Capitalism for Zombies

The Absurd Zombie Lie About the Economy Right-Wingers Desperately Cling To — Why It’s Totally Wrong– Home loans didn’t bring on the recession; gimmicky financial instruments bloated to 100 times their value are what caused all this pain.

December 7, 2011
The Absurd Zombie Lie About the Economy Right-Wingers Desperately Cling To — Why It’s Totally Wrong–  Home loans didn’t bring on the recession; gimmicky financial instruments bloated to 100 times their value are what caused all this pain.

          LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. Wall Street turned a few million home-loans into what Warren Buffet called “economic weapons of mass destruction,” cratered the global economy and then, when the bubble burst, turned around [...]

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Global rebellion: The coming chaos? Global elites are confused, reactive, and sinking into a quagmire of their own making, says author.

December 1, 2011
Global rebellion: The coming chaos? Global elites are confused, reactive, and sinking into a quagmire of their own making, says author.

Global elites have managed to capture the financial system, managing it to their own benefit [EPA] Santa Barbara, CA – As the crisis of global capitalism spirals out of control, the powers that be in the global system appear to be adrift and unable to proposal viable solutions. From the slaughter of dozens of young [...]

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We can’t afford the costs of bosses’ crazy unearned pay It alienates staff, damages companies and rewards failure. In austerity, firms should act to cut excess – before rules are imposed

November 22, 2011
We can’t afford the costs of bosses’ crazy unearned pay  It alienates staff, damages companies and rewards failure. In austerity, firms should act to cut excess – before rules are imposed

António Horta-Osório was recruited in March to run Lloyds on a reported deal of £12m, but eight months later is off with stress. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty We can’t afford the costs of bosses‘ crazy unearned pay It alienates staff, damages companies and rewards failure. In austerity, firms should act to cut excess – before rules [...]

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Vulture funds – the key players and Profiles of the people using courts in Jersey to claim hundreds of millions of pounds from the world’s poorest countries

November 16, 2011
Vulture funds – the key players and Profiles of the people using courts in Jersey to claim hundreds of millions of pounds from the world’s poorest countries

  Michael Sheehan, the director of the vulture fund Donegal International. Photograph: Guardian Vulture funds – the key players Profiles of the people using courts in Jersey to claim hundreds of millions of pounds from the world’s poorest countries reddit this guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 November 2011 23.15 GMT Article history Michael Sheehan   The director of [...]

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Youth unemployment is happening around the entire planet. The UK has 1 million unemployed youth

November 16, 2011
Youth unemployment is happening around the entire planet. The UK has 1 million unemployed youth

Youth unemployment has risen above 1 million – with more than a fifth of 16 to 24-year-olds unemployed. Photograph: Alamy Youth unemployment hits 1 million • UK unemployment rises to 2.62m, a 17-year high • Youth unemployment rate at 21.9% reddit this Comments (50) Katie Allen guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 November 2011 09.59 GMT Article history Youth unemployment [...]

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Morrisons ad banned for targeting kids Viewers complained campaign aimed to get children to pester parents to shop at supermarket chain to win Disneyland holiday

October 26, 2011
Morrisons ad banned for targeting kids  Viewers complained campaign aimed to get children to pester parents to shop at supermarket chain to win Disneyland holiday

Morrisons‘ ‘Disney Magical Moments’ ad included a shot of a child trying to get up her mother early to go to the supermarket reddit this Comments (34) Mark Sweney guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 26 October 2011 08.14 BST Article history A Morrisons TV ad has been banned after complaints that it aimed to getchildren to pester their parents [...]

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Link to Real News video about the rich getting richer and the poor doing what they must

August 31, 2011
Link to Real News video about the rich getting richer and the poor doing what they must

  Research Shows Rich Getting Richer Makes Poor Poorer Jeff Thompson: New research shows that as wealth increases at the top, it does not lead to either greater equality or better living standards for the middle class Go to story | Go to homepage     Related articles Research Shows Rich Getting Richer Makes Poor Poorer [...]

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Corporatocracy. Can you win?

August 25, 2011
Corporatocracy. Can you win?

The Tenfold Path to Guts, Solidarity and the Defeat of the Corporate Elite Wednesday 11 May 2011 by: Bruce E. Levine, Truthout | Author Essay Many Americans know that the United States is not a democracy but a “corporatocracy,” in which we are ruled by a partnership of giant corporations, the extremely wealthy elite and [...]

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Jobs becomes no jobs

August 25, 2011
Jobs becomes no jobs

The company says Jobs will be replaced by Tim Cook, who was the company’s chief operating officer [EPA] Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc iafter 14 years in command at a company he brought back from the brink and turned into the world’s largest technology corporation, Reuters news agency reported. Jobs, [...]

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Covering up Wall Streets crimes

August 24, 2011
Covering up Wall Streets crimes

Matt Taibbi on the Explosive Investigation Revealing the SEC’s Cover-Up of Wall Street‘s Crimes LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. In an interview with Amy Goodman, Matt Taibbi explains how the SEC has let the Wall Street bankers who created the [...]

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More than just goodwill is needed. There has to be a proper and equitable redistribution of wealth, not just taxes

August 24, 2011
More than just goodwill is needed. There has to be a proper and equitable redistribution of wealth, not just taxes

France‘s rich keen to pay more tax as PM Fillon announces ‘rigour package’   Liliane Bettencourt, the L’Oréal heiress, in 1975. Photograph: Roger-Viollet/Rex Features Sixteen wealthy French citizens have signed a petition reddit this Kim Willsher in Paris guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 24 August 2011 18.08 BST Article history As a group of France’s wealthiest citizens, including [...]

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Always be wary of calls to regulate capitalism it usually ends up meaning regulating Democracy and freedom

July 29, 2011
Always be wary of calls to regulate capitalism it usually ends up meaning regulating Democracy and freedom

Looking at austerity measures implemented in the past, it becomes clear that they only leave those countries poorer and more vulnerable [GALLO/GETTY] Just a few years ago, a powerful ideology – the belief in free and unfettered markets – brought the world to the brink of ruin. Even in its hey-day, from the early 1980s [...]

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Debt and delusion

July 26, 2011
Debt and delusion

The discovery that Greece‘s debt-to-GDP ratio is over 100 per cent has caused the government to impose severe austerity measures – leading to many violent riots by its citizens [EPA] Economists like to talk about thresholds that, if crossed, spell trouble. Usually there is an element of truth in what they say. But the public [...]

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Heads the elite wins, tails you lose! The deficit explained

July 26, 2011
Heads the elite wins, tails you lose! The deficit explained

For those interested in the cancer of the voodoo economic rhythm this editorial should be illuminating. But consider this. The US elite that wishes to rule the planet has been putting what it feels is necessary to achieve this goal for at least a century. What has always driven this march to hegemony is that the people [...]

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July 26, 2011

Rupert Murdoch: Intellectual terrorism by PAUL J. BALLES on JULY 25, 2011 The past week’s news has been dominated by reports of scandals in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. As journalist Ted Newcomen points out, there’s more to the story: The latest revelations in the UK about phone hacking, bribing the police, and frightening political leaders are just [...]

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Pentagon sees need for new Iraq deal asap

July 25, 2011
Pentagon sees need for new Iraq deal asap

Pentagon: New Iraq Troop Deal Needed ASAP Insists More Time Needed to Extend ‘Support Contracts’ by Jason Ditz, July 24, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Though on many occasions the Iraqi government has appeared to be on the verge of grudgingly acquiescing to the repeated demands, so far they have not approved [...]

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Are you worth as much as the CEO’s watch?

July 19, 2011
Are you worth as much as the CEO’s watch?

Third Prize: You’re Fired In the movie Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin walks into the office of underperforming salesmen and shakes them to their core. He’s the guy from the head office, and his motivational speech has a whiff of sulfur to it. The top prize for sales that month, he announces, will be a new [...]

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Eurozone banks and their problems. Time to get more off the people to balance the books perhaps

July 19, 2011
Eurozone banks and their problems. Time to get more off the people to balance the books perhaps

  Traders at the New York Mercantile Exchange in New York on Monday. Three of Britain’s biggest banks took a £5bn over the eurozone crisis as stocks fell heavily in Europe and North America. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA More than £5bn was wiped off the value of three of Britain’s biggest banks on Monday as global [...]

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More on the US debt problem

July 17, 2011
More on the US debt problem

Discussion on a deficit reduction deal has stalled after five consecutive days of negotiations between Republicans and Democrats. In order to borrow beyond August 2, the United States must raise its $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. This week, Standard & Poor’s became the second of the major credit rating agencies to place U.S. debt under review, [...]

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The end of the rainbow on the imperial project’s boulevard of dreams for Haitian people.

July 14, 2011
The end of the rainbow on the imperial project’s boulevard of dreams for Haitian people.

By Steve Sapienza For many Haitians fleeing dictators and poverty at home and looking for work in the cane fields, the Dominican Republic has long been a refuge. However, possibly a million Haitians or people of Haitian ancestry are now being affected by the adoption of a new law concerning citizenship in the Dominican Republic. [...]

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A conservative view of the US Republicans reveals similarities here in Australia. All austerity and no help to those who work

July 14, 2011
A conservative view of the US Republicans reveals similarities here in Australia. All austerity and no help to those who work

US infrastructure has been decaying over the past decade. Nevertheless, Republicans are pushing for deep budget cuts [EPA] Once upon a time, in a land that now seems to have been populated by tooth fairies and unicorns, there was a political party that had a set of core beliefs to which they actually adhered. Among them was [...]

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All the talk about Carbon Tax

July 14, 2011
All the talk about Carbon Tax

Remember this was the tax renowned spiritual leader for the elite Julia Gillard was against before she became the unelected leader of the nation. With a clear majority there would be no carbon tax but a sliding preferential system of concessions to the elite in the mining industry so that her majesty not be dethroned. [...]

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Vandana Shiva on India’s Food Emergency

July 13, 2011
Vandana Shiva on India’s Food Emergency

Widespread crop failures in India have provoked over 200,000 farmers to commit suicide over the past decade [GALLO/GETTY] The proposed introduction of the Food Security Act by the UPA Government is a welcome and much needed step towards securing the right to food for all of India’s citizens. The right to food is the basis [...]

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Pepe Escobar on Why The US Will Not Leave Afghanistan

July 13, 2011
Pepe Escobar on Why The US Will Not Leave Afghanistan

The Pentagon wants the White House to “hold off on ending the Afghanistan troop surge until the fall of 2012″ [GALLO/GETTY] Among multiple layers of deception and newspeak, the official Washington spin on the strategic quagmire in Afghanistan simply does not hold. No more than “50-75 ‘al-Qaeda types’ in Afghanistan”, according to the CIA, have [...]

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A Phyllis Bennis Article on Turkish Democracy

July 13, 2011
A Phyllis Bennis Article on Turkish Democracy

Turkish Democracy Gives Rise to Turkish Power By Phyllis Bennis, AlterNet Posted on July 11, 2011 (Selçuk, Turkey) It was election day, June 12, in this small town in Turkey’s heavily secular far west region. Opposition to the governing Justice and Development Party, the Islamic-oriented AKP, runs strong. The manager of the small hotel shook his [...]

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The disease is not just spreading so is its name; now it’s a….

July 13, 2011
The disease is not just spreading so is its name; now it’s a….

Debt Contagion Two days of talks between eurozone finance ministers in Brussels have ended, with the possibility of a crisis summit within days. The big fear is the so-called “debt contagion” engulfing Italy and Spain and endangering the euro. Al Jazeera‘s Paul Brennan reports from Brussels. The report at Al Jazeera is at http://english.aljazeera.net/video/europe/2011/07/201171221101465537.html But is there [...]

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European debt crisis. It seems that means some countries will be unable to borrow. But wasn’t that the problem in the first place

July 12, 2011
European debt crisis. It seems that means some countries will be unable to borrow. But wasn’t that the problem in the first place

  European debt crisis: On Monday, Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti pledged an unprecedented package of austerity measures to reassure the markets. Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images World stock markets accelerated their falls on Tuesday as Italy struggled to avoid being sucked into the escalating European debt crisis, andGreece moved closer to a default. Bank shares were in retreat [...]

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It’s all about taking when it comes to capital. Learning to hold on is going to be crucial

July 11, 2011
It’s all about taking when it comes to capital. Learning to hold on is going to be crucial

After taking what they could lay their hands on from the general fund the capital project worldwide has now decided it needs even more. So where does it come from? Of course it comes from the masses and they get it by telling us all that we can not afford health care, social services and [...]

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African drought and video report link

July 11, 2011
African drought and video report link

By Nazanine Moshiri in Africa on Sun, 07/10/2011 – 22:57. The following article deals with drought in Africa. There is also a video report with the article that you can see at http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/07/10/african-drought-tragedy Whenever you see the phrase humanitarian crisis it does not just mean humans in a crisis. It also means the rest of the so [...]

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There must be a sale on time. Everybody is buying it

July 11, 2011
There must be a sale on time. Everybody is buying it

Time and bailouts do not cushion anemic post-crisis recoveries from the inevitable next shock [GALLO/GETTY] The global economy is in the midst of its second growth scare in less than two years. Get used to it. In a post-crisis world, these are the footprints of a failed recovery. The reason is simple. The typical business [...]

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This is all about the real shit hitting the real fan for the capital project. Shame the actors in the comedy farce are just so second rate.

July 11, 2011
This is all about the real shit hitting the real fan for the capital project. Shame the actors in the comedy farce are just so second rate.

President Barack Obama and a bipartisan group of congressional leaders will meet on Monday to continue working on a deal to avert a looming US debt default. Obama and Republican and Democratic leaders met for roughly an hour and a half on Sunday in a bid to break an impasse on deficit reduction talks to [...]

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Why worry whether Reagan was a cowboy, a politician or whatever, he was a Z grade actor and a A grade politician

July 11, 2011
Why worry whether Reagan was a cowboy, a politician or whatever, he was a Z grade actor and a A grade politician

He might have looked the part, but Ronald Reagan was unfairly dismissed as a cowboy president. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis Ronald Reagan is back. Today more than a thousand people crowded into London’s Grosvenor Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the former US president. The ceremony, held a few metres from the US embassy, saw [...]

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The CIA loves secrets. Like secret bases, secret wars, secret murders and probably secret secrets. The madness of Monsters unleashed on us all

July 11, 2011
The CIA loves secrets. Like secret bases, secret wars, secret murders and probably secret secrets. The madness of Monsters unleashed on us all

Exclusive to The Gulf Today Reports about an alleged CIA drone base targeting militants of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) based in Yemen appear contradictory. Some say that the US spy agency was trying to build a drone facility for surveillance and attack in Yemen itself similar to another on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, [...]

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First day at work, first mistake (?) Is the best yet to come?

July 11, 2011
First day at work, first mistake (?) Is the best yet to come?

Panetta Slips Up on Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan By Adam Entous KABUL, Afghanistan — Leon Panetta, on his first day here as U.S. defense secretary, made what appeared to be his first big policy announcement: The U.S. would keep 70,000 troops in the country until the end of 2014, when the Afghans are scheduled to assume [...]

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When NO TAX becomes not only is it our idea but it is good for you. The politics of hypocrisy and treacHery with a happy ending

July 10, 2011
When NO TAX becomes not only is it our idea but it is good for you. The politics of hypocrisy and treacHery with a happy ending

  For those of you who have time for a little reflection there is an interesting fact that emerges from the Carbon Tax in Australia. Whether it works, is partially successful or leads to other means as a matter of absolute certainty it is at least a start. Despite the one party system we have, that is [...]

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Is killing old people coming soon to Australia, look at the US we take everything they do as if it was a message from above

July 7, 2011
Is killing old people coming soon  to Australia, look at the US we take everything they do as if it was a message from above

Just when you thought your years on the planet supporting the capital project and the callous billionaire leeches would reap a tiny reward from the loyal employees of the elite your luck runs out. all those years on the day shift, or the factory or the conveyor belt or the school or the hospital all mean [...]

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Flotilla update from the Atzmon site

July 6, 2011
Flotilla update from the Atzmon site

This is yet another good article at the Gilad Atzmon site. That site can by reached at http://www.gilad.co.uk/. This article has an interview between Cattori and Plionis. I have has been mentioned  on this page a few times that Israel has become like a new found friend for  Greece. That raises a further interesting point. The [...]

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Is this Moody’s in a bad mood or just the capital project creating debt and domination, Portugal debt downgraded to junk status

July 6, 2011
Is this Moody’s in a bad mood or just the capital project creating debt and domination, Portugal debt downgraded to junk status

Tens of thousands of people have taken to Portugal‘s streets to protest against austerity measures [AFP] Portugal’s credit standing has been cut to junk by Moody’s Investors Service in the first such move by a credit ratings agency. Moody’s also warned on Tuesday that the country may well need a second round of rescue funds before it can [...]

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Newest War Hawk Excuse: Drones Are Police Action, Not War

July 6, 2011
Newest War Hawk Excuse: Drones Are Police Action, Not War

This article exposes the true US attitude to the use of drones and the nature of the lies needed to justify their use anywhere. These awful killing machines masquerade as surveillance vehicles, soldiers guardian angels, tactical defence weapons and a never ending stream of lies and deceit to cover up what is happening. What they [...]

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The Flotilla embodies the Arab Spring spirit A Yousef Munayyer article

July 6, 2011
The Flotilla embodies the Arab Spring spirit  A Yousef Munayyer article

Israel‘s illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip has led to an almost complete collapse of Gaza’s economy, making the people dependent on international aid [GALLO/GETTY] Earlier this year we watched with amazement as hundreds of thousands of Arabs charged into the streets of their cities demanding reform. The uprisings led to the departure of several [...]

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voodoo Economic Rhythm Aussie style. Do not forget just how much the elites and their employee politicians and media love and care you

July 5, 2011
voodoo Economic Rhythm Aussie style. Do not forget just how much the elites and their employee politicians and media love and care you

Risk of new financial crisis prompts RBA to leave rates on hold Peter Martin July 6, 2011 RBA leaves interest rate on hold Business Day reporter Chris Zappone looks at the Reserve Bank‘s decision to leave the cash rate at 4.75 per cent. Video feedback Video settings THE Reserve Bank no longer expects to raise [...]

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Real Estate Saves Capitalism Then Bursts – China Next?

July 5, 2011
Real Estate Saves Capitalism Then Bursts – China Next?

David Harvey, a leading theorist in the field of urban studies whom Library Journal called “one of the most influential geographers of the later twentieth century,” earned his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, was formerly professor of geography at Johns Hopkins, a Miliband Fellow at the London School of Economics, and Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at [...]

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An article on the Gaza position and the Flotilla

July 5, 2011
An article on the Gaza position and the Flotilla

  Editor’s Note: As the French boat makes its way to Gaza alone, the rest of the flotilla is still trying to find ways of leaving Greece.  The captain of the US boat has been released from prison and the charges have been dropped. The passengers of the Canadian boat the “Tahrir” Michael Coleman and [...]

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Been waiting a long time for this. But not surprised. Are you? Think first a Monbiot point of view

July 5, 2011
Been waiting a long time for this. But not surprised. Are you? Think first a Monbiot point of view

The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA   How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]

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A Gaza message to others

July 5, 2011
A Gaza message to others

  Editor’s Note: Australian participant on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza Michael Coleman has been arrested by Greek Police for attempting to block their pursuit of the Canadian boat the “Tahrir” as it left port.  Michael and Soha, another Canadian Flotilla team member, were in two kayaks beside the “Tahrir”.  As soon as the boat’s [...]

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For the Jewish State of Israel there is certainty. For the Palestinians there is hope. Everything should be done to assist those who only have hope

July 4, 2011
For the Jewish State of Israel there is certainty. For the Palestinians there is hope. Everything should be done to assist those who only have hope

Greece says its ban on all Gaza-bound ships leaving port was to protect pro-Palestinian activists [Reuters] Most of the nine vessels that pro-Palestinian activists planned to sail on as part of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in defiance of an Israeli blockade remain stranded in Greece ports, after Greek authorities forbade them from embarking on the journey. Two [...]

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A Chinese bail out.

July 4, 2011
A Chinese bail out.

Even the Clintons can tell the truth….but not often. apparently Hillary told our esteemed and boy wonder Foreign Affairs Supremo that it was hard to argue with your banker. Probably that means that sooner or later she would /might need to know the answer. But in true Clinton style what don’t go ’round  don’t go ’round. China [...]

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Part Payments have started for Greece. Who gets the next lot of the people’s money spent on them? Oh well according to the media the Greeks never pay for anything so it must be their turn.

July 4, 2011
Part Payments have started for Greece. Who gets the next lot of the people’s money spent on them? Oh well according to the media the Greeks never pay for anything so it must be their turn.

    When you are down and out or that’s what the elites are telling you , what you need is a good friend. But beware the fangs of the viper. It was only a day ago I posted an article and asked if Greece had started paying the interest yet on the loans. It [...]

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Democracy, the real one. How will India ever see it, some comments from Vandana.

July 4, 2011
Democracy, the real one. How will India ever see it, some comments from Vandana.

India‘s economy has been growing quickly, but activists say democracy is suffering because prosperity is being hoarded by a small group of corrupt elites [EPA] 2010 was the year of scams in India – the 2G telecom swindle, Commonwealth Games, Adarsh and plenty of others. 2011 has emerged as the year of the fight against corruption – [...]

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Does everything come back to money?

July 4, 2011
Does everything come back to money?

A unity deal between Fatah and Hamas has reportedly stalled over Fayyad’s role as prime minister (GALLO/GETTY) The Palestinian Authority can only pay employees half their salaries this month because of a shortfall in foreign aid which it needs for its financial survival, the prime minister said on Sunday. Salam Fayyad appealed to donors to [...]

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