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March 26, 2015
- Or, instead we could just do nothing. You know we could wait around, like always, and fuss and fight about which one of Wall Street's anointed ones is the bestest one of all! And then elect them -- and then let them figure-out how to get us out of this mess that they got us into -- and hope for the best. Or, we could try our own hand at it.
Because we couldn't fuck things up any worse than they already have........
It's the system, stupid.........
Abby Martin, ZDay 2015 | Berlin, Germany | March 14th | The Zeitgeist Movement
- Or, instead we could just do nothing. You know we could wait around, like always, and fuss and fight about which one of Wall Street's anointed ones is the bestest one of all! And then elect them -- and then let them figure-out how to get us out of this mess that they got us into -- and hope for the best. Or, we could try our own hand at it.
Because we couldn't fuck things up any worse than they already have........
It's the system, stupid.........
March 26, 2015
- And these are our allies???
[center]''Our New Allies''
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Don't worry, it's just a bad dream. We'll wake up any minute now. Any minute.......
Ukraine Spat: Poroshenko gets Humvees, Kolomoysky gets boot
- And these are our allies???
[center]''Our New Allies''
[/center]
Don't worry, it's just a bad dream. We'll wake up any minute now. Any minute.......
March 24, 2015
- Cruz/Palin 2016! This way, we can make Jon Stewart come back!!!
Ted Cruz for President 2016!!!
- Cruz/Palin 2016! This way, we can make Jon Stewart come back!!!
March 23, 2015
Well, now.
There it is.
We've come full-circle.
- How shall we answer?, with TRUTH or more obfuscation (lies)........
TYT: Jon Stewart Slams Barack Obama
Well, now.
There it is.
We've come full-circle.
- How shall we answer?, with TRUTH or more obfuscation (lies)........
March 23, 2015
A Thread Locking Question
Why was this thread locked?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141045934
According to my understanding of LBN posting rules, it met all the criteria.
This is not the only instance where this has happened in LBN.
March 21, 2015
- Re-making the world safe for democracy.......
Massive NATO military drills near Russian border underway
- Re-making the world safe for democracy.......
March 20, 2015
- 我欢迎我们的新中国霸主。 (I welcome our new Chinese overlords)
3 European Powers Say They Will Join China-Led Bank
NYT - Business Day
By ANDREW HIGGINS and DAVID E. SANGER
MARCH 17, 2015
BRUSSELS — Ignoring direct pleas from the Obama administration, Europe’s biggest economies have declared their desire to become founding members of a new Chinese-led Asian investment bank that the United States views as a rival to the World Bank and other institutions set up at the height of American power after World War II.
The announcement on Tuesday by Germany, France and Italy that they would follow Britain and join the Chinese-led venture delivered a stinging rebuke to Washington from some of its closest allies. It also called into question whether the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which grew out of a multination conference in Bretton Woods, N.H., in 1944 and established an economic pecking order that lasted 70 years, will find their influence diminished.
The announcement by Germany, Europe’s largest economy, came only six days after Secretary of State John Kerry asked his German counterpart, Frank Walter-Steinmeier, to resist the Chinese overtures until the Chinese agreed to a number of conditions about transparency and governing of the new entity. But Germany came to the same conclusion that Britain did: China is such a large export and investment market for it that it cannot afford to stay on the sidelines.
American officials have fumed that China never approached the Group of 7 — the consortium of economic powers that the United States has led — but rather decided to pick off individual members, setting a deadline of the end of March for them to decide whether to join the new organization, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which many refer to by its initials, the A.I.I.B.
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By ANDREW HIGGINS and DAVID E. SANGER
MARCH 17, 2015
BRUSSELS — Ignoring direct pleas from the Obama administration, Europe’s biggest economies have declared their desire to become founding members of a new Chinese-led Asian investment bank that the United States views as a rival to the World Bank and other institutions set up at the height of American power after World War II.
The announcement on Tuesday by Germany, France and Italy that they would follow Britain and join the Chinese-led venture delivered a stinging rebuke to Washington from some of its closest allies. It also called into question whether the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which grew out of a multination conference in Bretton Woods, N.H., in 1944 and established an economic pecking order that lasted 70 years, will find their influence diminished.
The announcement by Germany, Europe’s largest economy, came only six days after Secretary of State John Kerry asked his German counterpart, Frank Walter-Steinmeier, to resist the Chinese overtures until the Chinese agreed to a number of conditions about transparency and governing of the new entity. But Germany came to the same conclusion that Britain did: China is such a large export and investment market for it that it cannot afford to stay on the sidelines.
American officials have fumed that China never approached the Group of 7 — the consortium of economic powers that the United States has led — but rather decided to pick off individual members, setting a deadline of the end of March for them to decide whether to join the new organization, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which many refer to by its initials, the A.I.I.B.
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- 我欢迎我们的新中国霸主。 (I welcome our new Chinese overlords)
March 18, 2015
Mark Fiore
Published on Mar 17, 2015
Now that the Department of Justice report on Ferguson has been released, the veil has been lifted on a corrupt system that bled that town’s African-American citizens of their income, rights and freedom. Ferguson’s Municipal Court had become a criminal enterprise bent on increasing revenue by bleeding citizens dry. You can read more at http://www.MarkFiore.com.
Stay up-to-date with the latest animation! http://tinyurl.com/fiore-update
Racist EZ-Cash
Mark Fiore
Published on Mar 17, 2015
Now that the Department of Justice report on Ferguson has been released, the veil has been lifted on a corrupt system that bled that town’s African-American citizens of their income, rights and freedom. Ferguson’s Municipal Court had become a criminal enterprise bent on increasing revenue by bleeding citizens dry. You can read more at http://www.MarkFiore.com.
Stay up-to-date with the latest animation! http://tinyurl.com/fiore-update
March 17, 2015
"I am concerned that the size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications that if you do prosecute, if you do bring a criminal charge, it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy. And I think that is a function of the fact that some of these institutions have become too large." Eric Holder, The Hill
Iceland Does The Unimaginable To Its Criminal Bankers
"I am concerned that the size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications that if you do prosecute, if you do bring a criminal charge, it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy. And I think that is a function of the fact that some of these institutions have become too large." Eric Holder, The Hill
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