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DeSwiss's Journal
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March 29, 2015
- The Final Act hurtles toward the crescendo.......
Keiser Report: Deadly Sales (E737)
- The Final Act hurtles toward the crescendo.......
March 28, 2015
TEDxOjai: ''Resource Based Economy '' - Jacque Fresco
''...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.''
The American Declaration of Independence
The American Declaration of Independence
March 28, 2015
- Yeah I know, weird ain't it? We can't seem to decide if we want Russia as a friend to fly in space with, or an enemy to screw with......
US-Russian crew blasts off for record-setting one-year ISS flight
- Yeah I know, weird ain't it? We can't seem to decide if we want Russia as a friend to fly in space with, or an enemy to screw with......
March 27, 2015
Published on Mar 25, 2015
On the sidelines of the China Development Forum in Beijing, CCTV News caught up with the IMF chief to discuss the future of reforms in the organization, cooperation with China, the prospects for cooperation between the IMF and the AIIB and much more. Watch this exclusive interview.
- Et tu, Christinus? At this rate the US may be the only one in the world not in the AIIB.....
Exclusive interview with IMF chief Christine Lagarde
Published on Mar 25, 2015
On the sidelines of the China Development Forum in Beijing, CCTV News caught up with the IMF chief to discuss the future of reforms in the organization, cooperation with China, the prospects for cooperation between the IMF and the AIIB and much more. Watch this exclusive interview.
IMF head Christine Lagarde welcomes China-backed bank on visit to Beijing
AFP
March 24, 2015, 12:00 am TWN
BEIJING--International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Christine Lagarde said Monday she welcomed Beijing's creation of a new infrastructure bank — an institution that has drawn support from Europe and skepticism from Washington.
Lagarde made the comments as she wrapped up a five-day visit to China and after a host of European countries announced their intention to sign up for the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
The moves by Britain, Germany, France, Italy and others have caused consternation in the United States and Japan, which lead the World Bank and the Manila-based Asian Development Bank respectively. Some view the new bank as a competitor to the two institutions.
In a statement issued after she met Premier Li Keqiang, Lagarde hailed Beijing's “impressive efforts” to reform in areas including combating corruption, controlling pollution and “clearing the path to even more engagement with the world.”
“I welcomed China's various initiatives in this area, including through the newly established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank,” she said.
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AFP
March 24, 2015, 12:00 am TWN
BEIJING--International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Christine Lagarde said Monday she welcomed Beijing's creation of a new infrastructure bank — an institution that has drawn support from Europe and skepticism from Washington.
Lagarde made the comments as she wrapped up a five-day visit to China and after a host of European countries announced their intention to sign up for the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
The moves by Britain, Germany, France, Italy and others have caused consternation in the United States and Japan, which lead the World Bank and the Manila-based Asian Development Bank respectively. Some view the new bank as a competitor to the two institutions.
In a statement issued after she met Premier Li Keqiang, Lagarde hailed Beijing's “impressive efforts” to reform in areas including combating corruption, controlling pollution and “clearing the path to even more engagement with the world.”
“I welcomed China's various initiatives in this area, including through the newly established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank,” she said.
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- Et tu, Christinus? At this rate the US may be the only one in the world not in the AIIB.....
March 27, 2015
- It's getting closer. Feel the heat yet???
Canada cops unleash tear gas against anti-austerity protesters in Quebec
- It's getting closer. Feel the heat yet???
March 27, 2015
- The system(s) upon which the world now operates are irrational. Politics is the attempt to make the irrational seem acceptable, and thus engenders our acquiescence to the irrational as the norm.
TEDxOjai: ''The Big Question'' - Peter Joseph
- The system(s) upon which the world now operates are irrational. Politics is the attempt to make the irrational seem acceptable, and thus engenders our acquiescence to the irrational as the norm.
