Mois : mai 2015

… the US needs the Iceland option – Published on Dissident Voice (first on This Can’t Be Happening), by Dave Lindorff, May 16, 2015.

In a couple of days, the so-called US Justice Department will be announcing an “agreement” reached with five large banks, including two of the largest in the US — JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup, the holding companies for Chase and Citibank — under which these banks or bank holding companies will plead guilty to felonies involving the manipulation of international currency markets.   Continuer la lecture de « If Too-Big-to-Fail means Too-Big-to-Jail it should mean Too-Big-to-Be »

… of soft music, endless.

Published on Global Research.ca (also on World Socialist Web Site WSWS), by Andre Damon, May 15, 2015.

Five major international banks are expected to plead guilty as soon as next week to criminal charges in the US related to their deliberate manipulation of global foreign exchange markets, which allowed them to rake in billions of dollars at the expense of retirees, university endowments and municipalities.   Continuer la lecture de « Five Major Banks to Plead Guilty to Rigging Currency Markets »

• Macht ohne jede Kontrolle – Die Spur der Troika (Unzensiert), 90.00 min, von Dennis Weckl am 10. Mai 2015 hochgeladen;
• Wie die EU Fluchtursachen schafft, statt sie zu bekämpfen, 7.00 min, von Bananenrepublik1 am 2. Mai 2015 hochgeladen;
• Die ganze Rede Maibockanstich 2015, BR – Django Asül, 46.20 min, von Bayerischer Rundfunk am 30. April 2015 hochgeladen; Continuer la lecture de « Bemerkungen, Meinungen, Streitereien »

… it’s an Arab-Palestinian Nakba, and We Are All Refugees – Published on Dissident Voice, by Ramzy Baroud, May 13, 2015.

In a western capital far away from Gaza and Cairo, I recently shared a pot of tea with an Egyptian refugee.

The term is familiar to me, but never have I encountered an Egyptian who refers to himself as such. He stated it as a matter of fact by saying: as an Egyptian refugee … and carried on to talk about the political turmoil in his country.   Continuer la lecture de « The Arab Boat »

• Daylight, Moonlight Live in Yakushiji, 93.41 min, uploaded by SunvedUniverse, Oct 13, 2012;
• Oasis, 6.11 min, uploaded by Миру Мир, April 24, 2011 … and many others in autoplay;
• Meditation-Cosmic Energy, 8.08 min, uploaded by M. Enes, July 1, 2008 … and many more in autoplay;   Continuer la lecture de « KITARO »

• The White Hats Report, as text on Beyond Mainstream, Interview with an Ex Navy Seal (engl): what Mainstream refuses you;
• WHITE HATS – Episode #50, WE’RE BACK, on The White Hats Report, April 14, 2015 (Homepage; in the right column: links for /about, /former reports /links /on YouTube it runs under Project Camelot; /Contact);
• as YouTube File, spoken in english: Project Camelot – Bill Wood – above & beyond Project looking glass, 150.47 min, uploaded by Project Camelot, Jan 17, 2012;

Translation in german:   Continuer la lecture de « The White Hats Report – in en & de »

Benidrums Live @ Cafe del Mar Ibiza 2008, 9.20 min, uploaded by O-Tix Oct 29, 2008 … and many more videos in autoplay.

Published on Middle East Eye.net, May 9, 2015: Women held in poor conditions for long periods after failed Mediterranean crossings want to go home, but funds are lacking.

TRIPOLI – Two women gaze out through the broken grill covering one of the windows of the Sorman Detention Centre for illegal immigrants. They are among seven long-term detainees who arrived in Libya in search of a better life but instead found themselves incarcerated in a dank prison which eventually drove them mad. Continuer la lecture de « Driven mad: inside a Libyan detention centre for female migrants »

Logging Threatens One of Europe’s Last Virgin Forests – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Nils Klawitter, May 8, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

One of Europe’s most beautiful forest areas is disappearing piece by piece in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains. Some of the logging is illegal. The wood is then sold to make flooring or heating pellets that are sold in Germany and other countries. Continuer la lecture de « Clear-Cutting (in the Valcea region of the Carpathian Mountains) in Romania »

Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Salah Nasrawi, May 7, 2015.

As Iraq remains bogged down with the war against IS, another catastrophe could be on the horizon.

The Iraqi government is considering a set of measures to deal with the crushing financial crisis, which many fear could lead to economic collapse and accelerate the breakup of the divided and war-torn country.   Continuer la lecture de « The looming Iraq (economic) disaster »

• Money As Debt – Full Length Doc, 46.56 min, uploaded by paagleTV, Feb 15, 2012;
• L’argent Dette – l’arnaque de l’économie mondiale clairement expliquée, 52.15 min, mise en ligne par NégationnisteVsMégaSioniste, le 1 juillet 2014;
• Geld ist Fantasie, Menschen werden zu Arbeitssklaven degradiert, 12.28 min, von Don R. Wetter am 30. April 2015 hochgeladen … Volker Pispers über das Geld- und Zinssystem … und weitere videos in autoplay.

The flow of let go, 10.29 min, uploaded by Sjef Adriaansen, Sept 7, 2012 … and many other videos in autoplay.

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Maik Baumgärtner, Nikolaus Blome, Matthias Gebauer, Hubert Gude, Frank Hornig, Martin Knobbe, Veit Medick, Gordon Repinski, Sven Röbel, Marcel Rosenbach, Jörg Schindler, Fidelius Schmid, Holger Stark and Gerald Traufetter, May 4, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

Germany’s latest spying scandal has created the biggest crisis yet for the country’s foreign intelligence agency. The German government appears to have been aware of widespread US spying, possibly including economic espionage, against European targets and yet it did nothing to stop it … // Continuer la lecture de « America's Willing Helper: Intelligence Scandal Puts Merkel in Tight Place »

UPDATE: Video: Aux actes citoyens – Alexandre Jardin, un zèbre de passage au congrès de la FIQ, 39.29 min, mise en ligne par FIQ Santé, le 25 avril 2014;

I: L’Appel des Zèbres, Laissez-nous faire, on a déjà commencé – Publié dans Ambition France.org: La France ne peut plus se permettre de tout attendre d’un système sanctionné à chaque élection. Il faut que la confiance revienne. Elle ne se décrétera pas, elle se gagnera par l’action d’intérêt général, dans nos territoires … //

• … Laissez-nous faire, nous les Faizeux, celles et ceux qui agissent au quotidien pour trouver des solutions performantes aux maux qui rongent notre société.
• Laissez-nous faire, nous les acteurs du monde associatif, mutualiste ou entrepreneurial qui donnons concrètement des outils aux Français pour qu’ils se prennent en main. Continuer la lecture de « today in french: Alexandre Jardin »