Stupid World

[oldrider]

Reaping what you sow? - http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=194217 - Response to Israel defending itself? -

[Quote] It was just one of many it has done in Lebanon and Syria, with their usual offensive strikes presented as defensive ones. How many times have we heard that in the last 20 years? That Hezbollah would extract an eye for an eye was a given. [Unquote] - There has to be a better way, surely?

[Viking01]

https://www.dw.com/en/why-did-presid...lks/a-50344189

Which came as some surprise, given that the US were still able to retain over 8,000 troops
in-country as part of the agreement. And still continue to satisfy some of its own geo-strategic
needs and objectives.

As per the article:

Trump's announcement came after the Taliban admitted to a Thursday car bombing at a security
post near NATO's Resolute Support Mission headquarters in Kabul. Two NATO soldiers — one US
and one Romanian — were among 12 people that were killed in the attack.

"What kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position?"
Trump said in the tweet.

Indeed, Don. Indeed.

https://www.historylearningsite.co.u...lling-thunder/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...-north-vietnam


https://sputniknews.com/columnists/2...ng-yugoslavia/
https://russia-insider.com/en/histor...oslavia/ri4901

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https://www.rt.com/news/468479-talib...ting-us-talks/

[Viking01]

It's been an interesting week.

Looks like John Boy will now have to find himself a cosy little job at
some neo-con think-tank for the time being, after the Apprentice's
Master fired him. We'll all miss you, John ... OK, I'm just joking.

But it does raise a few important points.

"Who is going to craft US foreign policy" now ? Pompeo ? Pence ?
Putin ?

And "who is going to declare unofficial US war" against all those
countries that the US doesn't currently like.

It's an important job. And a fool time job, to boot.

Even Robert Fisk alludes to these important questions while talking
about media coverage of politics in his latest column:

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...-a9102356.html

While we're on the subject of media, wasn't it the 18th anniversary
of 911 this week ?

You'd think that the anniversary of such a major event would be being
trumpeted (sorry, no pun intended) along over the US press.

While I saw a few brief mentions of commemorative services, the main
item I came across was some (apparently) "fake news" about WTC7,
and how, "stricken with grief, that it had collapsed in sympathy with
the Twin Towers."

Personally, I find that very hard to believe. But I'm sure that it will all
become much clearer when the movie comes out.

When we find out that there indeed was a conspiracy, but that it was
due to the Iranians and the North Koreans having colluded. Aided and
abetted, of course, by the Chinese. Can't trust those panda lovers.

And if Maduro keeps up his good work, they'll probably even manage a
cameo for Venezuela.

Mmmm. That's a thought, Don.

Maybe, if you get hard pressed to find a suitable political candidate
to draft US foreign policy (no, forget Bibi, he's busy with his election),
you could tickle up the movie studios and see if they had some script
writers with some spare time on their hands.

And that way, not only do you get a better storyline (and continuity),
you can also get some-one better than Alec Baldwin to play you in the
movie.

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Behind the play today:

https://www.checkpointasia.net/trump...fringe-neocon/

[mashman]

"The ECB also said it was re-starting quantitative easing. It will buy €20bn of debt a month from 1 November.

The eurozone's main interest rate has remained unchanged at zero.

The moves come as the ECB combats an economic slowdown. The bank said its asset purchase programme would "run for as long as necessary", while interest rates would remain "at their present or lower levels" until eurozone inflation reached its target rate of 2%."

Stupid is as stupid does... repeatedly.

[Viking01]

"The ECB also said it was re-starting quantitative easing. It will buy €20bn of debt a month from 1 November.

The eurozone's main interest rate has remained unchanged at zero.

The moves come as the ECB combats an economic slowdown. The bank said its asset purchase programme would "run for as long as necessary", while interest rates would remain "at their present or lower levels" until eurozone inflation reached its target rate of 2%."

Stupid is as stupid does... repeatedly.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/co...a-mody-2019-09

https://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/econo...0Kad0OlmHJALw/

https://www.dw.com/en/german-central...age/a-50423189

[Viking01]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...k-hits-shelves

Getting in early and trying to set the record straight ?

Fund the retirement villa purchase ?

Or just hoping to sway the judges opinion at a future hearing ?
"Don't blame me - it was all Boris's fault".

If projected sales are any indication, I don't fancy his chances.
On any count.

[oldrider]

Second World War Could Have Ended in 1943 Had Allied Bombing Focused on Military-related Targets:- https://www.globalresearch.ca/second...lated_articles -

[mashman]

https://www.project-syndicate.org/co...a-mody-2019-09

https://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/econo...0Kad0OlmHJALw/

https://www.dw.com/en/german-central...age/a-50423189

I watched inflation as the UK dropped 350 billion quid into the economy. Nothing. Ahh the days.

When people have less money to buy things with and businesses need to keep their share of a market that is dwindling in revenue if not volume, so debt is created. That debt is the "asset" that the ECB are going to buy. Ever wondered why the stockmarket kept, and keeps on, rising?... and all the while inflation doesn't blip? Business pays the wages! Ya might wanna consider that a liddle, and ya might not, but it is evidenced to have happened.

Helicopter money. The same concept except from bottom up instead of trickling down, but it inherently runs into the same problems.

Whether you "subsidise" business through the public or whether you directly "subsidise" business in a more conventional manner (QE), you still need to "subsidise" business... and enough so that employee wages can keep up with the cost of living and therefore able to buy that which is being produced.

The circle of life, heh.

[oldrider]

Russia prevents Israeli airstrikes in Syria? - - https://www.jpost.com/printarticle.aspx?id=601618 - What Bibi wants Bibi usually gets? - he will not be happy - He needs votes?

[Viking01]

Very reasonable rates. Willing to settle for golf games and photo opportunities.

Proven track record. No country too large to handle. Principles not an issue.

Examples

- China : Foreigners detained and threatened with extradition

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/arti...ade-deal-china
https://www.strategic-culture.org/ne...against-china/
https://eurasiafuture.com/2019/07/07...ll-from-grace/

- South America : Old colonial style treatment and trampling of human rights

http://upsidedownworld.org/archives/...erica-trudeau/
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/...1024-0007.html

No favouritism shown. We even do it to our own people

https://www.rt.com/news/448626-canad...ibal-protests/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/06...rge-in-canada/

- Venezuela : Coup support a specialty

https://globalnews.ca/news/4890495/c...-secret-talks/

- Ukraine : White-washing and re-imaging

https://www.fort-russ.com/2019/07/ba...inian-fascism/


Just in Today

- Iran : Confiscation of foreign assets (proven guilt not required)

https://www.rt.com/news/468790-canad...ran-buildings/


Canadian Election

Suppose this all helps to shift focus from the upcoming Canadian election
and that SNC-Lavalin scandal that has been bubbling away all year. Damned
inconvenient timing.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/snc-la...candal/5670443
https://www.vox.com/2019/8/15/208061...nada-elections
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ele...aign-1.5280298

Contact Details

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[pritch]

Getting in early and trying to set the record straight?

Preorders are slow? Perhaps the Poms have about had enough of Eton oldboys running the show? The recent examples haven't exactly covered themselves in glory.

[husaberg]

Globalresearch is an "anti-Western" website that can't distinguish between serious analysis and discreditable junk — and so publishes both. It's basically the moonbat equivalent to Infowars or WND.

While some of GlobalResearch's articles discuss legitimate humanitarian concerns, its view of science, economics, and geopolitics is conspiracist — if something goes wrong, the Jews or the West didit! The site has long been a crank magnet: If you disagree with "Western" sources on 9/11, or HAARP, or vaccines, or H1N1, or climate change, or anything published by the "mainstream" media, then GlobalResearch is guaranteed to have a page you will love.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Globalresearch

[mashman]

Saudi oil attacks: Iran condemns US 'deceit' after accusation... apparently it's our human nature to make war

[Viking01]

Saudi oil attacks: Iran condemns US 'deceit' after accusation... apparently it's our human nature to make war

Ah, it's a grand job being an oil producer. Restrict the oil supply,
and the crude oil price goes up.

https://oilprice.com/

Obviously, it has taken a while to find a "successful recipe" to boost
global crude oil prices.

Who knew that all they had to do was get the "sandal brigade" in
Yemen to launch a few missiles. Bang. Job done.

No more having to troll the Iranians using missile-carrying destroyers
in the Persian Gulf.

Mike P is happy, in that they can still blame the Iranians anyway.

Don's happy, since he can tell the US public that at least they won't
run out of petrol.

Assuming that the hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico doesn't take
out a refinery or two. [ BTW, I hope you don't believe all that climate
change nonsense on Global Research. Think some-one on KB recently
said that IrrationalWiki was the best place to look for reliable news on
that subject ]

https://sputniknews.com/us/201909161...tacks-against-

saudi-aramco/

Plus he gets to give the legislators a "hurry-up" re the approval of all
those pipelines that the US "greenies" have been protesting against.

Ah, happy days. What's not to like ?

Which reminds me. I had better go put my tin-foil hat on, and go fill
up the car petrol tank .

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https://www.rt.com/op-ed/468935-saud...-drone-attack/

[mashman]

Ah, it's a grand job being an oil producer. Restrict the oil supply,
and the crude oil price goes up.

Excellent tool, from a wide range of tools, to bury countries with. Ya get to topple governments. Ya get to pretend that someone else is the lawful President of the country. Ya get to destroy, or at the very least seriously financially impede oil reliant economies and claim that socialism has failed. Ya get to use your trusted friends overseas instead of the locals, coz exports. Oh the fun you can have when ya play with such tools. It doesn't take much to forget that there's an awful lot of lives at the end of such debacle either, but that don't make good press.