World Politics

[Black Betsy]

A while back I quoted an American businessman very familiar with Russia who suggested Putin might be the richest man in the world. The Guardian just published a story shedding more light on that claim:

A network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin.

An unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin’s close circle fabulously wealthy.

Though the president’s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern – his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.

The documents suggest Putin’s family has benefited from this money – his friends’ fortunes appear his to spend.

The files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world’s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.

Speculation over the size of Putin’s personal fortune has gone on for almost a decade, following reports in 2007 that he was worth at least $40bn, based on leaks from inside his own presidential administration.

The Putin circle’s use of offshore companies contrasts with the president’s call for “deoffshoreisation”, urging Russians to bring cash hidden abroad home. Others who make use of offshore companies include oil trader Gennady Timchenko, Putin’s friend of 30 years. The US imposed sanctions on him in 2014. Others in the data are Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, Putin’s childhood friends and former judo partners. They are now billionaire construction tycoons. The Arsenal FC shareholder Alisher Usmanov also appears. He has at least six companies registered in the Isle of Man. There is no suggestion this is illegal.

Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s official spokesman, declined to comment on specific allegations against the president. Speaking last week, Peskov said western spy agencies were behind an all-out “information attack” against him to destabilise Russia before elections. Peskov dismissed the investigation by the Guardian and others as an “undisguised, paid-for hack job”. He said Russia had “legal means” to defend Putin’s dignity and honour.

http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/panama-papers-money-hidden-offshore

Makes the Clintons look like amateurs

And yet he didn't have 5 crappy billion euro to loan to his buddies from the Cypriot political system, before the implementation of the haircut, which didn't hurt at all his rival oligarchs.

 

[Semper Fidelis]

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

 

[Maxiton]

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http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

Must have been posted by mistake. That's what happens when you don't pay your interns. We should probably grab a screenshot before it's taken down.

 

[roundabout]

Re:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

As there is little reason to believe that the information is genuine it could have been the aliens for all I care.

 

[python]

Re:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

good find. the whistle blower said exactly what pepe escobar said, 'the panamagate was the american special op'...must be paid by vlad

actually, i'm not surprised that cnbc gave the floor to the supposedly quite an informed insider into such matters.

the head of the journo organization that broke the news confirmed himself the selective nature of the leaks. in his interview with al jazeera he said, 'we carefully chose what to disclose'.

 

[Maxiton]

Re: Re:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

As there is little reason to believe that the information is genuine it could have been the aliens for all I care.

You think the info in the Panama Papers is totally bogus?

 

[Semper Fidelis]

Re: Re:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

good find. the whistle blower said exactly what pepe escobar said, 'the panamagate was the american special op'...must be paid by vlad

actually, i'm not surprised that cnbc gave the floor to the supposedly quite an informed insider into such matters.

the head of the journo organization that broke the news confirmed himself the selective nature of the leaks. in his interview with al jazeera he said, 'we carefully chose what to disclose'.

Speaking of Al Jazeera - not sure if it is nationwide but where I'm at they are no longer on the airwaves. Stinks honestly because being a closed minded Merikan when it comes to certain things - I gave Al Jazeera a chance and I liked their reporting / news much better than anything we have for cable news.

They had a special about Fukushima not sure if you watched it Python. It was very well done. I had watched a couple of specials while in Japan on some past trips and the Al Jazeera special provided some very good information. To bad they left the market.

 

[python]

Re: Re:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

good find. the whistle blower said exactly what pepe escobar said, 'the panamagate was the american special op'...must be paid by vlad

actually, i'm not surprised that cnbc gave the floor to the supposedly quite an informed insider into such matters.

the head of the journo organization that broke the news confirmed himself the selective nature of the leaks. in his interview with al jazeera he said, 'we carefully chose what to disclose'.

Speaking of Al Jazeera - not sure if it is nationwide but where I'm at they are no longer on the airwaves. Stinks honestly because being a closed minded Merikan when it comes to certain things - I gave Al Jazeera a chance and I liked their reporting / news much better than anything we have for cable news.

They had a special about Fukushima not sure if you watched it Python. It was very well done. I had watched a couple of specials while in Japan on some past trips and the Al Jazeera special provided some very good information. To bad they left the market.

i read recently some place, that as a cable business al jazeera-america had stopped altogether. they simply could not compete with the other news outfits in america.

but i still follow daily their rss news header and occasionally watch al jazeera-international via my mobile app.

all-in-all, they are a sound alternative source, but should not be over relied on b/c they spin their own line. in the specific case of panamagate coverage, i thought they did a fair job. they tried to follow a balanced approach by publishing extensive interviews with several (not just the pro or anti-merica) sides of the story.

re. the fukushima, no i did not watch it, but stay abreast from other sources.

 

[Brullnux]

Re: Re:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

As there is little reason to believe that the information is genuine it could have been the aliens for all I care.

You think the info in the Panama Papers is totally bogus?

Or the article. I would not be surprised if it was leaked by the CIA, but I do believe the information in the Papers, despite that.

 

[Maxiton]

Re: Re:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

good find. the whistle blower said exactly what pepe escobar said, 'the panamagate was the american special op'...must be paid by vlad

actually, i'm not surprised that cnbc gave the floor to the supposedly quite an informed insider into such matters.

the head of the journo organization that broke the news confirmed himself the selective nature of the leaks. in his interview with al jazeera he said, 'we carefully chose what to disclose'.

Speaking of Al Jazeera - not sure if it is nationwide but where I'm at they are no longer on the airwaves. Stinks honestly because being a closed minded Merikan when it comes to certain things - I gave Al Jazeera a chance and I liked their reporting / news much better than anything we have for cable news.

They had a special about Fukushima not sure if you watched it Python. It was very well done. I had watched a couple of specials while in Japan on some past trips and the Al Jazeera special provided some very good information. To bad they left the market.

I heard they've pretty much been shut out of the market. It's funny. US organizations put a lot of pressure on the region to allow free speech in media and to practice objective journalism. So they put together Al Jazeera and the US said, whoa, that's way too much free speech, way too objective. So anyway, they couldn't get on the air in the US, so they bought Al Gore's cable network, renamed it Al Jazeera America . . . and they still can't get on the air.

And the crazy thing is, when you look at their coverage, there's nothing wrong with it. In fact, I haven't seen journalism this good since maybe the 1970s or 60s. So what's the problem? Apparently they show some sympathy to the Palestinians . . . .

They're still trying to curry favor with US authorities. Recently when Google and the State Department teamed up to encourage defections from the Syrian government, Google gave the tool to Al Jazeera to present as their own, presumably thinking this would give it greater legitimacy. Here's the story.

I just checked. Al Jazeera America is being shut down. Their last broadcast was today, in fact. Here's that story.

 

[Maxiton]

Here's a documentary Al Jazeera did late last year, called The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers. In part, they take on Peyton Manning and the NFL. That probably didn't endear them to some people.

 

[Semper Fidelis]

Re: Re:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

good find. the whistle blower said exactly what pepe escobar said, 'the panamagate was the american special op'...must be paid by vlad

actually, i'm not surprised that cnbc gave the floor to the supposedly quite an informed insider into such matters.

the head of the journo organization that broke the news confirmed himself the selective nature of the leaks. in his interview with al jazeera he said, 'we carefully chose what to disclose'.

Speaking of Al Jazeera - not sure if it is nationwide but where I'm at they are no longer on the airwaves. Stinks honestly because being a closed minded Merikan when it comes to certain things - I gave Al Jazeera a chance and I liked their reporting / news much better than anything we have for cable news.

They had a special about Fukushima not sure if you watched it Python. It was very well done. I had watched a couple of specials while in Japan on some past trips and the Al Jazeera special provided some very good information. To bad they left the market.

I heard they've pretty much been shut out of the market. It's funny. US organizations put a lot of pressure on the region to allow free speech in media and to practice objective journalism. So they put together Al Jazeera and the US said, whoa, that's way too much free speech, way too objective. So anyway, they couldn't get on the air in the US, so they bought Al Gore's cable network, renamed it Al Jazeera America . . . and they still can't get on the air.

And the crazy thing is, when you look at their coverage, there's nothing wrong with it. In fact, I haven't seen journalism this good since maybe the 1970s or 60s. So what's the problem? Apparently they show some sympathy to the Palestinians . . . .

They're still trying to curry favor with US authorities. Recently when Google and the State Department teamed up to encourage defections from the Syrian government, Google gave the tool to Al Jazeera to present as their own, presumably thinking this would give it greater legitimacy. Here's the story.

I just checked. Al Jazeera America is being shut down. Their last broadcast was today, in fact. Here's that story.

Max thank you for the story links. The Google one and the State Department / Goldman Handcuffs relationships is crazy and so sad at the same time.

 

[blutto]

Re: Re:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

good find. the whistle blower said exactly what pepe escobar said, 'the panamagate was the american special op'...must be paid by vlad

actually, i'm not surprised that cnbc gave the floor to the supposedly quite an informed insider into such matters.

the head of the journo organization that broke the news confirmed himself the selective nature of the leaks. in his interview with al jazeera he said, 'we carefully chose what to disclose'.

Speaking of Al Jazeera - not sure if it is nationwide but where I'm at they are no longer on the airwaves. Stinks honestly because being a closed minded Merikan when it comes to certain things - I gave Al Jazeera a chance and I liked their reporting / news much better than anything we have for cable news.

They had a special about Fukushima not sure if you watched it Python. It was very well done. I had watched a couple of specials while in Japan on some past trips and the Al Jazeera special provided some very good information. To bad they left the market.

I heard they've pretty much been shut out of the market. It's funny. US organizations put a lot of pressure on the region to allow free speech in media and to practice objective journalism. So they put together Al Jazeera and the US said, whoa, that's way too much free speech, way too objective. So anyway, they couldn't get on the air in the US, so they bought Al Gore's cable network, renamed it Al Jazeera America . . . and they still can't get on the air.

And the crazy thing is, when you look at their coverage, there's nothing wrong with it. In fact, I haven't seen journalism this good since maybe the 1970s or 60s. So what's the problem? Apparently they show some sympathy to the Palestinians . . . .

They're still trying to curry favor with US authorities. Recently when Google and the State Department teamed up to encourage defections from the Syrian government, Google gave the tool to Al Jazeera to present as their own, presumably thinking this would give it greater legitimacy. Here's the story.

I just checked. Al Jazeera America is being shut down. Their last broadcast was today, in fact. Here's that story.

Max thank you for the story links. The Google one and the State Department / Goldman Handcuffs relationships is crazy and so sad at the same time.

...was once stuck in an American hotel for a few days that had this massive cable TV selection...it just so happened that Fox, RT, and Al Jazeera were bundled beside each other and being the wonk that I am I became fixated on a compare and contrast ( truth be known hadn't up to that time seen any Fox other than isolated clips on the internets or the other two for that matter ) ....gosh what an eye-opener, Fox really didn't do well, in fact was amazing the TV survived , and Al Jazeera was a winner, followed closely by RT ....

...and btw there is a Soviet Canuckistanian angle to this...Al Jazeera America was in big part "designed" by one Tony Burman who in a previous life was editor in chief of CBC News....was/is a bit in the Pepe Escobar/Justin Raimondo stripe and has a penchant to ruffle some feathers/calling spades spades....

In an article published by the Toronto Star on September 7, 2012, Burman stated that the recent decision by the government of Stephen Harper to sever diplomatic relations with Iran was evidence that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is Canada's "new foreign minister. His day job may be prime minister of Israel, but Canada’s abrupt actions against Iran seem to confirm that the Harper government’s outsourcing of Canada’s Middle East policy to Jerusalem is now complete." He further stated that "There is little else to conclude from Canada’s unwise decision to move unilaterally on Iran at this moment"

Burman wrote that the Canadian government has adopted a "passionate pro-Israeli stance" and "has gained the reputation throughout the Middle East of being a passionate warrior on behalf of Israel’s foreign ministry." Burman cited "references in the Israeli media about Canada’s unwavering support of the Israeli government" to support his claim. He concluded the article by stating that "reflecting on its recent actions, we may have to wait until our government checks with its new foreign minister in Jerusalem before we get some answers."

....and...

In October 2007, Burman received the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Gordon Sinclair Award for lifetime achievement in broadcast journalism.[3] In October 2009, Arabian Business magazine named him the second most influential non-Arab in the Arab world.[4] Then, in November 2009, the Canadian Expat Association also announced that he had been voted the third most influential Canadian living abroad, behind Michael J. Fox and Wayne Gretzky.[5]

...btw he still dabbles in the news world writing columns for the Toronto Star ( which btw are well worth checking out )....

Cheers

 

[roundabout]

Re: Re:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/swiss-banker-whistleblower-cia-behind-panama-papers.html

ruhhh rrhohhh.....Not like it had not been said already here. But I think it is amazing someone in US media has decided to say it.

As there is little reason to believe that the information is genuine it could have been the aliens for all I care.

You think the info in the Panama Papers is totally bogus?

I could have sworn there was a 'not' in there when I typed that.

But to clarify, based on the very small number of documents that I was able to find and the description of the schemes involved the information in the leak re Russia does absolutely seem to be real.

 

[blutto]

....first we got that Putin luvin foreigner talking trash now we have some guy named Justin doin' the same...gawd where do these people come from...and have they no shame....putting people like the Honourable and Seriously Wonderful Gen Betrayous down...jeez !?!?....

Not that this obscenity wasn’t anticipated by Washington. Indeed, Gen. Petraeus has long been an advocate of openly allying with “moderate” fighters within al-Qaeda’s Syrian franchise, the al-Nusra Front. This strategy is an extension of his “surge” operation in Iraq, where the US military allied with Sunni tribes in what was deemed the “Arab Awakening” – the very tribesmen who later morphed into ISIS and crossed the border to wreak havoc in Syria.

I have to laugh when I hear Donald Trump declare that we shouldn’t become involved in the Syrian civil war by arming the rebels because “we don’t know who they are.” We know precisely who they are – and that is the great crime at the heart of our policy.

The Obama administration has taken the same course set out by the neoconservatives who were at the helm during the Bush years: instead of going after the Sunni jihadists who are the core of al-Qaeda and ISIS, they have been intent on eradicating the last remnants of the old secular despots like Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi and Assad, empowering the Sunnis, and working to whittle down the “Shia crescent” in preparation for a final assault on Tehran. And if they have to ally with the perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to do it, well then so be it.

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2016/04/10/enemy-within-terrorist-enablers-potomac/

Cheers

 

[movingtarget]

Re:

Whatever issues one may have with the Western media (and there are several legit ones), the problem with Russia is there is no opposition and anyone that gets on Putin's bad side, risks very much indeed. In current usage its called proscription.

Well after what happened to Litvinenko in England you can just imagine what happens between Russia's own borders. There has been a catalogue of Russian journalists beaten up, run out of town or worse not to mention opposition political leaders within Russia. Newspapers closed. The fact that they bother with opposition leaders at all when Putin has no real opposition shows how ruthless it is.

 

[python]

Re: Re:

Whatever issues one may have with the Western media (and there are several legit ones), the problem with Russia is there is no opposition and anyone that gets on Putin's bad side, risks very much indeed. In current usage its called proscription.

Well after what happened to Litvinenko in England you can just imagine what happens between Russia's own borders.

agree on the lack of real opposition there and the authoritarian nature of vlad. moreover, he's a de facto omnipotent tsar. similar, yet imo far less democratic than say the supreme leader of iran. in iran, for instance, the supreme leader is the official state institution elected by a special council which in turn is subject to real competitive elections. i contrast it with russia's traditional propensity for a strong leader, for a cult of personality, except in the putin case it's a sophisticated, modern model...

that said, i am convinced that applying our western standards to either of my 2 examples is a flawed approach. your example with litvinenko could be a case in point (sorry if i misunderstood you). i blame the western msm double standard. not you.

explaining...let's recall who litvinenko served before his defection and who had became his employer after.

the answer is well documented and is not denied by anyone. he was the kgb (svr) agent to turn into the british/cia agent. or simply speaking, a 'good guy' b/c he now spied for 'us'. or a lowly, disposable traitor to the russians b/c he betrayed them.

i have zero intention, unlike most putin apologists, to pretend that it is unreasonable to suspect they, the russian intelligence poisoned him. in fact, that's probably what happened. the point i am trying to make is that in this rather tragic and somber situation we in the west (true to our 'superior' standing and values) are willingly drop the all-important context - it's a spy world, the very special murky environment where everyone, EVERYONE ! keeps the bar as low as possible. traitors on either side are dealt with harshly. if can't be eliminated, then imprisoned. are you going to ague the west spy agencies operate differently or per the law ?

this persistent, almost automatic double standard, keeps leading the west's politicians (and the public) from one delusion to another.

 

[movingtarget]

Re: Re:

Whatever issues one may have with the Western media (and there are several legit ones), the problem with Russia is there is no opposition and anyone that gets on Putin's bad side, risks very much indeed. In current usage its called proscription.

Well after what happened to Litvinenko in England you can just imagine what happens between Russia's own borders.

agree on the lack of real opposition there and the authoritarian nature of vlad. moreover, he's a de facto omnipotent tsar. similar, yet imo far less democratic than say the supreme leader of iran. in iran, for instance, the supreme leader is the official state institution elected by a special council which in turn is subject to real competitive elections. i contrast it with russia's traditional propensity for a strong leader, for a cult of personality, except in the putin case it's a sophisticated, modern model...

that said, i am convinced that applying our western standards to either of my 2 examples is a flawed approach. your example with litvinenko could be a case in point (sorry if i misunderstood you). i blame the western msm double standard. not you.

explaining...let's recall who litvinenko served before his defection and who had became his employer after.

the answer is well documented and is not denied by anyone. he was the kgb (svr) agent to turn into the british/cia agent. or simply speaking, a 'good guy' b/c he now spied for 'us'. or a lowly, disposable traitor to the russians b/c he betrayed them.

i have zero intention, unlike most putin apologists, to pretend that it is unreasonable to suspect they, the russian intelligence poisoned him. in fact, that's probably what happened. the point i am trying to make is that in this rather tragic and somber situation we in the west (true to our 'superior' standing and values) are willingly drop the all-important context - it's a spy world, the very special murky environment where everyone, EVERYONE ! keeps the bar as low as possible. traitors on either side are dealt with harshly. if can't be eliminated, then imprisoned. are you going to ague the west spy agencies operate differently or per the law ?

this persistent, almost automatic double standard, keeps leading the west's politicians (and the public) from one delusion to another.

Well it's true that Litvinenko was swimming with sharks and knew as much and even predicted his own assassination. Of course his wife and David Cameron will view things differently about how clean Alexander's own hands were. But the situation with journalists in Russia, ones that think independently and so called political opposition is well documented. Kasparov was under no illusions neither was Nemtsov.

 

[blutto]

Re: Re:

Whatever issues one may have with the Western media (and there are several legit ones), the problem with Russia is there is no opposition and anyone that gets on Putin's bad side, risks very much indeed. In current usage its called proscription.

Well after what happened to Litvinenko in England you can just imagine what happens between Russia's own borders. There has been a catalogue of Russian journalists beaten up, run out of town or worse not to mention opposition political leaders within Russia. Newspapers closed. The fact that they bother with opposition leaders at all when Putin has no real opposition shows how ruthless it is.

....are you referring to the, uhhh, ruling that the English courts recently handed down ?...

Cheers

 

[movingtarget]

Re: Re:

Whatever issues one may have with the Western media (and there are several legit ones), the problem with Russia is there is no opposition and anyone that gets on Putin's bad side, risks very much indeed. In current usage its called proscription.

Well after what happened to Litvinenko in England you can just imagine what happens between Russia's own borders. There has been a catalogue of Russian journalists beaten up, run out of town or worse not to mention opposition political leaders within Russia. Newspapers closed. The fact that they bother with opposition leaders at all when Putin has no real opposition shows how ruthless it is.

....are you referring to the, uhhh, ruling that the English courts recently handed down ?...

Cheers

You think the scenario or the findings were unbelievable ?

 

[blutto]

Re: Re:

Whatever issues one may have with the Western media (and there are several legit ones), the problem with Russia is there is no opposition and anyone that gets on Putin's bad side, risks very much indeed. In current usage its called proscription.

Well after what happened to Litvinenko in England you can just imagine what happens between Russia's own borders. There has been a catalogue of Russian journalists beaten up, run out of town or worse not to mention opposition political leaders within Russia. Newspapers closed. The fact that they bother with opposition leaders at all when Putin has no real opposition shows how ruthless it is.

....are you referring to the, uhhh, ruling that the English courts recently handed down ?...

Cheers

You think the scenario or the findings were unbelievable ?

...the finding, which one would think would be based on some semblance of solid evidence, but the evidentiary trail was so convoluted and full of holes that the resultant finding makes little sense beyond being a politically motivated smear ...and the scenario generally presented in the MSM before the trial didn't much sense either...

Cheers

 

[python]

i just came across a remarkable document... this one:
the US dept of state Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/#wrapper

realizing that i am probably prejudiced and perhaps unfair i decided to spend 30 min reading deeper, looking for such things as:
1. how america viewed its own record on human rights
2. if there was any universal structure/pattern/template through which the human right were analyzed. this one always confused me b/c the babies, minorities, prisoners, jews/non-jews, genders etc etc are all humans but one would never, for instance, find an analysis of abuse of non-jews or , say, men gender per se...
3. how does america describe its allies record, specifically, i purposely chose an old puppet like australia, the new puppet like ukraine and a 'difficult' friend like turkey
4. how does america describe its 'traditional enemy like russia

here's what i found.

the #1 was right away a problem b/c it was simply not to be found. stupid me, i later realized, a self appointed judge isn't supposed to look into himself. in stead of an honest self-reflection on the racially motivated police shootings, the guantanamo torture, secret prisons etc, i found a big black hole

the #2 fixed my disappointment rather quickly. the IS a neat, well-thought-though structure to all analysis. it's all broken down into 7 logical sections, such as 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person,...4. Official Corruption and Government Transparency..etc. i give the st. dept a big plus on this one. too bad, i had no opportunity to read about the slick practice of the cia moving the prisoners abroad, so that there was NONE to report to the st. dept domestically...those intelligence spooks are indeed very intelligent

the#3 was most interesting. about australia it was simple, mostly 'no reports'. they did not even bother to insert a more seemingly objective 'credible reports'. the ukraine was all over. while the corruption and the revolutionary govt abuses were mentioned, they were explained by the russian aggression. the turkey also got a few slaps on the shoulder, but overall, the tilt was 'improving'.

the#4 was of course beyond bad. all over bad. through out bad.

such was the pile of garbage i wasted my 30 min on this morning...

 

[Starstruck]

Why is American politics separated from World politics? The Empire is the Empire after all?
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNAlnQ4hvLtTAJcIEcfvfHbMv2omP_rHC

 

[movingtarget]

Concerns About Level Of US Debt

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrSbmRfFxNXFI4Ag_UL5gt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByNDZ0aWFxBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwM2BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1460897759/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fwww.thefiscaltimes.com%2f2016%2f04%2f15%2fDebt-Hits-19-Trillion-Has-US-Reached-Tipping-Point/RK=0/RS=7wYAGjnJztxgU2YIk_4DBcBRr8k-

 

[Starstruck]

Re:

Concerns About Level Of US Debt

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrSbmRfFxNXFI4Ag_UL5gt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByNDZ0aWFxBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwM2BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1460897759/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fwww.thefiscaltimes.com%2f2016%2f04%2f15%2fDebt-Hits-19-Trillion-Has-US-Reached-Tipping-Point/RK=0/RS=7wYAGjnJztxgU2YIk_4DBcBRr8k-

How Capitalism is Killing Itself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P97r9Ci5Kg