Saturday, November 28, 2009

Blair lied and lied again: Mandarins reveal that 10 days before Iraq invasion PM knew Saddam couldn't use WMDshttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1230824/Iraq-fourth-WMD-risk-list-inquiry-hears.html

can we try them for warcrimes yet?

Washington alters USAF document to hide intentions behind Colombia accordhttp://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=86435

Queen to Commonwealth leaders: fight climate changehttp://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091127/trinidad_091127/20091127/?hub=TorontoNewHome

queen is the major shareholder in riotinto zinc mind you...Rio Tinto: Global Compact Violatorhttp://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=622Rio Tinto also is accused of environmental abuses affecting the health of the surrounding community. The Kelian mine produces over 14 tons of gold per year using the cyanide heap-leaching process which produces contaminated tailings. The tailings are held in a dam and treated in a polishing pond near the Kelian River. Water from the polishing pond pours into the river through an outlet. The company claims that the water is clean while the community says that people cannot drink or bathe in the water because it causes skin lesions and stomach aches."War Profiteer of the Month: Rio Tintohttp://www.wri-irg.org/node/362 Rio Tinto - Behind the Facadehttp://www.cfmeu.com.au/storage/documents/rio/RT_BTF.pdf

Rush Limbaugh Calls For Military Couphttp://www.examiner.com/x-4383-Portland-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m11d26-Politics-or-sedition-Rush-Limbaugh-calls-for-military-coup

i fear civil war will break out very soon in this nation...

Let's use this crisis to re-think global governance by Anna Diamantopoulou , a former EU social affairs Commissioner, sets out her seven-point agenda for changehttp://www.europesworld.org/NewEnglish/Home_old/Article/tabid/191/ArticleType/ArticleView/ArticleID/21470/language/en-US/Letsusethiscrisistorethinkglobalgovernance.aspx

We need to move towards a new global governance architecture that is not limited either to general principles or the oversight of financial mechanisms. Global institutions must be strengthened through a network of new rules and responsibilities. Political actors must start to promote the importance of much greater cooperation between the ILO, WTO, World Bank, IMF and the UN’s environmental agency. Membership of these bodies must be accompanied by globally binding standards and material consequences for countries failing to fulfil them

Barroso unveils new commission line-uphttp://euobserver.com/9/29062 Containing 14 returning commissioners, including himself, Mr Barroso called his new line-up the "perfect blend of experience and new thinking."  Olli Rehn, previously overseeing enlargement, has taken the economic monetary affairs portfolio, a post vacated by Spain's Joaquin Almunia who steps on to the equally important anti-trust job. France's Michel Barnier scooped the internal market dossier, including financial services.

lets analize this new commission shall we?

Olli Rehn-Olli Rehn-trillateral commission EU Commissioner for Enlargement Speech delivered at the European Parliament plenary meeting on the G20 outcome European Parliament Plenary session Strasbourg, 23 April 2009 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/09/189&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Thirdly, it was agreed to reform the international financial institutions to ensure strong institutions for the global economy and to provide an appropriate representation for emerging and developing economies. It was agreed to substantially increase IMF resources by up to $500bn to boost the Fund's capacity to help countries in need. EU Member States have pledged to provide €75bn to the IMF (approximately $100bn). Some countries have joined the EU's and Japan's lead in pledging resources to the IMF, but more pledges are necessary, in particular from the US and China.

Spain - Joaquín Almunia (PES) - Competition (Vice-President)trillateral commision-attended bilderberg meetingsWHITMAN LECTURE  Role for the Euro in the Global Economy Fifth Whitman Lecture Joaquín Almunia, European Commission for Economic and Monetary Affairs Peterson Institute, Washington, DChttp://www.iie.com/publications/papers/paper.cfm?ResearchID=1235 The Peterson Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan  research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy(board of directors-David Rockefeller Lynn Forester de Rothschild)Honorary Directors Alan Greenspan ''There are two key elements to our domestic policy agenda: to strengthen EMU's surveillance capacity''''For emerging and advanced economies alike, globalization is an overwhelmingly positive process''Improving External Representation: Euro Economic Diplomacy ''Practically speaking, how should we achieve this objective?'' ''To begin with, the euro area should expand and make more use of its bilateral macroeconomic dialogues with strategic partners, such as the United States, Japan, China, and other emerging economies. ''''But for external action to be truly effective, euro area representation needs to move from fragmentation to consolidation in the IMF and G groups''

Luxembourg - Viviane Reding (EPP) - Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship (Vice-President)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viviane_Reding

Political Controversy In 2008, the EU Parliament voted to pass the "Telecoms Package" which would render the entire markets of the region into one market, making it easier to sell internet and phone services in EU, with the goal of making the telecom prices cheaper for customers in EU. Among the many amendments to the proposal, amendment 138 was voted in favor of with 574 votes for, and 73 against. This particular amendment would require any termination of internet subscription to be heard in front of a judge. Viviane Reding said afterward that she hoped she could force the removal of the amendment, thus to some observers overruling the democratic process of the 647 cast votes. EU Parliament: Only judges can order 'Net disconnectionshttp://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080928-eu-parliament-judges-must-be-involved-in-three-strikes-rules.html

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