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.
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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)
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Immigration
>> 2/3 claims in Germany, USA, France, Sweden, Turkey
+ Italy >> Germany rec'd largest no. of claims @ 65,700
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Nuclear - South Africa
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Russia Nuclear - Turkey, Finland, Jordan + Hungary
>> #Russia's
Rosatom also has agreements to build nuclear power stations in Turkey, Finland,
Jordan + Hungary
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Arms Smuggling
Arms-smuggling #Taiwan
duo snared in FBI sting plead guilty > high-grade military technology to
mainland #China
- http://tinyurl.com/kewve29
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Ted Belman Article - Middle East
>> #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]
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US Gets Cosy with Malaysia
#USA
- #Malaysia
- immigration hand-holding - investors, tourists and students - 4 profit - http://tinyurl.com/p4pkcdn - US Visa Waiver Programme
#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"
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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
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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]
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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"
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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
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Iran - Anti-Zionist Conference
#Iran
#Teheran
“New Horizon Conference” 3-day conference for anti-Zionists / dubbed
anti-semites by ADL / http://tinyurl.com/pn4l962
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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]
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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.
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UK Govt Lobbying to Ditch European Court Human Rights
#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.
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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
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European anti ISIL Campaigners
Europeans involved in US ISIL campaign: France, Netherlands,
Denmark, Belgium & Britain [PressTV] >> Let me guess, assets in
Middle East?
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Another Cost of EU Membership
Countries getting ripped off by #EU membership:
UK , Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia & Netherlands - http://tinyurl.com/kfoucps - money overseas
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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
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Taiwan
#Taiwan
- bids to enter US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) & Regional
Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) / [wantchinatimes]
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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
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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]
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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 !!
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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
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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]
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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
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.
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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
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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.
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