Mois : janvier 2014

Russian Officials visit Gitmo

And … Egypte: un déluge de OUI au référendum sur la nouvelle Constitution, dans rfi, le 17 janvier 2014: En Egypte, les résultats officieux du référendum sur la nouvelle Constitution donnent le « oui » victorieux frisant les 98%. Un résultat qui ouvre la porte à de nombreuses critiques, tant en Egypte qu’à l’étranger. Pour plusieurs analystes, les premiers responsables de ce vote massif pour le « oui » sont les Frères musulmans eux-mêmes qui ont fait campagne pour le boycott du scrutin …;

    Offshore Banking, Fraud, and the Crisis

    Published on Triple Crisis, by Sara Hsu, January 16, 2014.

    The global financial crisis that began in 2008 in the United States had roots in offshore banking, some of which have been revealed: the Bear Stearns’ 2007 Cayman Island hedge fund bankruptcy, in which the company attempted to file offshore to protect U.S. assets, Goldman Sachs’ off balance sheet Cayman deals in shaky asset-backed securities (ABSs), and Citigroup’s creation of structured investment vehicles in London to hide the sales of ABSs.   Continuer la lecture de « Offshore Banking, Fraud, and the Crisis »

    U.S. Court of Appeals Allows ISP's to Selectively Block Web Traffic

    Say goodbye to the Internet we’ve known – Published on Axis of Logic (first on Mercury News), by Troy Wolverton, Jan 15, 2014.

    If you like how cable television works, you’re going to love how a court decision Tuesday could change the Internet.

    Thanks to the ruling, broadband providers can now exert a lot more control over what sites you visit on the Internet and what services you can access. The decision would allow Comcast, for example, to bar its Internet subscribers from seeing videos from Netflix (NFLX) or from using Vonage’s Internet phone service.  Continuer la lecture de « U.S. Court of Appeals Allows ISP's to Selectively Block Web Traffic »

    About the pyramids’ construction

    and: A low cost, easy to produce solution – uploaded by J. Davidovits:

    Why the Washington Post’s New Ties to the CIA Are So Ominous

    American journalism has entered highly dangerous terrain – Published on Global Research.ca, Jan 13, 2014.

    • … For the CIA, the emerging newspaper role of Mr. Amazon is value added to any working relationship with him. The CIA’s zeal to increase its leverage over major American media outlets is longstanding.
    • After creation of the CIA in 1947, it enjoyed direct collaboration with many U.S. news organizations. But the agency faced a major challenge in October 1977, when — soon after leaving the Washington Post – famed Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein provided an extensive expose in Rolling Stone.  Continuer la lecture de « Why the Washington Post’s New Ties to the CIA Are So Ominous »

    Two Transitions in Brazil: Dilemmas of a Neoliberal Democracy

    Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 927, by Alfredo Saad Filho, January 13, 2014.

    This article reviews the background and the implications of two transitions in Brazil: the political transition from a military regime (1964-85) to democracy (1985-present), and the economic transition from import-substituting industrialization (ISI, 1930-80) to neoliberalism (1990-present). It subsequently examines how neoliberal economic policies were implemented in a democracy, under the centre-right administrations led by Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-98, 1998-2002), and the centre-left administrations led by Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula, 2003-06, 2007-10) and Dilma Rousseff (2011-present). Continuer la lecture de « Two Transitions in Brazil: Dilemmas of a Neoliberal Democracy »

    South Africa: Will return land to dispossessed – Zuma

    Published on BRICS POST (Source: Agencies), Jan 10, 2014;

    The South African government has vowed to restore land to its rightful owners, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
    “Land Reform is an important part of national reconciliation and nation building,” asserted Zuma while handing over 13,184 hectares of previously white-owned land to the black N’wandlamhlarhi Community in Mpumalanga Province.   Continuer la lecture de « South Africa: Will return land to dispossessed – Zuma »

    America’s Black-Ops Blackout

    … unraveling the secrets of the military’s secret military – Published on ZNet (first on TomDispatch), by Nick Turse, January 08, 2014.

    “Dude, I don’t need to play these stupid games. I know what you’re trying to do.” With that, Major Matthew Robert Bockholt hung up on me. More than a month before, I had called U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) with a series of basic questions: In how many countries were U.S. Special Operations Forces deployed in 2013? Are manpower levels set to expand to 72,000 in 2014? Is SOCOM still aiming for growth rates of 3%-5% per year? How many training exercises did the command carry out in 2013? Basic stuff.  Continuer la lecture de « America’s Black-Ops Blackout »

    NSA Insiders Reveal What Went Wrong

    Published on truthout, by Former NSA Senior Executives and Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, Consortium News, an Open Letter, Jan 7, 2014.

    In a memo to President Obama, former National Security Agency insiders explain how NSA leaders botched intelligence collection and analysis before 9/11, covered up the mistakes, and violated the constitutional rights of the American people, all while wasting billions of dollars and misleading the public: … (the memo) … //

    … Introduction:   Continuer la lecture de « NSA Insiders Reveal What Went Wrong »

    Labor Market: Does Germany Benefit from Balkan Immigrants?

    Published on Spiegel Online International, by Andreas Ulrich, Jan 7, 2014. (Linked with the article: The Plight of the Roma: Part 1, Europe’s Unwanted People, Part 2, Birth Control For Gypsies, on Spiegel Online International, by Spiegel staff, January 07, 2014 … for all: Photo Gallery).

    A debate over whether Germany profits from Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants has flared up since the EU opened its labor market to these workers. Statisticians are struggling to come up with conclusive evidence on either side of the argument … //

    … Inconclusive Statistics:   Continuer la lecture de « Labor Market: Does Germany Benefit from Balkan Immigrants? »

    Has the House of Saud seen its Stalingrad?

    … about Volgograd and the Conquest of Eurasia – Published on Global Research.ca, by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Jan 3, 2014.

    …  “Bandar Bush” goes to Mother Russia:

    • For the purposes of supporting such an assertion we will have to start with the not-so-secret visit of a shadowy Saudi regime official to Moscow. Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, the infamous Saudi terrorist kingpin and former House of Saud envoy to Washington turned intelligence guru, last visited the Russian Federation in early-December 2013. Bandar bin Sultan was sent by King Abdullah to solicit the Russian government into abandoning the Syrians. Continuer la lecture de « Has the House of Saud seen its Stalingrad? »