Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Israeli Government Mourns Death of Dictatorship in Egypt / Politics / Israel
By: Global_Research
Jean Shaoul writes: The right-wing Israeli government of Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has been staggered by the massive demonstrations and strike wave engulfing Egypt, its critical Arab ally in the region, and the simultaneous emergence of social opposition in Israel itself.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Egypt Roars With Freedom, Hurriya! / Politics / Middle East
By: Global_Research
Ramzy Baroud writes: “Just listen to that roar,” urged a CNN correspondent in Egypt, as thousands of Egyptian protesters charged, fists pumped, against hundreds of armed Egyptian security forces. What a roar it was, indeed. The protests have shown the world that Arabs are capable of much more than merely being pitiable statistics of unemployment and illiteracy, or powerless subjects of ‘moderate’ but ‘strong’ leaders (an acronym for friendly dictators).
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
Russian Mafia Aided by British Lawyers Spreading Across Police State Britain / Politics / UK Politics
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Whilst the Egyptians celebrate ridding themselves of the mafia dictatorship and its oligarchy that has stolen Egypt's wealth and kept over 90% of the population both poor and enslaved, the people of Britain need to take a close look at what is taking place on their own Island which has increasingly constructed the infrastructure that is supportive of a near perfect police state that has become home to a literal flood of hundreds of Russian Mafia Oligarchs over the past 10 years that seek to join the bankster elite in the seditious corruption and control of British civil society the price of which will be paid for by ordinary British Citizens in loss of freedom and wealth.
Friday, February 11, 2011
The Illuminati's Secret 20 Trillion Dollar Bank / Politics / Global Financial System
By: Chris_Kitze
Zen Gardner writes: Of all the scams, the worldwide banking system is one of the most mind-boggling. Never mind the entire false premise of fiat money and the debt system, that vast amounts of this illusory "currency" get shifted every micro-second just begs deceit and piracy.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Fiat Currency World Uprising and Downfalling / Politics / Fiat Currency
By: Midas_Letter
Certain characteristics of crumbling empires are historically recurring, and pattern recognition practitioners are thus informed and so forewarned. Their discourse is labeled contrarian, hysterical, strident or radical, depending on the source of criticism, who seldom survive the subsequent reality to be told “I told you so”. Thats not the point anyway.
Friday, February 11, 2011
High-Speed Rail Initiative Stoked by Obama Budget / Politics / Infrastructure
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes: U.S. President Barack Obama is poised to submit his fiscal 2012 budget on Monday, and one of its outlays will be $8 billion for high-speed rail development.
Obama first outlined his vision for an expansive high-speed rail network in 2009. The initiative promised to create jobs, lower carbon emissions, increase efficiency, and improve commerce.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Facebook Nation, Facebook World / Politics / Social Issues
By: Ron_Holland
I’m using the term "Facebook Nation" to describe the growing power of individuals incorporating the internet and social media like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to effect political change.
I believe Mubarak’s fall from power and tyranny is just the first of many victories which will be credited to freedom-loving people using the internet and social media to defeat corrupt, dictatorial and unrepresentative governments. This is individual human action at its best as described by Austrian economist, Ludwig von Mises.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Stunning Data: Obama’s First Two Years a Complete Disaster / Politics / US Politics
By: Mac_Slavo
The argument will be that President Obama inherited this crisis, recession, depression or whatever you want to call it. But we didn’t hear any complaints during the 2008 election campaign, so we assume that President Obama wanted the job and had a grasp of what it was he was signing on for.
He got the job based on great marketing and the many promises made to his constituents. Many of them believed they’d receive free gas, free homes, and that they wouldn’t have to work for the American dream - it would simply be handed to them.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
The Two Faces of Ben Bernanke / Politics / Central Banks
By: Peter_Schiff
Based on his recent public comments, Fed Chairman Bernanke seems determined to give the U.S. dollar the reputation of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak: an unwanted relic of the past that everyone agrees must go, but stubbornly clings to a privileged position. The dollar is currently the world's ruling currency, but, as with Mubarak, I believe that growing public discontent will spur regime change quicker than most pundits expect.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, February 10, 2011
British Prime Minister Whips Up Anti-Muslim Sentiment / Politics / UK Politics
By: Global_Research
Julie Hyland writes: British Prime Minister David Cameron used his speech to last weekend’s Munich Security Conference in Germany to proclaim a “sea-change” in the fight against “home-grown” terrorism in Britain.
The Tory leader’s remarks were profoundly anti-democratic. They gave notice that he intends to march in lockstep with the right-wing, anti-Muslim campaign being led by governments across Europe, as they seek to divide the working class in the face of social devastation and imperialist war.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Rumsfeld Lies About Iraq and the War on Terror ... Again / Politics / US Politics
By: Washingtons_Blog
ABC News reports today on Diane Sawyer's recent interview with former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Rumsfeld claims: Powell -- along with other top Bush administration officials and advisers -- truly believed Saddam had weapons of mass destruction at the time of his famous presentation to the United Nations in February 2003.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
How the Fed Fuels Unemployment / Politics / Central Banks
By: Thomas_J_DiLorenzo
Testimony of Dr. Thomas DiLorenzoProfessor of Economics, Loyola University Maryland
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Lockhart Tries To Justify The Fed’s Love of Printing Money / Politics / Central Banks
By: Brady_Willett
Following up on Bernanke’s ‘don’t blame me’ shtick last week, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta president Dennis Lockhart had this to say yesterday:
“The Fed, like every other central bank, is powerless to prevent fluctuations in the cost of living and increases of individual prices. We do not produce oil. Nor do we grow food or provide health care. We cannot prevent the next oil shock, or drought, or a strike somewhere —events that cause prices of certain goods to rise and change your cost of living.”
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Uncle Ben Wants You! - To Buy Stocks / Politics / Central Banks
By: Fred_Sheehan
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke reviewed his Quantitative Easing, Second Inning (QE2) at the National Press Club on Thursday, February 3, 2011. His conclusion: "The economic recovery that began in the middle of 2009 appears to have strengthened in recent months..."
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
U.S. Politics of Hate Driving Out of Control Government Spending / Politics / Government Spending
By: David_Galland
In describing the current situation in these United States, and in many of the world’s other superpowers, we here at Casey Research have often used the word “intractable”… as in, “impossible to resolve.”
While that may not be technically accurate – because there is no problem related to economics that can’t be solved if one is willing to swallow sufficiently strong medicine – it is a correct assessment, given the overwhelming role that politics now play in the economy.
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011
The Burying of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Report / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Global_Research
Andre Damon writes: Late last month, the US Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission issued the first official report on the causes of the 2008 financial meltdown.
The report is devastating. The commission interviewed over 700 witnesses, held 19 days of public hearings, and investigated millions of documents. Based on this research, it gives a fairly accurate picture of the fraud and criminality that led to the greatest financial catastrophe since the Great Depression.
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011
British Government Must Give Us Answers Before Banks Make More Pay-outs Warns Independent Commission / Politics / Credit Crisis 2011
By: Submissions
Zoe Gannon writes: The UK bank bonus season opens on 15th February when Barclays publishes its results which will show how much it has allocated to pay, this will set the bar for pay-outs at other banks, including nationally owned RBS and Lloyds which are due later this month.
With some pay-outs expected to reach seven figures, the independent High Pay Commission today argues that the reasons often cited for these awards don't add up when the economy is still reeling from the crisis the banks helped create.
Monday, February 07, 2011
The Student Loan Swindle / Politics / Social Issues
By: Mike_Whitney
An interview with Professor Alan Nasser
MW--Is it possible to "walk away" from a student loan and declare bankruptcy?
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Monday, February 07, 2011
America Is Not a Republic, U.S. Constitution Is on Life Support / Politics / US Politics
By: Gary_North
"This is a republic, not a democracy. Let's keep it that way!"
When I was a teenager, that was a popular saying in conservative circles. Conservative circles in 1958 were very few and very far between. The movement lacked slogans. Every fringe movement needs a few slogans. Slogans are like secret handshakes in a club. They identify one's true colors to those in the know.
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Sunday, February 06, 2011
Egyptian Crisis To Only Get Deeper With No Quick Fix Likely / Politics / Middle East
By: Danny_Schechter
The African journalist Nathanial Manheru chose a quote from French icon Andre Malraux’s Anti-Memoirs to understand current events in Egypt, “it is in Egypt that we are reminded that (man) invented the tomb.”
The tomb may be the appropriate metaphor not only for wannabe President for forever Hosni Mubarak but also for the 30 plus year neo-colonial economic system that he has presided over. Not surprisingly Frank Wisner Jr, the former U.S. Ambassador and son of a CIA dirty tricksters, wants the President to stick around –in the country’s interest, of course.
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