a normal day's different concerns

Wolf Richter: Bankers Threaten Fed with Layoffs if it Doesn’t Raise Rates, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Sept 18, 2015;

The Star Trek Fallacy: Romanticizing Imperialism, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Sept 18, 2015 (yes, we know this but nevertheless enjoy the actors);

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U.S. Warning: All U.S. Citizens Still In Libya Must Leave Straight Away, Episode 768b, 21.01 min, Sept 17, 2015;
Current Economic Collapse, News Brief, Episode 764, 18.02 min, Sept 13, 2015; Continuer la lecture de « a normal day's different concerns »

the european refugee mess – my questions this morning

Russia made an offer to accept Syrian refugees:

  • Why nobody here tells them and does not speak about in the western medias?
  • More, how many have heard about? How long will it take them to get a real chance for a modest life also in Big Russia. Why we do not suggest the Russian offer to those refugees we know they cannot stay here?
  • Even, why we do not work together with the Russian embassies here in the west for visas to their country? Are we only too much pissed off with our unhappy situation, or are we just too much arrogant to let Russians give a solution?
  • One explanation may be, the actual refugees are good middle class people who still dream about an acceptable capitalist lifestyle …
    … oh my god, not live as working class in Russia, for heavens sake …  
  • But how long will it take them to get our european pitfall? Already this old arrogant system here begins to crash … making them next all happily crash with us …
    … oh my god … Continuer la lecture de « the european refugee mess – my questions this morning »

Overcoming Fabianism in Labour’s Class War of Attrition

Jeremy Corbyn, quo vadis? – Published on Dissident Voice, by T.P. Wilkinson, Sept 15, 2015.

… Corbyn’s political consistency has been remarkable. Since the beginning of socialist and labour politics in Britain—as elsewhere—there has always been what outsiders would call a tendency to factionalism. The inherent authoritarianism of the Conservative Party (and its equivalents generally assures that differences of opinion are kept within the walls of the clubs their members frequent. Expulsions among the Establishment are usually for breach of decorum.4 On the British Left, most expulsions have been based on the failure adequately to support imperialism or until 1989 any inclination to support communism—as defined by the ruling class.This led to divisions in the Labour Party (and the German Social Democratic Party) a century ago in the run up to the Great War. Labour was again divided by the British elite’s policy toward Hitler and Stalin. After the defeat of the fascist Axis powers in 1945, the benchmark for Labour became unwavering loyalty to Washington.   Continuer la lecture de « Overcoming Fabianism in Labour’s Class War of Attrition »

The Breaking Point? Germany's Asylum System Struggles to Cope

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Melanie Amann, Matthias Bartsch, Jürgen Dahlkamp, Markus Dettmer, Jan Friedmann, Christine Haas, Veronika Hackenbroch, Horand Knaup, Peter Müller, Conny Neumann, Maximilian Popp, Cornelia Schmergal, Barbara Schmid, Fidelius Schmid, Andreas Ulrich and Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt, Sept 11, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

As the migrant influx continues, the ‘Refugees Welcome’ high is beginning to wear off. People are beginning to wonder if Germany will really be able to cope with all the newcomers. And the system is already completely overwhelmed.   Continuer la lecture de « The Breaking Point? Germany's Asylum System Struggles to Cope »