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September 19, 2014

Summary


SUMMARY


USA
#USA>"US, student loan debt now totals roughly $1.2 trillion, surpassing the amount owed through credit card debt" >> on.rt.com/xbssud


#USA "grim consequences of allowing higher education 2 be used as a vehicle for private profit" StrikeDebt Press Rel/ strikedebt.org/debtbuy4/


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EGYPT

#Surveillance #Egypt - Deep Packet Inspection surveillance system/ 'See Egypt' affiliate to US-based cyber-security firm Blue Coat involved.

Unprecedented access soc. media - penetrate WhatsApp, Viber, Skype + more - goo.gl/zSWiYx - al arabiya article

>> "Blue Coat detected in Iran, Sudan" + Syria / - goo.gl/TQUDS2 - Washington Post article

#Egypt monitoring homosexual ppl's content on social media - al arabiya article (France 24 witness reference)

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UKRAINE
 
US puppet Yatsy >1 million civil servants>new PURGE LAW - incl/ whole cabinet mins., interior min., intell services, prosecutor's office !!  [BBC]

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KOSOVO  /  ALBANIA
 

#Albania #Kosovo CRIME CENTRAL - heroin trade / organ harvesting! - http://goo.gl/ZnER1w - ex-KLA criminal activity role / PM Hashim Thaçi

>> Stand by for REPORT from Dick Marty - Paris on Thursday - wiki on Marty = en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Marty

>> PM Hashim Thaçi - aka 'The Snake' - wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashim_Th - Nice photo w George W Bush .. thanks USA!

--- West's "voice of reason" within the KLA" -- !! This is remarkably like all other West meddling!

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AUSTRALIA
 
#Auspol >>> Kinky Liberal's - 150 shades of Grey - Is this the WORST Aussie govt in history? >>> canberratimes.com.au/comment/george

Basically, the govt’s proposed legislation enables lawful torture!


#Auspol -- Is Abbott justifying M/E military action by exploiting blanket media coverage 'terrorist threat' raids? goo.gl/3J1ic8

..danger of terrorism will be shamelessly invoked to divert from ..social inequality & halt opposition 2 US-AU militarism "

>>>> Preventative detention powers -- to be expanded?


Re:  article above / Australian raid – (https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/09/18/raid-s18.html)

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COMMENT

The amount of higher education debt in the US shocked me.  

As it indicates, it's more than credit card debt! 

The Strike Debt article is well worth a read for those in the US.


Ukraine's a complete mess.  Amazed IMF advanced any money.  Amazed the US has sunk $5 billion.

But I guess they're hoping to get a return in due course.

Kosovo & Albania appear to be lawless.  The region's beyond me.  No understanding of what goes on.  However, there is a report due out on Thursday on the human rights abuse allegations, so that should be interesting.


The goings on in Australia are shocking.  Crazy budget and crazy proposed laws.

The Liberal government sounds incompetent.

Massive raid on 'domestic terrorists' or something like that.  Huge operation.

Sounds like a media stunt and case of fanning domestic fear to justify sending troops to the Middle East (and maybe distract from the crap budget and whatever else may be going on).  

Also worthwhile noting is the issue of mass surveillance, data retention, NSA Five Eye spying on the Australian public, secret court order suppression, laws seeking to extend the of powers to those that appear to have already abused those powers, likely incursions on civil liberties given various new laws (the usual national security angle governments use), the hacking program used by NSW (ie state) police ... on and on it goes.

I'm not big on anything that infringes liberties, so moves to grant intelligence organisations even more powers sounds super creepy and undesirable.

Not impressed that some guy that got raided and arrested was also subjected to police brutality.  

The arresting authorities aren't there to judge anyone or mete out punishment; they're there to perform a function.  In this case, it was to arrest suspects.  So what are they doing belting people?

Oh, and there's more:  Australia's drafting laws where it's legal to TORTURE people!
What kind of crazy is that?

The government will probably get away with pushing through all these crazy laws because nobody cares.  The average person is apathetic, I'd say.

The world's gone mad and I want to get off this ride.








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