Egypt’s military to protesters: F you

Ruling military council intends to retain power for six months or longer while elections are scheduled and will rule by decree.

read more here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/13/egypt-military-rejects-swift-power-handover

The view from Russia: Who’s Next

an interesting take on recent events……………………..

http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20110204/162447719.html

Britain to sell forests to cut the Deficit?

dont think it couldnt happen here. austerity is a bitch and it is coming to america. our cities and states are already engaged in this and the feds will be next.

read more here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/forestry/8320552/More-than-half-Tory-members-oppose-forest-sell-off.html

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/countryside/8082756/Ministers-plan-huge-sell-off-of-Britains-forests.html

Forks and Spoons

we cant all be billionaires lobbying for tax breaks and using tax havens to avoid taxes. there is a need for blue collar jobs in this once great country. without blue collar jobs, i fear what happened in Egypt will happen here and in very short order.

“SPOONS and forks, the metal flatware that everyone uses, are no longer made in the United States. The last factory in an industry stretching back to colonial times closed eight months ago in Sherrill, N.Y., a small community in the foothills of the Adirondacks, and 80 employees lost their jobs.”

read more here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/business/13every.html?ref=business

“Let them eat ethanol”

“The causes of wheat shortages that have led to unrest in Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan, Morocco and Yemen are multiple. This time around, factors have included stockpiling in China and India, drought in Russia, and price volatility caused by financial speculation. A long-term issue is how Asians have increasingly come to be able to afford higher priced wheat, leaving those in poorer traditional markets behind.”

read more here:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/if-the-egyptians-are-hungry-let-them-eat-ethanol/story-e6frg6zo-1226005387096

Australia: Boost Military to take on China

things are heating up everywhere…………..

“AUSTRALIA will need nuclear-powered attack submarines among a range of highly potent weapons systems, and must revolutionise its strategic culture to answer the security dangers posed by China’s massive military build-up, according to one of the federal government’s chief military advisers.”

 

read more here:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/boost-military-to-take-on-china-adviser/story-fn59niix-1226000485738

Hating Goldman Sachs, the Chinese way

how we love to hate golden slaks…

“Goldman’s interest in its public perception comes as the latest piece of anti-Goldman literature has become a bestseller in China. Goldman Sachs Conspiracy, by financial journalist Li Delin, is said to have sold more than 100,000 copies since it was released on June 1, making it something of a hit.

The content is inflammatory to say the least, with the book branding Goldman as having the “cruel nature of a Manchurian tiger,” and “the IQ of an Israeli Shar Pei dog”.”

read more here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/7975486/Goldman-Sachs-invests-to-get-its-image-right-in-China.html

The Big 4 Accounting firms embedded in tax haven world.

please spread these stories around. this crap has got to end.

“The four firms – PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young – have 81 offices in offshore tax havens, according to new research by Financial Mail.”

Read more here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1351703/Big-auditors-embedded-tax-haven-world.html#ixzz1DqW2cP7F

 

“Treasure Island, Tax Havens and the Men Who stole the World”

disgusting……………………..

“Tax havens are corrupting international capitalism by essentially providing one set of rules for wealthy elites and insiders, and another set for the rest of us.”

read more here:

http://bernews.com/2011/02/small-island-tax-haven-stereotype-a-big-lie/

Tax Havens: Hiding Billions/Trillions from the Taxman

this crap has got to stop………………….1/2 of all world trade is run thru tax havens…….its no wonder we have a $14 trillion debt

“Pretty much every big name on the high street uses them to cut their tax bills – helping them undercut your local shops for reasons that have nothing to do with real efficiency and everything to do with bilking the taxpayer.”

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2011/02/13/the-tax-havens-hiding-billions-from-the-taxman-and-britain-s-one-of-the-biggest-86908-22920581/

“Western democracy faces its moment of truth”

“For the west, especially the US, the events in Egypt are a geopolitical nightmare. President Barack Obama is, by instinct, a liberal democrat but his country has built its entire foreign policy over four generations and 17 US presidents since Woodrow Wilson in 1918, on puppet-states in West Asia run by pliant dictators. That era is dying. Egypt represents the end of the beginning.”

Read more here: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/special-report/Western-democracy-faces-its-moment-of-truth/articleshow/7485275.cms#ixzz1DoDf0I6H

Iran’s opposition planning protests for Monday

“Amid reports of a low turnout for the annual march commemorating the anniversary of Iran’s Islamic revolution on Friday, there are calls among opposition leaders for nationwide marches against the government on Monday.”

“Protesters, including university students, truck drivers and gold merchants are said to be organising marches across the country under the umbrella of the country’s Green Movement, apparently inspired by recents demonstrations in Egypt and Tunisia.”

read more here:

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/2011212162526150718.html