Top candidate debates EU tax at elite dinnerhttp://euobserver.com/9/28993

Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, a top candidate for the new European Union president job, laid out his views on future EU financing at a dinner of the secretive Bilderberg group last week.The event took place at Val Duchesse, a former priory on the outskirts of Brussels, on Thursday (12 November), with guests including Belgian industrialist and Bilderberg chairman Etienne Davignonformer US secretary of state Henry Kissinger and luminaries from the worlds of international politics and business, according to Belgian broadsheet De Tijd.Almost one hundred EU ministers will gather in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday for a 'jumbo-council' on foreign affairs, defence and development. Frontex: feat. noborder camp in lesvos 2009www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOuFo5egBqE 

EU: Future FRONTEX surveillance systems: FRONTEX R&D Unit:http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=neoconopticon.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontex.europa.eu%2Fdownload%2FZ2Z4L2Zyb250ZXgvZW4vZGVmYXVsdF9vcGlzeS82Mi8zLzE%2Fabc_monica_gariup.pdf

Automated Border Control Systems: State of the Art in Europe (link): FRONTEX’s role in policing the EU’s external borders and the open seas beyond is well known. What people seem much less aware of is that FRONTEX also has a significant internal policing mandate and will, if all goes according to current plans, soon preside over one of the world’s most extensive surveillance systems. This will be achieved through these interlinking of several existing EU databases and police communications systems and the creation of two new overarching surveillance frameworks (EUROSUR and EU entry-exit See also: NeoConOpticon - The EU Security-Industrial Complex pp: 33-41. www.statewatch.org/analyses/neoconopticon-report.pdf

Favourite to be EU president backs European national anthemwww.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/6574849/Favourite-to-be-EU-president-backs-European-national-anthem.html

Herman Van Rompuy, 62, the Prime Minister of Belgium for 11 months, is expected to be installed as President of the European Council at a dinner in Brussels on Thursday of the 27 EU leaders.The Daily Telegraph can disclose that the Flemish Christian Democrat was an architect of his party’s federalist manifesto which calls for a massive extension of the presence of the EU in town halls, schools and sporting events. The manifesto says: “Apart from the euro, also other national symbols need to be replaced by European symbols (licence plates, identity cards, presence of more EU flags, one time EU sports events.Pieter Van Clippe, of Open Europe think tank, said: “Van Rompuy is your typical EU federalist – he isn’t going to step on anyone’s toes or try to dominate the world like Tony Blair or President Sarkozy might have – but he can be relied upon to quietly make sure that the EU gets more and more powers, with less and less say for voters.”

Colombia to face sell-off if Uribe is barred from running for a third termhttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/economy/6869-colombia-to-face-sell-off-if-uribe-doesnt-run.html

"Colombia is not a country play. It's an Uribe play," said Walter Molano, analyst at BCP Securities in Connecticut. "Most investors see his re-election as a foregone conclusion. If they wake up to news one morning that Uribe will not be a candidate, there could be a big sell-off in Colombian financial assets," Molano saidThe agriculture minister is fighting a movement in Congress to have him fired over a scandal in which millions of dollars in subsidies were, according to the opposition, improperly weighted toward Uribe campaign contributors. A beauty queen and former Miss Colombia was offered one of the agricultural subsidies despite not owning any farmland.

Argentina's Cristina Kirchner: "We do not let anyone choose our friends"http://momento24.com/en/2009/11/16/cristina-kirchner-we-do-not-allow-anyone-to-choose-our-friends/

"We believe and are strong supporters of that existence and recognition of the Palestine State so that Palestinians can live democratically there, and Israel's right to live without being attacked within its limits," said Cristina.

Open Europe publishes 50 new examples of EU wastewww.openeurope.org.uk/media-centre/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=126

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TOP 10 EXAMPLES OF EU WASTE  €173,000 for a luxury golf resort €173,274 in EU funds were given to the luxury golf resort, Monte da Quinta Club, in the Algarve, Portugal,[1] where guests can choose between “the comfort of a villa with garden and private pool, or be dazzled by deluxe suites”.[2] There is also a luxury spa, health club, several restaurants and bars, shops and a hairdresser. €2,500 for Chairman of Porsche’s hunting retreat Wolfgang Porsche, supervisory board Chairman of Porsche, received €2,500 in EU rural development funds for a small estate in Bavaria, Germany, where he goes hunting in his free time.[3] €100,000 for a luxury Spanish hotel chain €99,877 in EU funds for 2009 alone were granted to Tils Curt, a chain of luxury restaurants and hotels across Spain, established in 1880. The funds were given as part of the Regional Development Fund.[4] ‘Donkeypedia’: the blogging donkey As part of the EU’s €7 million ‘Year of Intercultural Dialogue’ initiative, the European Commission ran an art education project called “Donkeypedia”, in which a donkey travels through the Netherlands, and primary school children meet and greet the donkey. The aim of the project was “creating a reflection of all European identities. What are the similarities, what are the differences? What is it that makes Europe as unique as it is? Donkeypedia will try to make this feeling tangible by interacting and in dialogue with its surroundings while walking a European route through several countries and collecting data to support this image.” The donkey, named Asino, also maintained a blog throughout the walk. One entry reads: “We started really early today, Cristian slept in a bed in a house. It was a crazy morning waking up. I was under a chestnut tree sleeping in sand, when I opened my eyes there were animals all looking at me. I was embarrassed! Now I understand a little how people from different cultures may feel in the Netherlands.”[5] €80,000 for a Swedish ‘virtual city’ in Second Life In early 2008, Sweden’s third largest city, Malmo, was given an EU grant worth 800,000 Swedish kronor (€80,000), to create a virtual version of itself in “Second Life” - a virtual fantasy world inhabited by computer-generated residents. The project was an attempt to reach out to young people and envisioned some of Malmo’s most famous buildings - such as its library and university - to be mirrored in Second Life. In addition, the project included plans for a virtual “citizens’ office”, in which City officials could do their work and meet with those inhabitants of Malmö who were active in Second Life (the number of Malmo residents active on Second Life is thought to be very small).  In May 2009, Malmo was launched as a ‘virtual city’. By then, the budget had been busted – and the project had been subject to massive criticism, as Second Life was no longer regarded as the future of social media – particularly not amongst young people. One of the politicians involved in the project said: “Malmö wants to be at the forefront of IT, but we’re aware that Second Life is probably not at the absolute forefront anymore.” Joakim Jardenberg, of Swedish IT company Mindpark, added that he thought the project was a “bizarre joke” at first. “Second Life has never been particularly popular in Sweden. Facebook would have been a better tool”, he said. In March 2010 the project will be evaluated. If virtual Malmo does not have enough visitors by then, the project will be shut down.[6] €850,000 for a ‘gender equal’ wood design centre Local politicians in Orsa, a village of 5,000 inhabitants in Sweden, wanted a new wood ‘design centre’, describing the idea as “a catalyst and meeting place for all creative activities”. The project description stressed that “the building would clearly display a gender equality design.” The project won co-financing from the EU’s structural funds, which provided €850,000 of the €1.7 million that was budgeted for the project. However, when the funds ran out, the politicians decided to combine the wood design centre with the village’s other EU project, a wildlife centre, which had cost €3.2 million up to that point. The wildlife centre was in need of a spectacular new entrance hall – which became the wood centre. In their final report on the project the politicians confessed that the building had not necessarily promoted cultural events, but proudly emphasised that all parts of the building were “equally accessible regardless of gender.”[7] €400,000 on a Marathon for a United Europe In September 2008 the EU spent €400,000[8] on a “Marathon for a United Europe” for young people from across the EU. Among the aims for the three-day event in Greece was to “promote and support European citizen ideals.”[9] On the official website the Marathon is described as “a completely European event supporting in every way the harmonious and prosperous coexistence of young people under the EU umbrella.”[10] The Swedish cannabis farmer A Swedish farmer received around 2,000 kronor (€200) in subsides from the EU for land on which he grew cannabis plants. Selling the drug is illegal in Sweden, but growing the plant is allowed if it is used for “industrial” purposes – for example to produce robust nets – provided that the so-called THC dose in the plant is below 0.3%. The subsidy to the Swedish farmer was paid from the EU’s Single Farm Payment scheme, and the farmer had filled in all forms correctly. However, since farmers receive subsidies from this scheme irrespective of what they have grown on their land, there’s no obligation on the Swedish farmer to inform the authorities about what he actually intends to use the cannabis plants for.[11] €400,000 to get children drawing portraits of each other in the name of European citizenship “Alter Ego” is an art competition running in at least 22 EU countries. The aim of the project, which used €400,000 of EU funds[12], is to encourage young people aged 14 to 18 to “explore different and varied identities, by creating a double portrait” – a portrait of themselves and someone from a different cultural background[13]. The competition is intended to “Raise the awareness of all those living in the EU, in particular young people, of the importance of developing an active European citizenship.”[14]  €198,500 for EU puppet theatre network in the Baltics In 2008, the Estonian State Puppet theatre received €198,500 in EU funds for a project with the Latvian State Puppet theatre and Vilnius puppet theatre, which aimed to “develop the cooperation between the puppetry masters and museology specialists with the EU in order to find new and innovative ways on how to archive the puppet performances and present the exhibits in the puppetry art museums; encourage the Baltic countries to take more actively part in the intercultural dialogue; encourage the creation of puppetry art museums in other European puppet theatres.”[15] This is not to be confused with the €105,996 EU grant the Estonian State Puppet Theatre received in 2006 “to explore the similarities and diversities within a range of European cultures and cultural expressions”, as reported in last year’s list of examples of EU waste.[16]

Italy's Foreign Minister says post-Lisbon EU needs a European Armywww.openeurope.org.uk/media-centre/article.aspx?newsid=2673

It was a "necessary objective to have a European army", Mr Frattini said. "Take Afghanistan: at present President Obama asks Poland, or Italy, or Great Britain for more troops. If there were a European army, he would have a 'toolbox' to draw from. He might need 30 aeroplanes: he would be able to ask if the European army was in a position to provide them."

New Derivatives Legislation "Was Probably Written by JPMorgan and Goldman Sachswww.washingtonsblog.com/2009/11/new-derivatives-legislation-was.html

BILDERBERG SECRETARIES INTERVIEW (1999) stated goal: To Form an One World Governmentwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdlecz7Z09I

new toxic strain of pandemic flu in ukraine not responding to treatmentwww.mignews.com.ua/en/articles/378759.html

Europe's new security-industrial complexhttp://ubisurv.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/europes-new-security-industrial-complex/

The Rise Of The US Surveillance State & The Zionists Behind Itwww.realzionistnews.com/?p=463