The East Aleppo Syndrome

Published on Voltairenet.org, by Thierry Meyssan, Dec 20, 2016.

While the major powers who were supervising the jihadists in East Aleppo pretend to take interest in the fate of the inhabitants of the city – so as to exfiltrate their own soldiers – no-one seems to understand the drama that these Syrians have endured. Contrary to Western declarations, they have not suffered from the bombing so much as they have from the occupation of foreign jihadists and the reign of their «sharia». Some citizens suffer from a serious psychotic problem, the East Aleppo Syndrome … // Continuer la lecture de « The East Aleppo Syndrome »

The Global War on Cash, India’s Demonetization Debacle

Published on naked capitalism (first on The National), by Jerri-Lynn Scofield, Dec 31, 2016.

… Jerri-Lynn Scofield … has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She now spends most of her time in Asia researching a book about textile artisans. She also writes regularly about legal, political economy, and regulatory topics for various consulting clients and publications, as well as writes occasional travel pieces for The National. Continuer la lecture de « The Global War on Cash, India’s Demonetization Debacle »

Index December 2016

2016-12-01: Hillary Lost, the World Won;
2016-12-02: On Peace and Ukraine, Trump, Putin, Gandhi, and …;
2016-12-03: General Flynn’s Proposals to Reform Intelligence;
2016-12-04: The Loving Contagion of Courage, Veterans Standing for Standing Rock;
2016-12-05: Julian Assange’s life, Pizzagate, actual turmoils …;
2016-12-06: Egypt: whitewashing political Islam;
2016-12-07: Real Power? Real Money?
2016-12-08: The Lesson from Standing Rock, Organizing and Resistance Can Win;
2016-12-08: zu Schuldgeld, Demokratie, Propaganda, Lügen, das ganze Leben ökonomisieren …;
2016-12-09: A Crisis-Prone and Fragile Financial System;
2016-12-10: South Africa’s junk credit rating was avoided, but at the cost of junk analysis;
2016-12-11: It takes a Village to maintain a Dangerous Financial System;
2016-12-12: If Russia and Saudi Arabia lead, rest will follow;
2016-12-13: Socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the Poor;
2016-12-14: Has the US and Its Allies Used Covert Airdrops to Supply the Islamic State?
2016-12-15: Reflections from the Center of the Universe;
2016-12-16: Ideology, Anti-Colonialism and Marxism;
2016-12-16: … wir sind noch lange nicht frei und selbstbestimmt …;
2016-12-17: No “walls up policy”, but a commandment of the hour, not only for Switzerland;
2016-12-18: Rethinking Greece: the Left project and the crisis of neoliberal hegemony;
2016-12-19: Mainstream Media on Syria and Russia – Fake News;
2016-12-19: special: MEANWHILE ALL THE RUNNING TRUMP BASHINGS, remember…;
2016-12-20: A CIA-led Coup against American Democracy Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes?
2016-12-21: Italy’s Banking Crisis is Also a Huge Crime Scene;
2016-12-22: Beyond Soviet “socialism” and the “triumph” of capitalism;
2016-12-23: Hospitalized Patients Treated by Female Doctors Show Lower Mortality;
2016-12-24: Revolutionise or Compromise? what Venezuela’s Maduro could be doing;
2016-12-25: The Coming War on China;
2016-12-26: FREXIT: Le Pen promises to take France out of EU and NATO;
2016-12-27: Bolivia: The Right to Communications and Information;
2016-12-27: Helene Fischer & Melanie Oesch;
2016-12-28: how to build a tiny house;
2016-12-29: does NATO go wild against Russia?
2016-12-29: Die Alzheimer-Lüge;
2016-12-30: The Coup against Trump and His Military-Wall Street Defense;
2016-12-30: Die formaljuristische Lebenderklärung;
2016-12-31: Syria and the Antiwar Movement;
2016-12-31: Europas Finanzen, unser Geld – alles futsch oder was;
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Europas Finanzen, unser Geld – alles futsch oder was

von Nachden Ken auf YouTube hochgeladen:

  • Euro-Desaster, Europas Neugründung – Hans Werner Sinn, 97.17 min, 25. Dez 2016 … empirische Wirtschaftswissenschaft. Nur Fakten und eine realistische – plausible Wirklichkeitswahrnehmung und dementsprechende Erklärung der tatsächlichen Vorgänge werden ans Publikum adressiert …;
  • Warum wird Europa gegen die Wand gefahren – Hans Werner Sinn, 55.33 min,  am 16. Dez 2016.

Syria and the Antiwar Movement

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No 1348, by Judith Deutsch, Dec 29, 2016.

The enormity, complexity and fall-out of the Syrian war calls for urgent attention. Current events in Aleppo bring to the fore the unreliability of information and dichotomous political positions that contribute to obstruction and paralysis in the antiwar movement. Continuer la lecture de « Syria and the Antiwar Movement »

Die formaljuristische Lebenderklärung

… Menschwerdung auf Maltaein vidéo auf YouTube, 60.31 min, von Quer-denken.tv, Nov 6, 2016 … Goran M. Bojic im Gespräch mit Michael Friedrich Vogt. Ein unwirklich anmutender Status bedroht uns alle, das Verständnis darüber warum wir vor Gericht (und nicht nur da) als „Sachen“ (Rechtlos) bezeichnet und auch so gesehen werden, wird immer klarer von der Öffentlichkeit wahrgenommen. Noch unglaublicher ist die Tatsache, daß wir alle in diesem Status „freiwillig“ stehen, denn es gibt Auswege, diese werden aber nur zaghaft genutzt. Das fehlende Verständnis und das verschleierte Wissen machen es den Suchenden nicht einfach, aber es gibt (wie immer im Leben) einen Ausweg und eine Lösung. Genau dieser Lösung widmen sich Goran M. Bojic im Gespräch mit Michael Friedrich Vogt … (ganzer Text); Goran M. Bojic siehe auch auf Google Web-search).

The Coup against Trump and His Military-Wall Street Defense

Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, Dec 28, 2016.

A coup has been underway to prevent President-Elect Donald Trump from taking office and fulfilling his campaign promise to improve US-Russia relations. This ‘palace coup’ is not a secret conspiracy, but an open, loud attack on the election. The coup involves important US elites, who openly intervene on many levels from the street to the current President, from sectors of the intelligence community, billionaire financiers out to the more marginal ‘leftist’ shills of the Democratic Party.   Continuer la lecture de « The Coup against Trump and His Military-Wall Street Defense »

does NATO go wild against Russia?

Breaking – Russia Commander Warns Of Preemptive Strike on NATO Forces, 20.57 min,
…….uploaded by Breaking Wikileaks News, Dec 27, 2016;

I think, this is still true and seriously related: #8 Secret Underground Complex, on Elohim Leaks, July 8, 2016;
(my comment: this would become true with Hillary Clinton in the White House – Heidi).   Continuer la lecture de « does NATO go wild against Russia? »

Bolivia: The Right to Communications and Information

Published on Dissident Voice (first on Journal de Notre Amérique, Investig’Action), by Alex Anfruns, Dec 24, 2016 – translated from Spanish by Ricardo Vaz.

Over the past decade, Bolivia has managed some extraordinary achievements, for instance becoming the first country in the world to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals in terms of access to water. In spite of it, these news that could bring hope to people around the world are subjected to censorship from the dominant Latin American and western media. Continuer la lecture de « Bolivia: The Right to Communications and Information »

The Coming War on China

Revolutionise or Compromise? what Venezuela’s Maduro could be doing

… and what is he actually doing – Published on VenezelAnalysis by Ryan Mallett-Outri, Dec 20, 2016.

Venezuela has been in a state of political crisis since the right-wing opposition coalition, the MUD took control of the National Assembly (AN) in early 2016. Socialist President Nicolas Maduro is now presiding over a sharply divided government, while a deep economic crisis has wreaked havoc on Venezuelan society … // Continuer la lecture de « Revolutionise or Compromise? what Venezuela’s Maduro could be doing »

Hospitalized Patients Treated by Female Doctors Show Lower Mortality

Published on naked capitalism (first on Down With Tyranny), by Yves Smith, Dec 22, 2016;

  • … Boston, MA – Elderly hospitalized patients treated by female physicians are less likely to die within 30 days of admission, or to be readmitted within 30 days of discharge, than those cared for by male physicians, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It is the first research to document differences in how male and female physicians treat patients result in different outcomes for hospitalized patients in the U.S.   Continuer la lecture de « Hospitalized Patients Treated by Female Doctors Show Lower Mortality »

Beyond Soviet “socialism” and the “triumph” of capitalism

Published on ZNet, by Chris Spannos, Dec 21, 2016.

Twenty five years ago the dramatic contest between the Soviet socialist system and Western capitalism reached its tumultuous end. Much has been written since about the failings of the Soviet state socialist model. But much less has been written about how the global “triumph” of capitalism has made extreme inequality and climate change worse. Even less still has been written about the possibility of an alternative to either system. Continuer la lecture de « Beyond Soviet “socialism” and the “triumph” of capitalism »

special: MEANWHILE ALL THE RUNNING TRUMP BASHINGS, remember…

… Lead Attorney In Anti-Clinton DNC Fraud Case Mysteriously Found Dead – Published on Zero Hedge, August 7, 2016 (still worth to be looked at).

Call it conspiracy theory, coincidence or just bad luck, but any time someone is in a position to bring down Hillary Clinton they wind up dead … //

Continuer la lecture de « special: MEANWHILE ALL THE RUNNING TRUMP BASHINGS, remember… »

Mainstream Media on Syria and Russia – Fake News

Published on Global Research.ca, by Joe Clifford, Dec 18, 2016.

… Most of the coverage has centered around Aleppo, and the mainstream Aleppo narrative has been, it was besieged by the brutal dictator, who wanted to slaughter all the residents of Aleppo. The fact is, Aleppo is divided into two parts and has been for four years. West Aleppo is controlled by the Syrian government, and East Aleppo was captured, and has been held by terrorists and thugs for the past four years. Residents of East Aleppo have not been allowed to leave, and have been shot in the streets for trying. Continuer la lecture de « Mainstream Media on Syria and Russia – Fake News »

Rethinking Greece: the Left project and the crisis of neoliberal hegemony

… Interview with Nancy Fraser – Published on Greek News Agenda, by Ioulia Livaditi, Dec 11, 2016 (video 5.21 min and text).

Nancy Fraser is Henry and Louise A. Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics at the New School for Social Research and one of the world’s leading thinkers in political and social theory. She has been Einstein Fellow of the city of Berlin, and holder of the “Global Justice” Chair at the Collège d’études mondiales in Paris. She works on social and political theory, feminist theory, and contemporary French and German thought//

… The social movements that developed in Greece after 2011 seem to have died down after the signing of the 3rd memorandum in 2015, Podemos in Spain has not been able to fulfill their electoral potential and right-wing nationalism is on the rise. Do you think that the European Left has lost its ability to inspire popular movements? Continuer la lecture de « Rethinking Greece: the Left project and the crisis of neoliberal hegemony »

No “walls up policy”, but a commandment of the hour, not only for Switzerland

… Winter session 2016 – Published on Current Concerns, by Dr iur Marianne Wüthrich, Dec 13, 2016.

On 29 November 2016, the (Swiss) Council of States reviewed the Popular initiative “For Food Security”. The initiative was submitted by the Swiss Farmers’ Union (SBV) on 8 July 2014 with nearly 150,000 valid signatures collected in only three months.1 On 9 March 2016, the National Council voted – against the proposals of the Federal Council and the National Council Committee for Economic Affairs and Taxation (CEAT-N) – to support this initiative (with 91 votes in favour, 83 against and 19 abstentions). Continuer la lecture de « No “walls up policy”, but a commandment of the hour, not only for Switzerland »

Ideology, Anti-Colonialism and Marxism

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No 1341, Himani Bannerji interviewed by Mahdi Ganjavi, Dec 15, 2016.

Mahdi Ganjavi (MG): You are among the philosophers and social critics who have written extensively on the concept of ideology. In your article “Ideology”,[1] by means of a close reading of Marx and Engels’ The German Ideology, you argue that while all ideology is a form of thought, not all forms of thought are ideological. You assert that any “true” social inquiry should start from the concrete reality of people’s lives and their society, i.e. life activities of conscious socio-historical subjects as they produce and reproduce themselves. Continuer la lecture de « Ideology, Anti-Colonialism and Marxism »

Reflections from the Center of the Universe

Published on Progressive.org, by Mrill Ingram, Dec 12, 2016.

In the middle of Utah’s Canyonlands National Park, more than fifty miles of backcountry roads from the closest town of Moab, I stumble across a dance floor. It lies only a few hundred yards from the Green River, and although large parts of the cement floor are covered by reddish alluvial dirt, it looks to be some 500 square feet. That’s a big dance for the middle of nowhere … // Continuer la lecture de « Reflections from the Center of the Universe »

Has the US and Its Allies Used Covert Airdrops to Supply the Islamic State?

Published on Land Destroyer Report LD (first on New Eastern Outlook NEO), by Ulson Gunnar, Dec 11, 2016.

Is there a way the United States or one of the Islamic State’s admitted state sponsors could be airdropping supplies without triggering suspicion? How have modern airdrop technology and techniques evolved that might make this possible?   Continuer la lecture de « Has the US and Its Allies Used Covert Airdrops to Supply the Islamic State? »

If Russia and Saudi Arabia lead, rest will follow

… Saudi energy minister Khalid Al-Falih on historic oil deal [VIDEO] – Published on Axis of Logic, Dec 11, 2016.

… The Saturday meeting of the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with 12 oil exporting countries outside the group “is significant because [it] has brought so many countries together for the first time,” Al-Falih said. Continuer la lecture de « If Russia and Saudi Arabia lead, rest will follow »

It Takes a Village to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System

… the Original PDF – Published on The Banker’s New Clothes, by Anat R. Admati, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, May 2016, 32 pages … if it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse a child … the financial system is meant to facilitate efficient allocation of resources and help people and businesses fund, invest, save and manage risks. This system is rife with conflicts of interests. Reckless practices, if uncontrolled by market forces and effective rules, can cause great harm. Most of the time, however, the harm from excessive risk in banking is invisible and the culprits remain unaccountable. They rarely violate the law …; Continuer la lecture de « It Takes a Village to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System »

South Africa’s junk credit rating was avoided, but at the cost of junk analysis

Published on ZNet, by Patrick Bond, Dec 8, 2016.

Standard&Poors (S&P) gave South Africa a fearful few hours of anticipation last Friday, just after dust from the political windstorm of the prior week settled. The agency downgraded the government’s securities that are denominated in the local currency (the rand) although refrained from the feared junk status on international securities. It was a moment for the ruling business and political party elites’ introspection, but in heaving a sigh of relief they are not looking far enough … // Continuer la lecture de « South Africa’s junk credit rating was avoided, but at the cost of junk analysis »

A Crisis-Prone and Fragile Financial System

Published on WEA Pedagogy Blog, by Asad Zaman, Dec 7, 2016.

Prior to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC 2007), many senior economists and policy makers expressed confidence that they had finally solved the problem of business cycles, booms and busts, that plagues capitalism. Because of this over-confidence, early warnings of a looming crisis by Nouriel Roubini, Ann Pettifor, Peter Schiff, Steven Keen, Dean Baker, and Raghuram Rajan, were ridiculed and dismissed … // Continuer la lecture de « A Crisis-Prone and Fragile Financial System »

zu Schuldgeld, Demokratie, Propaganda, Lügen, das ganze Leben ökonomisieren …

von Frubi TV auf YouTube hochgeladen:

The Lesson from Standing Rock: Organizing and Resistance Can Win

Published on ZNet, by Naomi Klein, Dec 6, 2016.

… Less than two hours earlier, news came that the Army Corps of Engineers had turned down the permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline to be built under the Missouri River. The company will have to find an alternate route and undergo a lengthy environmental assessment … // Continuer la lecture de « The Lesson from Standing Rock: Organizing and Resistance Can Win »

Real Power? Real Money?

… a reflection on Participatory Budgeting in New York – Published on Public Seminar.org, by Eric Dirnbach, Dec 1, 2016.

… This process is known as participatory budgeting (PB) and I wanted to see how it worked. My main questions were: Is PB as currently practiced an innovative way to enhance local democratic decision-making and empowerment? Or is this token inclusion, while the real decisions are made elsewhere, as usual? Continuer la lecture de « Real Power? Real Money? »

Egypt: whitewashing political Islam

… a parliamentary delegation in London accuses UK MPs of promoting Islamism – Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Gamal Essam El-Din, Nov 30, 2016.

A delegation including 12 MPs from parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee visited London to exchange views with British politicians on political Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood and relations between Egypt and the UK. Continuer la lecture de « Egypt: whitewashing political Islam »

Julian Assange's life, Pizzagate, actual turmoils …

Julian Assange:

The Loving Contagion of Courage: Veterans Standing for Standing Rock

Published on truthout, by Four Arrows, Dec 1, 2016.

In spite of freezing weather and orders from the North Dakota governor to curtail emergency medical services to Standing Rock and deem people’s mere presence there illegal, thousands of veterans are coming to take part in a massive, peaceful operation December 4-7 at Standing Rock, the site of ongoing Indigenous resistance to the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline (DAPL).   Continuer la lecture de « The Loving Contagion of Courage: Veterans Standing for Standing Rock »

General Flynn’s Proposals to Reform Intelligence

Published on Voltairenet.org, by Thierry Meyssan, Dec 1, 2016.

Thierry Meyssan considers that General Flynn is getting ready to rock the world of US intelligence and override all post 9/11 reforms. This would put an end to the obsession with secret prisons and targeted assassinations and mark a return to the true nature of intelligence: making sense of and anticipating developments around the world.   Continuer la lecture de « General Flynn’s Proposals to Reform Intelligence »

On Peace and Ukraine, Trump, Putin, Gandhi, and …

… an Interview with Johan Galtung – Published on Dissident Voice, by Gary Corseri, Nov 29, 2016.

… Gary Corseri: I’m here in the Washington, D.C. area, with Johan Galtung — master teacher, and originator, since 1959, of “Peace Studies” programs at universities around the world. Continuer la lecture de « On Peace and Ukraine, Trump, Putin, Gandhi, and … »

Index November 2016

2016-11-01: Doomsday Seed Vault in the Arctic;
2016-11-02: France: burnt homes and broken promises, the Jungle evicted;
2016-11-03: US: Inequality As Policy, Selective Trade Protectionism Favors Higher Earners;
2016-11-04: Public Servants or Corporate Security?
2016-11-05: Syria and the Antiwar Tradition;
2016-11-06: UK: Caught at a crossroads, it’s time to build an alternative to neoliberalism;
2016-11-07: Turkish Gov’t arrests 15 Opposition MPs in Further Descent into Dictatorship;
2016-11-08: Red Scare 2, Russia and the 2016 US election;
2016-11-09: Top Secret: These are actually Socialist Countries;
2016-11-09: Trump’s victory speech;
2016-11-10: Now We Can Finally Get to Work;
2016-11-11: A new world is born with Trump’s foreign policy and the UK is left behind;
2016-11-12: Cyber-warfare: Five Major Russian Banks Repel Massive DDoS Attack;
2016-11-13: Trump, Mair and The Gods That Failed;
2016-11-14: The sneering response to Trump’s victory reveals exactly why he won;
2016-11-15: One-third of children in developing countries miss school to work – survey;
2016-11-16: India: Demonetisation And The Loss Of Faith In Rupee;
2016-11-17: The True Sharing Economy, Inaugurating an Age of the Heart, Part 3 of 3;
2016-11-18: US: Schooled in Terror, the Tactical Trainings where Cops Militarize their Brutality;
2016-11-19: In the gig economy, recruitment agencies are the gangmasters;
2016-11-20: Fed set to lift key interest rate;
2016-11-21: White Supremacy as a Political Doctrine;
2016-11-22: todays latest links;
2016-11-23: Gypsy children and their clans in Europe;
2016-11-24: So you want to get out of your bubble;
2016-11-25: The Financial Press and its Keepers – Foibles, Fables, and Failures;
2016-11-26: Asking whose lives matter in the battle for social, cultural, and economic rights;
2016-11-27: some actual concerns;
2016-11-28: Why the Ural Mountains Are (Not) So Important, the New Silk Road through Eurasia;
2016-11-29: about survival of this humanity … for real?
2016-11-30: Why are there Coats of Arms for Nobles and Nothing for Us? – Punditry by Other Means.
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Why are there Coats of Arms for Nobles and Nothing for Us? – Punditry by Other Means

Published on Dissident Voice, by Denis A. Conroy, November 28, 2016.

… Was that special Tuesday in November a dream-like experience for anybody? If it was for some, it certainly wasn’t for the unemployed, the homeless and other victims of a system myopically focused on privatising prosperity while pillaging the prospects of the nothing-for-us-proles to have a fair share of anything … // Continuer la lecture de « Why are there Coats of Arms for Nobles and Nothing for Us? – Punditry by Other Means »

about survival of this humanity … for real

Secret US Bunkers Being Destroyed for Humanity, 4.32 min, uploaded by Mind Body Spirit, Nov 27, 2016 … maybe related with this: #8 Secret Underground Complex, on Elohim Leaks.
(my comment: I would be really happy if we could get a proof that this is the complex mentionned in Elohim Leaks (there it is speculated about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault financed by Bill Gates, the Rockefeller family, Monsanto and others). Hopefully it is not like in this Star Trek Voyager’s episode where the ship was inside a big stomach wanting digest it … they had all signals to be out but this was a dream … they were still in … so, please bring us all the real proof there is no more escape for our biggest gangsters – Heidi).   Continuer la lecture de « about survival of this humanity … for real »

Why the Ural Mountains Are (Not) So Important, the New Silk Road through Eurasia

Published, on Dissident Voice, by Gary Leupp, Nov 26, 2016.

The Border between Europe and Asia:

The Ural Mountains run north to south roughly from the Arctic Ocean to what is now the border between Russia and Kazakhstan, about 400 miles north of the Caspian Sea. They separate Western (or European) Russia from Russian Siberia. So they don’t define national boundaries or separate cultures; they merely divide one country. They just happen to be a rather humble, 1600 miles long mountain range, with the highest mountain just 6000 feet high. These are no Himalayas, Rockies or Andes. They’re more like the Appalachians … // Continuer la lecture de « Why the Ural Mountains Are (Not) So Important, the New Silk Road through Eurasia »

some actual concerns