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mitty14u2's JournalNoam Chomsky: With Trump Election, We Are Now Facing Threats to the Survival of the Human Species
Well, the reaction to November 8th in Europe was disbelief, shock, horror. It was captured pretty eloquently in the—on the front cover of the major German weekly, Der Spiegel. It depicted a caricature of Donald Trump presented as a meteor hurtling towards Earth, mouth open, ready to swallow it up. And the top headline read "Das Ende Der Welt!" "The End of the World." Small letters below, "as we have known it." There might be some truth to that concern, even if not exactly in the manner in which the artist, the authors, the others who echoed that conception, had in mind.
It had to do with other events that were taking place right at the same time, November 8th, events that I think were a lot more important than the ones that have captured the attention of the world in such an astonishing fashion, events that were taking place in Morocco, Marrakech, Morocco. There was a conference there of 200 countries, the so-called COP 22. Their goal at this conference was to implement the rather vague promises and commitments of the preceding international conference on global warming, COP 21 in Paris in December 2015, which had in fact been left vague for reasons not unrelated to what happened on November 8th here.
The Paris conference had the goal of establishing verifiable commitments to do something about the worst problem that humans have ever faced—the likely destruction of the possibility for organized human life. They couldn’t do that. They could only reach a nonverifiable commitment—promises, but not fixed by treaty and a real commitment. And the reason was that the Republican Congress in the United States would not accept binding commitments. So they were left with something much weaker and looser.
The Morocco conference intended to carry this forward by putting teeth in that loose, vague agreement. The conference opened on November 7th, normal way. November 8th, the World Meteorological Organization presented an assessment of the current state of what’s called the Anthropocene, the new geological epoch that is marked by radical human modification, destruction of the environment that sustains life. November 9th, the conference basically ceased. The question that was left was whether it would be possible to carry forward this global effort to deal with the highly critical problem of environmental catastrophe, if the leader of the free world, the richest and most powerful country in history, would pull out completely, as appeared to be the case. That’s the stated goal of the president-elect, who regards climate change as a hoax and whose policy, if he pursues it, is to maximize the use of fossil fuels, end environmental regulations, dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency—established by Richard Nixon, which is a measure of where politics has shifted to the right in the past generation—and, in other ways, accelerate the race to destruction. Well, that was essentially the end of the Marrakech conference. It terminated without any issue. So that might signal the end of the world, even if not quite in the intended sense.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/2/noam_chomsky_with_trump_election_we
To make a long story short, we are in deep shit that makes the near depression Bush and republicans left us in 2008 a picnic!
Israel's never-ending crimes: It's not just settlements
Israel has not just committed unspeakable acts of genocide but done so with absolute transparency. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in front of a new Jewish settlement construction site, in the Occupied West Bank [Reuters]
byStanley L Cohen
Stanley L Cohen is an attorney and human rights activist who has done extensive work in the Middle East and Africa.
Predictable in immediacy and urgency, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threw his weekly tantrum, accusing the world of a dark conspiracy organised by the soon to be ex-President of the United States, Barack Obama, who on his way out of the door after years of obsequious obedience to Israeli will, has suddenly discovered that it's OK to say no ... well ... maybe ... or perhaps, to its glaring intransigence.
But then again, it's kind of hard to take seriously "pressure" exerted by a country that has just enriched Israel's military coffers and occupation to the tune of $38bn.
Not satisfied with the echo of his own vitriol, Netanyahu was just beginning. Next, he singled out Senegal - one of the most impoverished countries in the world and a mover of the resolution - for economic reprisal. Its offence is having the temerity to believe in the rule of law and being housed in the international building with flags of 193 nations and the State of Palestine that sits overlooking the East River of New York City.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/israel-crimes-settlements-161229075030106.html
How many stories tell both sides, one sided stories are all you hear in US, I dont take sides on this subject because I never have had both sides, just Israeli friendly sides.
Russia is harassing U.S. diplomats all over Europe
Russian intelligence and security services have been waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against U.S. diplomats, embassy staff and their families in Moscow and several other European capitals that has rattled ambassadors and prompted Secretary of State John F. Kerry to ask Vladimir Putin to put a stop to it.
At a recent meeting of U.S. ambassadors from Russia and Europe in Washington, U.S. ambassadors to several European countries complained that Russian intelligence officials were constantly perpetrating acts of harassment against their diplomatic staff that ranged from the weird to the downright scary. Some of the intimidation has been routine: following diplomats or their family members, showing up at their social events uninvited or paying reporters to write negative stories about them.
But many of the recent acts of intimidation by Russian security services have crossed the line into apparent criminality. In a series of secret memos sent back to Washington, described to me by several current and former U.S. officials who have written or read them, diplomats reported that Russian intruders had broken into their homes late at night, only to rearrange the furniture or turn on all the lights and televisions, and then leave. One diplomat reported that an intruder had defecated on his living room carpet.
In Moscow, where the harassment is most pervasive, diplomats reported slashed tires and regular harassment by traffic police. Former ambassador Michael McFaul was hounded by government-paid protesters, and intelligence personnel followed his children to school. The harassment is not new; in the first term of the Obama administration, Russian intelligence personnel broke into the house of the U.S. defense attache in Moscow and killed his dog, according to multiple former officials who read the intelligence reports.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/russia-is-harassing-us-diplomats-all-over-europe/2016/06/26/968d1a5a-3bdf-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html?utm_term=.dedd4ee1b9ac
This is another reason for sanctions by president Obama today!
Oil Price Fixing Speculators - crude stockpiles grew 614,000 barrels
The API added that Cushing crude oil inventories rose by 528,000 MMbbls (million barrels) from December 16–23, 2016. Read Cushing Crude Oil Inventories Could Pressure Crude Oil to learn more.
EIA’s crude oil inventories
The API’s report on Wednesday will be followed by the EIA’s (U.S. Energy Information Administration) weekly crude oil inventory report on December 29, 2016. The data will be for the week ending December 23, 2016.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-prices-steady-ahead-of-u-s-stocks-data-1483008015
OPEC's cutting takes month's to kick in and what they say may never happen, they could not cut at all, this is price fixing by speculation for wall-street profit, not price and demand!
Every Trump lie will be instantly laundered as headline news
Yesterday, Donald Trump claimed to have gotten Sprint to bring 5,000 jobs back to America. This claim is false; the jobs have been coming for months. But a lot of media instantly published Trump's claim, many with Trump as the sole source and no reporting or fact-checking whatosever.
Trump and Sprint simply put out PR and everyone rewrote it. Sprint ignored inquiries from reporters who figured it out, only admitting that the jobs were "previously announced" after the company became the story and things started getting hot.
This is how it's going to be: he lies, and reporters instantly launder the statement into impartial-sounding headlines in the rush to be first. The excuse will be that stenography is journalism.
Get used to this sort of thing:
The New York Times:
Trump Takes Credit for Sprint Plan to Add 5,000 Jobs in U.S.
USA Today:
Trump: Sprint moving 5,000 jobs back to US
CNN:
Trump Declares Victory: Sprint will create 5,000 U.S. jobs
The New York Times is the only one with a fig-leaf ("takes credit"
whose wording winks at the fact that it's hogwash. Some, such as CNN and WaPo, use language that implicitly validate Trump's claim.
https://boingboing.net/2016/12/29/every-trump-lie-will-be-instan.html
Trump is a salesman really a clean slate of bull shit, rewrite with his finger in the dirt to be blown away with any wind of facts.
Trump considering plans for privatizing VA medical options
Source: military times
President-elect Donald Trump is evaluating a radical overhaul of veterans health care options even before he finalizes his pick for the next secretary of veterans affairs.
In comments to reporters late Wednesday, a transition official said Trump is considering a “public-private option” that would allow some veterans to get all of their medical care from private-sector physicians, with the government paying the bill.
Congress in 2014 approved a new Choice Card program, which allows veterans facing lengthy wait times or significant travel to visit private-sector clinics instead of VA facilities. But the program has faced mixed reviews, with VA officials saying it has limited use and critics saying department officials have undermined the program with unneeded bureaucracy.
During the campaign last summer, Trump promised to “ensure every veteran in America has the choice to seek care at the VA, or to seek private medical care paid for by our government.” Critics questioned how such a plan would work and what the potential costs would be.
Read more: http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/trump-considering-privatization-va-officials
Veterans groups: 'We cannot afford to start over' with new VA leadership December 14, 2016
Last week, members of the six largest veterans groups met with Trump’s VA transition team and also pushed for serious consideration of McDonald to stay on in the role.
Bill Rausch, executive director of Got Your 6, said the latest letter is designed not to signal any dissatisfaction with the incoming administration, but to let Trump know that they see recent improvements as connected to his promises to clean up the department.
“We’re not sure (Trump) knows the current secretary shares many of the same goals,” he said. “Based on the criteria he put forward in his campaign, we’re trying to highlight to him that Bob McDonald is the right man.”
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/coalition-letter-mcdonald-trump-va
Trumps and Fantasy Island seem Very Much the Same! Youtube video
Trumps and Fantasy Island seem Very Much the Same! Youtube
Today's Trump Equivalent; Da-Plane Boss, $50,000 to stay at Trump Towers and all your fantasies come true, If I cant tell you what you want to hear, I will promise you something better! Your on my Fantasy Island for the Ride of your Life!
Fox News Lies About Food Stamp Fraud: UPDATED
Source: crooksandliars
Mother Jones' Kevin Drum completely destroys Fox News' attempts at claiming there is 70 million dollars of fraud being committed on our food stamp program known as SNAP.
Fox News' Abby Huntsman claimed that food stamp fraud is at an all time high and asked, "...this year it's estimated $70 million dollars of taxpayer money was wasted on food stamp fraud. Is it time to end the program altogether?"
I'd love to see Fox News do a story on all the billionaires and corporations that cheat the US government and the American people out of billions of dollars so they can relax in their villas.
Unfortunately, they are more interested in attacking people just trying to get a meal.
Read more: http://crooksandliars.com/2016/12/fox-news-lies-about-snap-program-fraud
Food stamps go to areas that voted for Trump, dumb asses are cutting there own throats.
George W. Bush's Ethics Lawyer: Trump Will Be in Violation of Constitution on Day One
Source: democracynow
Could Donald Trump be in violation of the Constitution on his first day in office? That’s the conclusion of some leading constitutional law experts. The Constitution prohibits officeholders from accepting "any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
Law experts say many of Trump’s businesses are already benefiting from his presidency. Kuwait, for example, recently moved its National Celebration Day from the Four Seasons in Georgetown to the Trump International Hotel instead. According to ThinkProgress, Kuwait faced political pressure from the Trump camp to move the location.
Other diplomats have reportedly been urged to hold events at Trump’s hotel. Trump and his family also have holdings or projects in Argentina, Brazil, Georgia, India, Ireland, Japan, Philippines and Turkey. In addition, Trump’s businesses owe hundreds of millions of dollars to foreign banks, including Deutsche Bank, UBS and Bank of China. We speak to Richard Painter, professor of corporate law at the University of MinneJUAN GONZÁLEZ: Could Donald Trump be in violation of the Constitution on his first day in office? That’s the conclusion of some leading constitutional experts.
The Constitution prohibits officeholders from accepting "any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state." Law experts say many of Trump’s businesses are already benefiting from his presidency. Kuwait, for example, recently moved its National Celebration Day from the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown to the Trump International Hotel instead. According to ThinkProgress, Kuwait faced political pressure from the Trump camp to move the location. Other diplomats have reportedly been urged to hold events at Trump’s hotel.sota. He was the chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush from February 2005 to July 2007.
Read more: https://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/28/george_w_bushs_ethics_lawyer_trump
Impeach ASAP!
Russia ExxonMobil Crimea gas/oil Danger Will Robinson!
Danger,Danger Will Robinson!
Russia; ExxonMobil
Our commitment to corporate citizenship in Russia Our upstream offices are located in Moscow and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and our downstream offices are located in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Vladivostok.
More than US$250 million has been provided for Sakhalin and Khabarovsk Krai infrastructure improvements in support of local community and Sakhalin-1 project needs, including hospitals and clinics, roads, bridges, harbors, airports, and power and water facilities.
The Sakhalin-1 consortium has provided over US$28 million to date to support contribution projects in Sakhalin and Khabarovsk regions. The focus is made on education, health care, culture, indigenous minority population traditions and language, sports and arts. Since 2012, Sakhalin-1 Consortium supports math and science higher education on Sakhalin through the creation of the Sakhalin Oil and Gas Technical Institute jointly with Sakhalin Government and Sakhalin University.
Since 2013, ExxonMobil has implemented Women’s Health community project “The Healthy North: Preventive Care in the Kara Sea Area” in the Archangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts to address the need for early cancer diagnosis through upgrade of diagnostic equipment for hospitals, a public awareness campaign for early check-ups and to promote a healthy way of life. Read on...
http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/en/company/worldwide-operations/locations/russia/about/overview
Russian political influence and financial links
Moscow increased its efforts to expand its political influence using a wide range of methods,[28] including funding of political movements in Europe, increased spending on propaganda in European languages,[29] operating a range of media broadcasting in EU languages[30][31] and web brigades, with some observers suspecting the Kremlin of trying to weaken the EU and its response to the Ukrainian crisis.[32][33][34]
Russia has formed close ties with Eurosceptic and populist parties, belonging to the far-right and far-left.[35] By the end of 2014, a number of European far-right and far-left[36] parties were receiving different forms of financial or organisational support from Russia in an attempt to build a common anti-European and pro-Russian front in the European Union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations
Could Massive Russian Oil Deal with Exxon Explain Why Putin Appears to Have Meddled in US Election?
https://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/12/could_massive_russian_oil_deal_with
The trouble Russia is having with sanctions, I have a feeling will go away when Rex Tillerson and Trump take office!
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