Boer Wars

history Boer Wars Boers Dutch/German for 'farmer' Great Britain wins Napoleonic Wars Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) Napoleon Bonaparte France vs. Europe Battles extensive ... no time to read http://www.britannica.com/event/Napoleonic-Wars "Britain’s ultimate success against Napoleon, like its importance in this period as a whole, owed much to its wealth—its capacity to raise loans through its financial machinery and revenue through the prosperity of its inhabitants and the extent of its trade. But British success also owed much to the power of its navy and to the energy and aggressiveness of its ruling class, which was particularly apparent in the imperial expansion of this period." "Every major war Britain engaged in during this period increased its colonial power. The Seven Years’ War was particularly successful in this respect, and so were the Napoleonic Wars. Between 1793 and 1815 Britain gained 20 colonies ..." "By 1820 the total population of the territories it governed was 200 million, 26 percent of the world’s total population. Not all of these acquisitions were formally directed by London. Captain James Cook’s explorations of Australia and New Zealand after 1770 were in part an exercise in private enterprise and scientific inquiry. Nonetheless, British settlement of Australia at New South Wales began in 1787, in part because the mother country needed another repository for transported convicts previously sent to the North American colonies. The East India Company also retained considerable initiative in its military strategies. In 1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles seized Singapore for the company and not on London’s instructions. But, however acquired, all these acquisitions added to Britain’s power and reputation. It was no accident, perhaps, that its two national anthems, “God Save the King” and “Rule Britannia,” were composed in this period. For the privileged and the rich, this was preeminently an era of confidence and arrogance." Linda J. Colley http://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/William-Pitt-the-Younger#ref483378 1814: Britain gains ceded Dutch South African territory - Cape Colony -- over 160 years of Dutch influence in South Africa comes to end -- by this time, colonists:     -- Dutch     -- German     -- French -- had evolved to distinct people:  Boers or Afrikaners -- Boers (Dutch/German - 'farmer') -- spoke Taal - 17th Century Dutch -- Taal later became known as 'Afrikaans' -- Boers:  hardy farmers & cattle herders -- independent, resented govt interference -- particular issues re:  Hottentots -- Boers migrated further away from reach of authority before the British -- Boers came into close proximity with Bantu -- near continuous conflict over territory & grazing rights -- British intro policies concerning black populations -- Boers operated under concept that slavery is personal affair -- Boers resented policy that interfered with their affairs -- troubles began when British govt tried to abolish slavery -- & when British govt ordered emancipation of slaves in Cape Colony 1834 -- compensation was to be paid, but what was promised did not materialise -- many slave-owning farmers ruined -- Boers decided to move again, far from British -- mass migration referred to by Boers as the 'Great Trek' -- Boers declare several small republics 1838 -- between Orange & Vaal Rivers -- among those:  Transvaal -- came into conflict with:  Zulu -- conflicts began -- 1854:  Boers independence from British -- with establishment of:  ORANGE FREE STATE -- next 30 years quiet -- 1880:  British influence intolerable -- diamonds & gold discovered in various parts -- led to British annexing of parts of region, 1867 -- despite Boer vehement protests -- problems of the time for Boers:     -- free spirited lifestyle     -- refusal to pay taxes     -- infighting among leaders     -- political anarchy & emasculation of govt     -- tribes amassing on borders for invasion:         -- Bapedi tribe         -- Zulu tribe -- 1877: Britain annexed the Transvaal -- 1879:  Boer open defiance of British authority -- British build fortified garrisons across country to control Boer uprising -- 1880:  Boer attempts to peacefully regain independent status blocked -- Boers proclaimed republic in Transvaal -- Boers attacked British troops who refused to evacuate newly declared republic -- Boer leadership:  SJ Paul Kruger & Petrus (Piet) Jacobus Joubert -- mustered ad hoc force of 7,000 to drive out British -- Dec. 1880 Boer militia ambushes British column on way from -- garrison at Lydenburg to capital:  Pretoria -- Boer Wars ensue http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/military-history/the-start-of-the-boer-wars/ COMMENT The info about the British ascendency during period of various European wars was really interesting.  It looks like this is where the British gain most of their colonies. The list of Napoleonic battles looks really interesting.  Something to check out, when I get around to it during my travels.

Immigration - And Chaos Everywhere

ꕤ Article SOURCE Various, as marked WARNING:  GRAPHIC - VIDEO https://youtu.be/Kn-RBMGDozk ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Watched the above video via Twitter. It was titled something like:  Muslim refugees attack mother and daughter in Germany (which proved incorrect). The video is sickening.  Shocking level of violence.  A number of people on the road got bowled over by a passing car.  Chaos. Was subsequently notified that the footage isn't from Germany and was given this link [WARNING: GRAPHIC]:  http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=617_1442119315. While it's not exactly a relief that it was in Switzerland rather than in Germany,  it is something of a relief to learn the violence was at least confined to violence between immigrant parties, rather than attack on the host community.  The LiveLeak footage indicated that it was a confrontation between Kurdish and Turkish parties, and that 4 police and a K9 were injured, in addition to the various other parties injured (and possibly killed). News article related to this: Watch: Migrant Kurds And Turks Battle On The Streets Of Switzerland by Liam Deacon12 Sep 2015 Kurds and Turks went to war on the street of Europe once again today. A group of Kurdish independence supporters leaving a rally in the Swiss town of Bern were rammed by a car allegedly driven by a supporter of Turkish nationalism. Two are thought to have died, with twenty injured. The initial rally was organised by the “Union of Turkish Democrats in Europe” against Kurdish “terrorism,” NZZ reports. Around 100 Turkish nationalists gather and were met by a counter demonstration of around 180 supporters of Kurdish independence and the prescribed group the PKK. Local News provider Watson reports that the town center was sealed off and several bridges closed. Riot police used rubber bullets and peppers spray to separate the rival groups, who were angered by the ongoing conflict between their two ethnic groups in the Middle East. The fatal attack was on a smaller, breakaway group on the edge of the rally, local media Blick reports. Videos loaded to social media show a black Mercedes accelerating into a group of Kurdish demonstrators, identifiable by their yellow PKK flags. Several people are struck and screaming is heard. A spokeswoman for Canton Police confirmed to Watson that an “incident” involving a vehicle had occurred on Saturday afternoon. The driver had been detained but disruption in the town was ongoing when the spokeswoman addressed journalists at 18:00 local time. The violence follows Thursday’s bloody clashes in Frankfurt, Germany between Kurds and Turks, which descended into a riot, and further reports of violent clashes between the two ethnic groups in Hannover today. http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/09/12/watch-migrant-kurds-and-turks-battle-on-the-streets-of-switzerland/ Germany:   Frankfurt Turkish vs Kurdish 11.09.2015 WATCH: Migrant Turks And Kurds Battle On Frankfurt Streets, German Army Called In by Simon Kent 11 Sep 2015 At least five arrests were made in Frankfurt on Thursday night after a march by supporters of Turkish nationalism descended into bloody violence when they clashed with rival Kurd separatists. Video of the riot has emerged on the same day Germany announced it will place 4,000 soldiers on standby over the weekend to help with a new wave of up to 40,000 refugees arriving in the country. Police said The Thursday event was billed as a “solidarity march commemorating fallen Turkish soldiers”. According to  FR Online to it was organised by the “Federation of Turkish young people” which campaigns on behalf of Turkey. The fracas involved a group of around 380 participant and started at the city’s main railway station at 18.30. Soon after the Turkish supporters set off there were attacks by immigrant Kurd counter-demonstrators who used sticks, bottles and stones to attack marchers. One taxi driver reportedly had his car damaged in the brawl. Police confirmed the counter-demonstrators were of Kurdish origin and quickly withdrew. More than 40,000 people have died since the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) launched its armed campaign in 1984 calling for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey. Now immigrants from both sides of that battle are carrying their fight onto the streets of Frankfurt. Meanwhile, Germany will mobilise 4,000 soldiers in the next 48-hours to help with the entry of up to 40,000 refugees in the country, Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. She told Der Spiegel that she was placing the troops on alert with the expectation they could be asked to do more than just welcome the immigrant arrivals. “The country can be sure that the Bundeswehr [German army] will be supporting” efforts to care for refugees, Von der Leyen said, adding that the army could do yet more if called upon. “We are spreading these 4,000 soldiers across the country and they will intervene if the federal states [which are responsible for the initial uptake of refugees] request it,” a Defence Ministry spokesman told The Local. “They will provide a helping hand, for example to set up a refugee camp, to help with organization, provide buses and drivers, other types of transport, medical services and equipment, anything of that kind.” Record numbers of people from the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa continue to pour into Europe, with around 7,600 entering Macedonia in the last 12 hours. http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/09/11/watch-migrant-turks-and-kurds-battle-on-frankfurt-streets-german-army-called-in/ Meanwhile on the other side of the world: Bendigo mosque protest: Anti-mosque and anti-racism protesters clash Date     August 29, 2015 Tom Cowie, Reporter Police deployed capsicum spray in the heart of Bendigo on Saturday afternoon as violent scuffles broke out between opposing protest groups over plans for a mosque. About 200 people gathered in the central Victorian city for a protest organised by the United Patriots Front, where they were met with equal numbers from left-wing groups including No Room For Racism and the Socialist Alternative. A huge police presence, including a mounted unit, locked down large areas of the regional city in anticipation of the groups coming together. The anti-Islam demonstration was organised as part of a vocal campaign to stop a mosque from being built in Bendigo. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Council recently dismissed an appeal against the project. Police set up a barricade around Bendigo Town Hall for the anti-mosque protest at 2pm, as the No Room For Racism group gathered outside chanting and playing music. The groups tried to clash on several occasions, including at the Hargreaves Street Mall, but were met with large police numbers. At one point, protesters came together when a flag was burned by the anti-racist demonstrators. Police used capsicum spray on the anti-Islam protesters who were trying to get across the police line. Speaking out against the mosque and Islam were several leaders from the right-wing United Patriots Front, as well as Go Back To Where You Come From star Kim Vuga. The lead objector against the mosque, Julie Hoskin, spoke in front of the crowd and said the majority of people in Bendigo opposed the mosque. She accused the council and "complicit media" of trying to convince residents that most people in the city supported the mosque. "We are local and we are vocal and we don't want a mosque in Bendigo," she said. Many of the anti-Islam speakers were not from Bendigo but when they asked how many people in the crowd were from the area a large amount put their hand up. Several protesters on both sides wore masks to hide their identity. The anti-Islam demonstrators carried Australian flags and protest signs, including one that said "Say no to the Islamisation of Bendigo". Another said the local council was "sacrificing Bendigo to Islam for their own greed". Controversial Bendigo Councillor Elise Chapman, who has been a vocal opponent of the mosque, was in the crowd wearing an Australian flag. United Patriots Front leader Blair Cottrell was seen washing his eyes out with water after police deployed the capsicum spray. In his speech, Mr Cottrell lashed his opponents from the anti-racist protests as "losers, renegades and traitors". The UPF have been engaged in ongoing street battles with left-wing groups, including outside State Parliament last month.  Life-long Bendigo resident Sue McConnachie attended the rally with friends to show support for the mosque, but was disappointed with the level of aggression from both sides.  "It seemed like the emphasis on the local cause was certainly weakened by the people on the front lines," Ms McConnachie said. The anti-racist group at one point played Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel, a reference to Jimmy Barnes asking right-wing group Reclaim Australia not to play his songs. The rally broke up at about 4pm. Police remained on high alert after the protest in preparation any subsequent clashes. There were no arrests. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/bendigo-mosque-protest-antimosque-and-antiracism-protesters-clash-20150829-gjaml8.html The wide range of problems in Switzerland, Germany, France, and a number of other Western European countries that result from cross-cultural immigration are staggering. But non-European refugees and immigrants keep pouring in, thanks to the policies of neocon politicians who are (a) responsible for the chaos abroad that results in displacement and migration (b) responsible for failing to make alternate arrangements for those they have displaced. Meanwhile, the domestic bleeding hearts and demented ideologues, are all for opening borders to more chaos, as well as irreconcilable cultural and other issues (at best). I strongly sympathise with those that seek to preserve their amenities, their national heritage, and the integrity and primacy of their own cultures, be it in Europe or in the colonies. It's impossible to see solutions.  All I see is doom. ꕤ

Wave of Refugees in Europe Not An Accident But A Strategic Goal of USA

SOURCE https://archive.is/EOLGS EXTRACT ONLY GOOGLE TRANSLATED FULL ARTICLE | here Austrian media: Rothschild started the migration of migrants ...  21:48 Aug 27 2015  News , World [ ...] "We have information that all or part of the costs borne by the organization for refugees from the United States. We found out after we noticed discrepancies in the figures are after tests regularly repeated, and did not jibe with the capabilities of people depending on the regions they come from. For example, it is not possible that so many people from North Africa at hand has about 11 thousand euros. How is it possible that no one asked this question? The only explanation is that someone is hiding something, "said the Austrian intelligence and added that even in friendly intelligence circles such as Germany and the US government some unusual silence.   "About our conclusions one from the United States does not want to talk to us, and we've had very good communication with their intelligence services. Even hnaa (Austrian military agency for information and internal security) no information or simply get a ban spread them. However, this must be made public, "concluded the Austrian intelligence. According to an internal report of the Austrian intelligence services "means that the US organization created a model of co-financing and submitted most of the costs of trade immigrants. It is the "same organizations that have their work burned and cast into chaos Ukraine a year ago." This is more than a clear allusion to the so-called NGOs. The article ends with an invitation "to journalists, policemen and intelligence officers to participate actively in the search for information to substantiate these claims, because the current situation is extremely dangerous and publication of accurate information can prevent the escalation of the crisis." [ ... ] Austrian magazine Info Direct announced recently, citing an unnamed source from the ranks of the Austrian army, that all or part of the cost of transport of refugees from Libya and North Africa bear the organization from the United States. [ ... ] French analyst Thierry Mejsan for Voltairenet portal writes that this finding confirmation of its extensive article published four months ago in which inter alia states that the wave of refugees in Europe is not an accidental side effect of the conflict in the Middle East, but the strategic goal of the United States. Mejsan American strategy called the "chaos theory" and refers to Leo Strauss (1899 -1973.), Philosopher, father and guru of neoconservatives who have occupied key positions in American institutions. "The principle of this strategic doctrine can be summarized as follows: The easiest way to plunder the natural resources of a country over the long term is not taking the country by military means, but its destruction. No country has no army, and no enemy army is no danger of defeat. Since that time, a strategic military target of NATO with the United States at the forefront of the destruction of the state exclusively. What will happen later with the affected peoples, it is not a problem in Washington. Migration in the Mediterranean, which for now is still a humanitarian concern (200,000 immigrants in 2014), will continue to grow into a serious economic problem. Recent decisions of the European Union are directed that the problem of mass immigration stop, but to justify new military operations which should keep the chaotic situation in Libya. Of course, chaos can not be solved. That is exactly so. The US strategy is actually directed to Europeans drawn into a military adventure in Libya, Syria and Ukraine. Once Europeans to ... mired [neck deep] in the swamp of chaos due to lack of military training and capacity [they] will have to ask for help only remaining superpower.  It will unite us more than ever, because "protecting us from chaos," writes Mejsan. In the end, it is necessary to mention the left-liberal end of the political spectrum, as always protect the interests of "the weakest", in the case of immigrants, while in fact participate in this large and lucrative business, sometimes not knowing what it seems. In any event, this huge wave of immigrants that swept Europe should be disposed of, and the unfortunate people given the opportunity to live in peace and the conditions worthy of man. However, only talk about the tip of the iceberg, not solve the problem at the root, whether it comes to Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Ukraine, only proves the allegations Mejsan to Brussels as much as Washington is participating in the production of chaos globally that in Europe, forcing hundreds of thousands of people. The bill will eventually pay European taxpayers and spending of public funds for these purposes will inevitably produce an increase in xenophobia. [ ...] Someone is because of their resources and geostrategic position decided that their homeland must be destroyed and the worst financial oligarchy even this "great migration" is seen as a lucrative source of profit. SOURCE https://archive.is/EOLGS ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Note:  the name of author referred to in above article, should probably read 'Thierry Meyssan' COMMENT Found this an interesting article ... if you ignore the references to Rothschilds banking (which don't make sense to me), and if you can put up with a poor translation. What I think the article is saying is that the mass migration from Africa and the Middle East isn't just an accident of US and US aligned Western meddling in those regions. Instead, it is part of a  US strategy to mire Europe in conditions which will require Europe to seek US support and, therefore, to cleave to the US and its aims, I'm guessing. Not sure what to make of this yet. MORE The European Union is blind to the military strategy of the United States by Thierry Meyssan The political leaders of the European Union are entirely wrong about the Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe and the migration to the Union of people fleeing the war zones. Thierry Meyssan demonstrates here that these are not simply the accidental consequences of conflict in the wider Middle East and Africa, but a strategic objective of the United States. Voltaire Network | Damascus (Syria) | 14 May 2015 SOURCE http://www.voltairenet.org/article187588.html ꕤ

Around the World

AROUND THE WORLD Sea Piracy Presumed #Indonesia pirates rob #Vietnam vessel - 1/3 cargo (of 5k tonnes of oil & goods) release crew - http://tinyurl.com/nn29wna >> Hijacking is 12th in South China Sea since APRIL !!! Piracy costs shipping est. $8bn per annum. ---------------------------------------------------------- US Banking Piracy NY banking regulator still screwing BNP Paribas >dollar clearing ban in energy trade fin. for 2015 (+ $9 bil fine) http://tinyurl.com/m4nhoxw >Cannot operate energy trade div. w/out clearance >asks JPMorgan, BAML & Citi clearance help > unlikely b/c risks. No comment. >> If other banks agree to do clearing for them ... hey, they can CHARGE extortionate risk rates ... lol .. win/win USA - 2 main payment systems foreign trade in dollars  - CHIPS (owned by 23 comm.banks, overseen Central Bank + Fed) & FedWire (Fed Reserve) ---------------------------------------------------------- Immigration UNHCR- 330,700 ppl sought refugee status during the first 6mths 2014 - http://tinyurl.com/odnavxl  - Syria, Iraq, Afghan + Eritrea >> 2/3 claims in Germany, USA, France, Sweden, Turkey + Italy >> Germany rec'd largest no. of claims @ 65,700 ---------------------------------------------------------- Nuclear - South Africa #SouthAfrica + #Russia nuclear co-op agreement - merits questioned - http://www.iol.co.za/news/disquiet-over-nuclear-deal-with-russia-1.1756743 … ---------------------------------------------------------- Russia Nuclear - Turkey, Finland, Jordan + Hungary >> #Russia's Rosatom also has agreements to build nuclear power stations in Turkey, Finland, Jordan + Hungary ---------------------------------------------------------- Arms Smuggling Arms-smuggling #Taiwan duo snared in FBI sting plead guilty > high-grade military technology to mainland #China - http://tinyurl.com/kewve29 ----------------------------------------------------------  Ted Belman Article - Middle East #Libya >> US has gone from being a world power to dealing w/ ISIS. And you know who has facilitated that ... http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/15710 … >> #Obama undermined: Qaddafi, Mubarak & Assad & worked in concert w/ Qatar, Turkey & the Muslim Brotherhood. [inn] >> Arab Spring >> US democracy-building campaigns played a bigger role in fomenting protests than known /US NGO training + $ It is the job of the CIA to stir up rebellion in countries the US govt want to make unstable (or unseat the govt in power) [src Ted Belman] #Syria - plan for deposing Assad started when Bush Jr. admin decided 2 align with Sunni states to challenge Iran’s hegemony>[src Ted Belman] #Iraq most insurgent violence directed at American military has come from Sunni forces, & not from Shiites. http://tinyurl.com/p2rlotq  / belman US >> most profound—& unintended—strategic consequence of #Iraq war is the empowerment of Iran. >>> [Ted Belman] >> Saudis shared this concern >joined with US to reduce Iranian influence in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. [Ted Belman] ---------------------------------------------------------- US Gets Cosy with Malaysia #USA - #Malaysia - immigration hand-holding - investors, tourists and students - 4 profit - http://tinyurl.com/p4pkcdn  - US Visa Waiver Programme #USA - #Malaysia - CIA hand-holding >> Dr Ahmad Zahid met Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Brennan - http://tinyurl.com/p4pkcdn  #Malaysia - Dr Ahmad Zahid - Home Affairs min - crack down opposition leaders & dissents - sedition laws 2 suppress opposition – wikipedia #Malaysia /Dr Ahmad Zahid>NY Pol Dept chief Charles V. Campisi on collaboration b/w Malaysia police & dept. "on enhancing police integrity" ---------------------------------------------------------- India-US Relations #India - PM Modi denied US visa until now b/c 2002 Gujarat riots (Hindu vs Muslim) - Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party - Modi party /saudigaz. #India - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - most likely spied on by CIA - b/c 'concerns' re 'extremist' elements >> http://tinyurl.com/mfq7cbt  #India - now US wants to cosy up to India for profit & strategic reasons .. tradit. India avoids Big Bloc commitments / Piss off, USA ..lol ---------------------------------------------------------- UK Role Undermining Syria #Syria - Free Syrian Army (FSA), umbrella group of ‘moderate’ opposition fighters .. receiving training Jordan - CIA-funded sec. Contractors #UK - involved training FSA in Jordan - http://tinyurl.com/p2jk5tm  - Pentagon drawing up plans 4 training bases or. countries, FSA + Peshmerga #UK - no parliamentary approval required/ FSA training /free to act over borders also - citing 'humanitarian' + hostages scenario [guardian] --------------------------------------------------------- US Warfare Middle East #USA drone attacks in Yemen, Somalia + Pakistan are carried by CIA or, in Yemen + Somalia, by military's Joint Special Operations Command. Bombing in #Iraq + #Syria not being held to the near-certainty standard that no civilians will be killed or injured, http://tinyurl.com/p7847ta  #Iraq + #Syria, US Air Force & Navy using cruise missiles & conventional guided bombs to destroy buildings and other infrastructure/DailyStar >> Allies, including Britain, France & Arab countries, are also using conventional bombs" [dailystar] Human rights groups said 2 dozen civilians killed by US & allied bombings in #Iraq & #Syria. [dailystar] Civilian casualties #Iraq + #Syria >US says inter'l law no 'near certainty' - not deemed "action outside areas of active hostilities" - {DS} Obama: "Conventional airpower or missiles are far less precise than drones" but using "conventional military air campaign" ---------------------------------------------------------- US Plans for Afghanistan #USA - Brookings Institution - takes in retired CIA - who presumably provide 'benign expert' advice along with Brookings - ref ArabNews #USA - CFR + Brookings lobbying US presence #Afghanistan for building & institutionalizing a national Afghan army - http://tinyurl.com/q69y646 ---------------------------------------------------------- Iran - Anti-Zionist Conference   #Iran #Teheran “New Hori­zon Con­fer­ence” 3-day conference for anti-Zionists / dubbed anti-semites by ADL / http://tinyurl.com/pn4l962 ---------------------------------------------------------- US Throwing Weight Around Threatens Zimbabwe Sanctions (re $3 billion Russia mine deal)  #Zimbabwe US threatening sanctions against Zimbabwe over their #Russia US$3billion platinum mine deal / [allafrica] "It (Zimbabwe) should not proceed or else we are under sanctions." --- http://allafrica.com/stories/201410040017.html … ---------------------------------------------------------- People's Voice Article Lavrov Counters Irresponsible Western Policies   The evil that is US imperialism >>> the Lies, the Hypocrisy & drive for Unchallenged World Domination >>> http://tinyurl.com/lfa5yeo  Lavrov Counters Irresponsible Western Policies - http://tinyurl.com/lfa5yeo  - West's lies .. enlist popular support for imperial lawlessness UN envoy Samantha Power calls genocidal imperial interventions stunning successes / destroying one country after another No nation deplores peace more than America. None cause more harm to more people. None more mass destruction. Washington's killing machine gets wholehearted support. Americans are systematically lied to. Everything .. is suppressed. Big Lies reflect long-standing US tradition. They launch wars. They're weapons of mass deception. http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2014/10/03/lavrov-counters-irresponsible-western-po ---------------------------------------------------------- UK Govt Lobbying to Ditch European Court Human Rights #UK ditching European Court of Human Rights in Britain (ECHR) proposal - http://tinyurl.com/qgpnb4h  - former Att-Gen unimpressed #UK Dave & his buddy Chris Grayling's Bill of Rights looks a joke: http://tinyurl.com/kdwysry  > Check out the limitations > #UKpolitics ... Rights & *Responsibilities* / limitations / caveats / triviality test / change definition / limit on reach / >>> Philip Hammond, Theresa May & David Cameron are onboard with this. ---------------------------------------------------------- Greenland Govt Shake-up Protests force #Greenland premier (Aleqa Hammond, Siumut Party) out of office >> misuse $20k (repaid) -- http://tinyurl.com/qbduslp On 1 Oct x4 govt ministers resigned -- shaking coalition govt formed March 2013 - ELECTION new govt = Nov. 28   ---------------------------------------------------------- European anti ISIL Campaigners Europeans involved in US ISIL campaign: France, Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium & Britain [PressTV] >> Let me guess, assets in Middle East? ---------------------------------------------------------  Another Cost of EU Membership Countries getting ripped off by #EU membership: UK , Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia & Netherlands - http://tinyurl.com/kfoucps  - money overseas --------------------------------------------------------- Kenya - President Uhuru Kenyatta - International Criminal Court Hearing Internat. Criminal Crt hearing, Hague Wed. - President Uhuru Kenyatta - http://tinyurl.com/plt6fce  / #Kenya - cannot accomm. Attendees --------------------------------------------------------- Taiwan #Taiwan - bids to enter US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) & Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) / [wantchinatimes] ---------------------------------------------------------- Russia Gas | Fracking | Environment    #Baltic - Estonia, Finland, Latvia & Lithuania get 100% of their natural gas from #Russia - [townhall] > Czech Republic (57%), Poland (59%), Ukraine (60%), Hungary (80%), Slovakia (84%) & Bulgaria (89%) - [ibid] >> #Russia 60% of its exports are oil + natural gas [ibid] - Hey, here's part of REAL AGENDA: they could import more natural gas from the US & other countries besides Russia" !! LOL > "Europe needs to allow fracking. Right now" ... says mouthpiece of US NGO lobbying group, posing as benign experts 'Benign' NGO mouthpiece proposes EU needs to devise incentives 4 landowners & residents / stake in #fracking rape of Europe >> Congress & #Obama "should also fast-track US natural gas exports to Europe" - 'benign' NGO lobby mouthpiece says. #EU nations ban #fracking >> #Poland & #UK are sell-outs who have embraced destruction of environment for profit Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) lobby for destruction of environment for profit / http://tinyurl.com/o8lwcl4  -- http://tinyurl.com/nsl8q3d  --------------------------------------------------- Ambassador - New Appointment - Russia / Hungary #Russia's Vladimir Sergeyev is new ambassador to #Hungary - new guy has lots of experience. Soros NGOs Many most powerful NGOs are connected to network of American billionaire George Soros / last year he spent $1 bil on civil assocs. [HunTod] --------------------------------------------------- Turkey Rivalry with Egypt #Egypt - President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi - UN GA - PR coup / has finally emerged from the cold / http://tinyurl.com/krran2d  /al-arabiya article -- BUT .. #Turkey boycotted his speech + Pres Recip Tayyip Erdogan condemned the #UN for “legitimizing” Sisi !! --------------------------------------------------- G.U.A.M Protocol (US Puppets) GUAM -organization for colluding against Russians, HQ Kiev, another US strategy in region .. adopted protocol in NY / http://tinyurl.com/ohns2xs GUAM Members: Georgia Ukraine Azerbaijan Moldova   /   Observers: Turkey Latvia --------------------------------------------------- Ben Gurion on Israel / Palestine David Ben Gurion >>"If I were an Arab leader, I would never make terms with Israel ... we have ... stolen their country...” [Gulf News] >> Checked. It's a real quote. Said to Nahum Goldmann, President of World Jewish Congress. -------------------------------------------------- US Imperialism - Norman Pollock Article #Putin KGB -VERSUS- #Obama's personally authorized drone assassinations, air-strikes, world-encircling military bases, CIA ops & NSA spying #Obama is more capitalist than patriotic ... he favours JPMorgan Chase, Boeing, banking firms & corporations / http://tinyurl.com/na4tbwd  Naked US capitalism = massive surveillance, hostile climate re labour, vast wealth-disparity, foreign war, intervention for global hegemony. US capitalism = aggressive-expansive system of global annexation Crony capitalism in both #Russia & the West, yet West criticises the same ideological framework that holds true for US & Russia / fm Pollack #USA - Crony capitalism is SYSTEMIC ... advancing the wide cleavage in US wealth distribution / http://tinyurl.com/na4tbwd  / Pollack #Obama serves as a shill for US business abroad, esp. in the Far East --- Norman Pollack --- http://tinyurl.com/na4tbwd   Sanctions on #Russia = to contain, isolate & weaken Russia ... as US desperately strives to return to unilateral pre-eminence / Pollack  Wow, I really liked the Norman Pollack article ... got a bit lost on types of socialism & nearly gave up ... but it was a great read.   --------------------------------------------------- ICSID - Corporations Violate National Sovereignty International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) - means for trans-national corporations to violate sovereignty - http://tinyurl.com/oocrsng >>HQ Washington - receives its funding from the World Bank - Case studies involve lawsuits against governments by corps /wikipedia --------------------------------------------------- COMMENT Random information that I looked at.  Links are available for follow-up. It was all very interesting at the time.   Doubt I'll remember all this information.  But even if I remember some of it, it helps form a larger picture. The buzz is in eventually linking bits of information together to make more sense of the whole.

US - OFF-SHORE DEEP-WATER FRACKING - BRAZIL, AFRICA, GULF OF MEXICO

Fracking’s next frontier: Energy giants seek bigger offshore payoffs with deep-water fracking fleets David Wethe, Bloomberg News | August 7, 2014 | Last Updated: Aug 7 2:59 PM ET Energy companies are taking their controversial fracking operations from the land to the sea — to deep waters off the U.S., South American and African coasts. Cracking rocks underground to allow oil and gas to flow more freely into wells has grown into one of the most lucrative industry practices of the past century. The technique is also widely condemned as a source of groundwater contamination. The question now is how will that debate play out as the equipment moves out into the deep blue. For now, caution from all sides is the operative word. Offshore fracking is a part of a broader industrywide strategy to make billion-dollar deep-sea developments pay off. The practice has been around for two decades yet only in the past few years have advances in technology and vast offshore discoveries combined to make large scale fracking feasible. While fracking is also moving off the coasts of Brazil and Africa, the big play is in the Gulf of Mexico, where wells more than 100 miles from the coastline must traverse water depths of a mile or more and can cost almost US$100 million to drill. Those expensive drilling projects are a boon for oil service providers such as Halliburton, Baker Hughes Inc. and Superior Energy Services Inc. Schlumberger Ltd., which provides offshore fracking gear for markets outside the U.S. Gulf, also stands to get new work. And producers such as Chevron Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc may reap billions of dollars in extra revenue over time as fracking helps boost crude output. Fracking in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to grow by more than 10% over a two year period ending in 2015, said Douglas Stephens, president of pressure pumping at Baker Hughes, which operates about a third of the world’s offshore fracking fleet. [...] Pancaked Layers Deep-water wells cut through multiple pancaked layers of oil-soaked rock, and each layer must be fracked to get the most oil out — a task that can take a full day to get to the bottom of the well. Halliburton and others have figured out a way to save time and money by fracking all those layers in one trip down the well, instead of doing each layer separately. The more intense fracking means larger volumes of water, sand and equipment are needed to coax more oil out — and bigger boats to carry it all. “It’s getting more sophisticated,” James Wicklund, an analyst at Credit Suisse in Dallas, said in a phone interview. “The volumes needed, especially for these lower tertiary fracks, are huge.” http://business.financialpost.com/2014/08/07/frackings-next-frontier-energy-giants-seek-bigger-offshore-payoffs-with-deep-water-fracking-fleets/?__lsa=730c-e6c4

Just imagine what these corporations are doing to the environment:

Cuprits:

• CHEVRON
• SHELL
• BP