, even if its not happening as such, theres something terribly wrong ..

Nepal earthquake victims still living in tents one year on

A year on from the earthquake that killed 9,000 people Nepal is still a country in crisis, and many of those who lost their homes are still living in tents and under tarps.

Nepal earthquake: Victims still living in tents one year on as foreign tourists shun the country
By Siobhan Heanue

Nepal earthquake: Victims still living in tents one year on as foreign tourists shun the country
By Siobhan Heanue
Updated about 3 hours ago

Nepal children play amongst destroyed buildings
On the anniversary of its worst natural disaster in living memory, Nepal is still a country in crisis.

Key points:

Despite $4 billion in donations, many survivors have had no government help
Poorest people sleeping under plastic sheeting or in tin shelters
Collapse of tourism industry after quake devastates economy
A year on from the earthquake that killed 9,000 people, many of those who lost their homes are still living in tents and under tarps.

On the anniversary of its worst natural disaster in living memory, Nepal is still a country in crisis.

A year on from the earthquake that killed 9,000 people, many of those who lost their homes are still living in tents and under tarps.

But the earthquake proved to be just the first in a string of natural and man-made crises that shook the impoverished nation in 2015.

www.abc.net.au: Nepal earthquake victims still living in tents one year on

 

[desilover]

fuck off obama....leave us to make our OWN decisions!

 

[rbkwp]

OIL

i hope you all suffer for years and years
in fact hope it never ever recovers ..
'failure of the Doha meeting'

Crude power: The oil game uncovered - Counting the Cost

Published on Apr 24, 2016
In an attempt to tackle the global oil crisis, OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers held an extraordinary oil summit in Doha, Qatar's capital, last week.

With the oil price still low and the market heavily oversupplied, 20 oil and energy ministers were trying to find a consensus on a way forward. But they failed to do so and the summit turned out to be more about regional rivalries than about finding a solution to low oil prices.

Mohammed Bin Saleh al-Sada, the Qatari energy minister, said after the meeting:

"The meeting concluded that we all need time for further consultation..."

In the end, Saudi Arabia wasn't going to agree to a freeze in production without the participation of Iran, meaning a deal was almost impossible from the outset.

So with nothing changing in Doha, the oversupply will most likely continue and the oil price will unlikely recover.

Why did the Doha meeting fail? Who are the major players in the game of oil?

Counting the Cost takes a look at where the global oil industry stands right now - from Doha and Saudi Arabia to Oklahoma, and to Azerbaijan. We talk to Spencer Welch, Oil markets and Downstream, IHS, about the game of oil, the Doha meeting and the issues behind it.

Also on Counting the Cost, we examine the Google anti-trust charges, the smartphone business and the undeniable truth that these devices are starting to run our lives. Georgios Petropoulos from Bruegel think-tank discusses Google's position in the market and David Richards, the CEO and co-founder of WANDISCO, talks about the mobile revolution and the future of the smartphone business.

And, the hunt for better trade routes: Arctic ice reached a record low for a second consecutive winter, so China is looking to exploit the Northwest Passage, the fabled shortcut through the Arctic circle. Along with a new economic corridor through Pakistan it's the Silk Road 21st century style.

 

[rbkwp]

the Nepal govts criminal to its people and the entire country
dont carte what anyone says, or if anyones even intterested??
never ewver got to see the original beautry of the place altho had it in mind, damn

A second disaster awaits Nepal's heritage

Kathmandu's heritage sites may soon be placed on the UNESCO danger list due to mishandled post-earthquake restoration.

17 Apr 2016 11:59 GMT | Asia, Nepal, Buddhism, Earthquak

• The human cost of the earthquake, which struck Nepal a year ago this week, was immense, killing almost 9,000 people and rendering perhaps two million homeless. The response to the disaster has been lamentably mishandled. Most of those who lost their homes are still living under tin sheets and polythene.
  
  
• www.aljazeera.com: A second disaster awaits Nepal's heritage

 

[rbkwp]

24 hour viewing
ANZAC day, NZ/Au commemmoration day
25th April,no shame, viewing all day ..
in memory of those who fell


dawn service 2-30pm NZT/12-30A u T
a year ago the 100th yeaar commemmorative celebration at Gallipolli Peninsula Turkey for the ANZACS and Turks, there was no dramas that Turkey faces now?
the 3 put on a damn good show at Gallipolli cove
damn shame Turkey is what it is currently?
leaders fault i imagine ..

 

[rbkwp]

GOOD LUCK TO THEM ALL, MY NEPAL

GOOGLE
A year on: interacts with Nepal’s earthquake survivors

To mark the first anniversary of Nepal's earthquake, Subina Shrestha reports from Laprak village in Gorkha district.

and the UKs TATA thought they had problems'
recently, compared to then ..

US Elections: Steel industry’s revival seen as key to attracting votes

Published on Apr 25, 2016
US presidential candidates on both sides are promising they will work to bring back manufacturing across the US.

Thousands of jobs will be created by businesses that actually create something themselves, they say.

But as Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports from the town of Braddock, global trade and economic pressures mean it is unlikely there can be a return to America's economic glory days.

ajs not all bad news ha

Britain's modern slaveryleads police to secret cannabis farms

Published on Apr 25, 2016
Al J investigators have discovered evidence of Vietnamese slaves being forced to produce illegal drugs in houses across east London.

Reporters researching modern day slavery in Britain helped police make an arrest during a raid on one farm.

Police estimate there are thousands of others in operation.

 

[rbkwp]

as mentioned several times
only on e considered nutty enough out of all of them, to just use/abuse tyhe nuclear, because it wants to ..
China isent going to be able or even maybe want to stop him ..
combination of madness and power, nothing to lose, not interested in his country or peoplpe ..

North Korea to US: Stop Your South Korean War Games and We'll Stop Threatening Nuclear WarBy Tess Owen

April 25, 2016 | 3:10 am
North Korea's foreign minister has a message for Americans: Stop your annual military exercises with South Korea and we'll stop threatening you with nuclear war.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong said that harsh international sanctions won't deter Pyongyang from continuing to expand its nuclear program.

North Korea to US: Stop Your South Korean War Games and We'll Stop Threatening Nuclear War | VICE News

North Korea Just Launched a Ballistic Missile From a Submarin

By VICE News

April 24, 2016 | 2:55 am
North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Saturday evening, according to South Korean officials, further sparking concerns about the hermit kingdom's nuclear capabilities.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Sunday that North Korea fired the missile from a submarine around 6.30 pm off its east coast in the Sea of Japan.


North Korea Just Launched a Ballistic Missile From a Submarine | VICE News

 

[rbkwp]

so happy for this entire crew
well deserved for there quiet perseverance
havent had such good global news for quite some time
and to think it only took 27 years to get some justice sorted out?? duh'

there is a God in sport/politics, maybe not religion?? ha


Gallery

Gallery:Emotional Scenes As Inquests End
13:06, UK,Tuesday 26 April 2016

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     Gallery: Emotional Scenes As Inquests End
     
     Families of the 96 people killed at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground on April 15, 1989, emerge from court after a jury concluded that the victims were unlawfully killed

news.sky.com: Emotional Scenes As Inquests End

Hillsborough Inquests Consign Lies To History

In the 1980s, many found it all too easy to believe the worst of football fans and the lies that were told about Hillsborough.

20:15, UK,Tuesday 26 April 2016

For 27 years the families of the 96 ordinary people killed at Hillsborough had hoped, occasionally prayed, and never given up striving for a day like this.

They never had any doubt as to the truth of what happened.

The survivors knew, too, along with a doughty band of campaigners and journalists, and any football supporters whose grim personal experience of 1980s football allowed them to see through the slanders spread by the police and amplified by sections of media.

news.sky.com: Hillsborough Inquests Consign Lies To History

 

[rbkwp]

still, so pleased and happy for them and there success story
even if 18 hours later

also bemused at what others in the world follow as an 'interest/or things that are worth commenting on duh/or what gives them enjoyment/satisfaction in life, re human achivement
spo difficult for anmyone toacknowledge humankinds achievements these days

what a F'n negative worled we live in
selfish or just plain ignorance
so F'n difficult to email a thought huh, if there is a thought. geesus?? ha grrr

Hillsborough inquest: 96 fans were ‘unlawful...

 

[distilledpunk]

I was presented with an example of people who didn't understand what taxes or a tax refund was. It was the typical uneducated drivel about how a "refund is not a refund" for whatever fantasy they can concoct. It appalls me that in the year 2016 there are still Americans who don't understand such basic levels of finance.