Comments by "Xyz Same" (@xyzsame4081) on "TalkTV" channel.

  1. In short - it has always been about controlling the sexuality and fertility of somebody else. - Like it was when (at least a few - or some ) of the British Lords thought it was a good thing that Irish people starved to death (the potatoe famines) - " ...only starvation will break the Irish ..." Enough must have thought so, incl. the monarch or they would have done something about it. But then they treated the poor Brits hardly better ... But heaven forbid a women in Ireland or in Britain would have decided that she wanted to end a pregnancy ... It was always about power and control. About punishmentThe days when you can shame and punish women for having sex are over. - at least they should have to "live with the consequences".
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  2. ANYONE BUT CORBYN 11:52 "Somebody that the Left is COMFORTABLE with and somebody who is PERCEIVED to be someone who could take the Corbenyte agenda forward ..." No, the voters want someone who not only utters all the nice phrases (during campaigning) but will realistically fight for them. Corbyn has fought for them - stubbornly - and for decades. As for chances to not get fooled by campaign promises - it doesn't get better than with him: And the "Corbenyte agenda" is layed out in the manifesto - no "forward taking" necessary - IMPLEMENTING it. Plus J.C. knows about concepts like MMT. But one step after the next. No use to talk about it now, the media would just misrepresent it. the mass of people who like the "Corbenyte agenda" are quite content or COMFORTABLE with the man, thank you very much. And I mean the VOTERS - not the MPs. Luckily he does not need THEIR vote - only that of the people. And luckily those clever elites only have one vote. The main - alleged - obstacles as Dan Hodges "perceives" them: Russia, Russia, Syria, Skripal - and "antisemitism". Well, no one who would be remotely tempted to vote for Corbyn thinks he is antisemitic (or anti Jewish). On the contrary they get that he is a humanitarian, and one that stands up for his beliefs. And he has been around for quite a while: people KNOW he does not like war and prefers diplomacy. And thinks before he speaks (unlike a foreign minister or a president of a superpower that shall remain unnamed). And unlike May he would never, ever solve his domestic troubles with airstrikes - risking a confrontation with Russia in the most cavalier manner. My conclusion: the establishment shills get it that they have to pay lip service to the Left. Now of course they do not want the person that actually could make Left policies happen. So let's act like some inexperienced candidates would be an alternative (except for his trusted friend - you bet they would love to see a split between J.C. and John McDonall). The advantage - every other party leader or "Corbyn-substitute" would be equally hunted down by the media and backstabbed by the establishment MPs - but without the strong support of the base. That drivel of Hodges does not even deserve a "Nice try".
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  3. Wolf did GREAT - she spoke TRUTH TO POWER and truth to the press serving power . I think her delivery was not that good, I did not get everythin she said the first time. On Alternet there is an aricle with the transcript - scroll down - it is below the fold www.alternet.org/internet-cheers-rob-reiners-dead-tweet-about-comedian-michelle-wolf-trump-and-white-house
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  4. The Falklands are CLEARLY British - look how NEAR they are ! (Like the U.S. was British or Canada - remember ?)
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  5. MLK got a lot of flak even from supporters, even his inner circle advised him against speaking out against the war (Riverside Church speech - listen to it). The Deep State of course hated him anyway (and the crooks in power knew how pointless the war was, so they may have rightly assessed the threat by the nonviolent dissenter). - They removed FBI protection around that time - and I think MLK sensed that his days might be numbered. There are things he said to his confidantes shortly before he was shot (If I remember correctly being like Moses seing the promised land, others but not him would get there).
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  6. How many times did the succeed to insert the word "racism" - one could make a drinking game of it.
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  7. I think George let him speak in the spirit of: Give them enough rope to hang themselves ! - the audience of this channel should know how to process the message. It is more a reminder of how the enemy ticks - and what the citizen have to fight.
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  8. I recommend watching the Russian Foreign Minister Serjey Lavrov who gave BBC an interview after the strikes. (the uncut !! version is on a channel Russia Insight) - It was obvious - and Lavrov confirmed it - that a last minute deal was struck. - I heard that Macron called Putin, asking for a guarantee that the Russians would not attack a French ship, they would only go after Syrian targets. Ships of the US, UK, France, Russia, China, likely Iran, .... they were all assembled off the coast - incl. the Chinese in a show of solidarity and to raise the stakes for the US/NATO warmongers even more. Remember Putin had said in the case of an airstrike the ships where the strikes were launched would be shot at - not only the missiles intercepted. Putin said allegedly that he could not give Marcon the promise he asked for. Lavrov was asked: How close were we ? He said not very - there are MILITARY backchannels established between the US and Russia, and there are extra backchannels regarding Syria. These militaires are professional, they understand each other, they were worried and they found a solution. And he did not want to give more details than that. Well over 100 missiles, 70 % intercepted allegedly, 8 targets, no casualties - it looked like an arranged show with some sacrificial lambs. So this time lucky: BUT I prefer the situation where the military are the war mongers and the policitans and diplomats are the level headed actors that hold them back. And: in 2013 Obama wisely backed down although he never admitted his mistake to hastily put blame before having any evidence (British lab report - Sarin used does not match government stocks) It was foolish to put immediate blame and indeed the guilt of the Syrian government was never proven (UN report later, no blame assigned (they are very cautious about that). New York Times had one self-taught expert who thoughthe could reconstruct the flight curve of the rocket- and he put the blame on the government did it - Prof. Postol of MIT disagreed (but was not mentioned by the Times). If the verdict is not possible it is also helpful to look at motive - and the Islamists were losing. There had been warnings of General Mark Dempsey before (not to get into a conflict with Russia) so I assume behind the scenes Israel, KSA etc. were lobbying very much for war. The jihadis were losing and had reason to provoque an escalation with U.S. boots on the ground and a no-fly zone. Last year the sacrificial lambs were some hangars and tarmacs. This year - see above. The " locked and loaded" comment regarding future use of chemical weapons of Trump or Nikki Hailey (UN ambassador) was an INVITATION to repeat either an attack - or at least ot fake such an attack and launch a social media campaign. The Islamists - and the nations who absolutely want Syria seen broken up - can only win. - So given the tensions we had now - what are they going to do next time.
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  9. There is no anti-semitism crisis. Many powerful interests would HATE it if Corbyn would become PM, mainstream media and the part of the party that likes neoliberalism ans has not much against war collude in the constant DISTRACTION CAMPAIGNS. And they certainly do not want to debate him ON THE ISSUES (manifesto, populist economics, the recent media proposal). Of all topics to deflect the manufactured "anti-semitism" outrage seems to work best - or so they think. I think the public gets tired of it - their have REAL problems - and they also note that that the very few Jewish people in the U.K. were well treated during and after WW2 and still do no suffer harm. The "harm" is always about what someone SAID (often in informal situations) or posted on the internet.
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  10. May joined the ranks of those who treat this is an important issue in U.K. - good thing the country does not have any real problems. - She must have sorted Brexit out recently.... and social services, eduction, the NHS, zero hour contracts, exploding rents, wages that do no rise (adjusted for inflation), ... P.S.: I think it is a manufactured outrage campaign. And that the citizens grow tired of it. I am not even sure the Jewish people (0,5 % of the population) agree. The media is glad to show us the people who fiercly oppose Corbyn (money and war and foreign policy) and that includes MPs of Labour - or Tony Blair the war monger and PR man of dictatorships, and the self appointed unelected "speakers" for the Jewish community. They have their own reasons to howl anti-semitism at every turn - and it got nothing to do with their worries about the suppressed and harrassed.
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  11. If one would know nothing about the sorry state of the "free" mainstream media in ALL Western countries: Just consider how they ignore Yemen - because the aggressor is Saudi Arabia. What makes that extreme regime so special (btw it is never called a regime !) ? MONEY - the Saudis among other things buy expensive weapons systems. They can't do much with them - their military is not THAT highly respected. The goal of the purchases is to buy the goodwill of Western politicias who are in the pockets of the weapons manufacturerers. KSA spends the same or now maybe more than Russia per year on the military - of course the Russians get a capable army for that money. A part of the populationof KSA is not doing too well. And that refers to the privileged who have citizens status. Since the oil prices dropped KSA has much less revenue. I hope the Saudis are getting desperate and they have no O.K. from the U.S. for such threats (well with Bolton ... and Trump ....)
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  12. in Syria we KNOW that the terrorists were supported ** by the U.S. / NATO / Saudia Arabia / Qatar / Israel and Turkey - but why was the "Iraq success story", the "liberated nation" so weak and unable to deal with the terrorist occupation ? - Iraq is a large country ! Of course NOW Iran has more influence in Iraq (the former war enemy 1980 - 1990). And the very recent election was won by a pro Iran politician. Well done U.S. meddlers.
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  13. **John Kerry in Sep. 2016: we wanted ISIS to grow stronger in Syria - it would weaken Assad (and since ISIS and other jihdists were allowed to sell oil from the occupied oil fields in Syria mostly to Turkey, with U.S./ NATO looking the other way, and the brother of Erdogan in the middle of the trade - ISIS could recruit offering the best pay, had money for an impactful social media game in Europe. Many men left the other militias and joined ISIS. Including the "moderate" rebels trained by the U.S. military - as we know from Congressional hearings. Some just sold the weapons they had received - others signed up with ISIS, AlQaeda and the like. So officially ! the U.S. had to give up on arming so called "moderate" rebels - well they have the "White helmets" as front. The former foreign minister of Qatar in Dec. 2017 describes on Qatari TV how the Saudis ordered Qatar to arrange for a proxi war (they had a falling out with KSA recently, so little brother Qatar dares the big bully Saudi Arabia. KSA cannot invade - the U.S. has one of the largest foreign bases in Qatar. - So we are getting the details now. Training camps in Turkey and Jordan, mercenaries from all sorts of foreign countries were secretely trained and armed. Military brass from KSA, US, Israel, Qatar present. The jihadists/mercenaries infiltrated Syria - waiting for a "popular protest movement" which they could hijack and turn it into a "civil war". Such an uprising was quite predictable (and could be cautiously nurtured). Syria had a catastrophic draught. Many people were streaming into the cities, not enough jobs, etc.
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  14. + Strong Exorcist - Israeli/zionist troll ? - as for Bethlehem's Christian see the nuanced ! information under the thread of garykeenan31 P.S.: as you you made countless !! comments in this video alone I assume you are getting either paid or you are completely indoctrinated - either way you contribute to making this video more relevant for the youtube algorithm.
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  15. Never apologize to a MOB !!
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  16. Israel had mass immigration. the last really big wave was when Jews from the Soviet Union were invited. Which caused resentment btw also by the older immigrants - it underminded wages. I think they did more to build housing - for them. That was an effort to gain in strength and numbers against the people that are second class. They will not give the their own VIABLE state (the offers made are ridiculous it shows how much U.S. politics in the pockets so that Bill Clinton did not call them out that the offer was not sufficient and of course was rejected). Nor will they give them citizens rights - well many can prove the claim they have to houses, to land, if Israel is a nation of law they would have to deal with that.
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  17. Corbyn - if elected - stands in the way of POWERFUL INTERESTS. Which also have a stronghold IN a part of the Labour party.* OF COURSE they play dirty. And the claim of anit-semitism seems to get the smear-job done well enough - everyone runs for cover the moment it is mentioned. Come to think of it - with a capital Jerusalem and more killing of Palestineans recently - neither Isreal not the powerful states that enable them would be happy with a PM Corbyn - who might call a spade a spade. Nor would he join the Russia bashing - certainly not before any evidence and investigation is done. Last but not least: Big Finance. As the saying goes in Germany: Lots of enemies, lots of honour. (that loosely translates to I wear their hostility as a badge of honour). Corbyn does not need the VOTES of these media people and he can get rid off useless MPs *, that will not leave the anti-semitism meme alone - instead of supporting the leader of the party and instead of CONCENTRATING on the REAL and WINNING ISSUES. * after the snap election it was strategically smart to leave Coryn alone Like Trump (or Sanders who missed narrowly) he just needs enough votes of the PEOPLE:
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  18. Well, on the flip side - she did not tell HIM that he was antisemitic.
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  19. The Saudi rulers cannot afford to have a good efficient army - there would be coups. Just too much oil money around. So the upper class of Saudia Arabia (a nouvaux rich culture) place their sons in the army (at higher positions). But likely without the tradition of the U.S. for military schools for future officiers. Those sons likely would rather party and join the international jet-set, or if they are more ambitious do business abroad. And those who are content to serve in the arm (the younger sons ? may not be the most ambitious, driven and capable of the lot (they would likely want to be in business). So ... they are not risking their life, and in times of peace the job may be boring. Lawrence Wikerson: they cannot integrate the expensive weapons system which they are buying. They cannot even win the war against Yemen (a poor country), they drop the bombs from high altitude (which is safer for the pilotes), so they do not know - or care - WHAT will be hit. They are utterly incompetent. (paraphrased - from an interview on TheRealNews he has regular appearances there, highly recommended) They Saudis do not spend so much money because they want to have a capable army. They buy the goodwill of Western politicians who are in the pockets of the arms industry and they buy the goodwill of the mainstream media. Which has been VERY generous considering their track record. - But no one really has sympathies, with the killing of Kashoggi they have awakened the sleeping dogs. The Saudis will not be shunned by the governments bribed by the merchants of death (U.K., France, Germany, maybe Sweden - all major export countries of weapons). In the U.S. at the moment additionally the financial interests of the Trump family. But there will be a long term effect - it is also ! a PR disaster. They could get away with putting peaceful protestors into prison, one Saudi woman is in dager of being sentenced to death. No one batted an eye. Only independen media reported. But that story blew up, and the media either had the green light from the Deep state to do it (not the Trump admin, but that admin will not last). Or it helped that the Washington Post was incensed that one of their own was targeted. And the story has the right elements to go viral. - Cruel human rights violations is one thing, but a hit job at a WaPo columnist - that is too much. The voters are not likely to forget the gruesome and scandalous incident - though it will not have an immediate effect. people DO remember 9/11 and Saudi hijackers. And now this. Never mind MBS is a cruel, ruthless dictator - he is a fool as well. And he has made himself a LOT of enemies within the upper Saudi class. If the U.S. government would ever withdraw support - for MBS - he would be ousted, killed, disappeared, would have an accident. The Saudis spend more than the Russians on the military per year. The Russians get a well respected capable army for that money. AND they CAN produce their own weapons, actually it is a major export industry. The S300 and S400 missile defense system may be superior to the U.S. solutions. India intends to buy it (U.S. is pissed off and threatens them), Turkey !!! considers to buy it. Syria would like to buy it if the Russians would give it to them. But they keep them in the loop. The Russians do have the S400 system installed in Syria (pretty sure it is the more modern S400 system and not S300) and they coordinate with the Syrian military - but it belongs to them and is under their control. And they did not use it as far as I know in spring 2017 and 2018 (U.S. UK French missile "attacks" - well they had backchannel agreements, knew what would be targeted and the Syrians offered some sacrificial lambs. For 2018 Sergey Lavrov confirmed that, and it was likely the same in 2017). The Russians have a good reputation for the S400 they would not undermine that export hit by having it proven to be less capable than expected. And every time it is used they would show their cards - locations, strengths and weaknesses of the system. So they never found a situation important enough to use it.
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  20. search for the John Pilger article: What did the Prime Minister know (refering to the "Manchester Boys" and the Lybian Islamic Fighting Group. May was Secretay of Interior then. Father Abedi may have been a MI5/MI6 asset - to wreck some terrorism in the middle east to get rid of Gaddafi (and or Syria). Sadly his youngest son was also radicalized when they were ENCOURAGED to go to the Middle East.
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  21. 0:30 Since the bombing of Yemen began the UK had sold fighters worth 4,6 billion GBP - incl. the jets that are bombing Yemen now. - Saudi Arabia has been the largest customer of the British weapons industry for decades
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  22. Doesn't Hartley-Brewer pride herself to be a straight shooter - so now she does PC ? And what's it with the mural ?? Jeez !
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  23. The school girl likely heard that from her parents - that Labour / Corbyn is to blame when she is harrassed.
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  24. excellent piece in The Independent - from a doctor and mother who was in a comparable situation - defending the decision of the court regarding Alfie . "As an intensive care doctor and a mother whose own baby son was critically ill, the Alfie Evans case makes me angry. www(dot)independent(dot)co(dot)uk/voices/alfie-evans-doctor-intensive-care-life-support-parents-nhs-a8321226.html In the case of Charlie Gard it was easier (no chance for betterment, just staying alive in the very best case, the drug had not even been tested on animals, no chance to find out if the child was in pain - they had him sedated but I assume one can't do that for years - and it's effect might wean off).
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  25. Mark Twain: I support my country always - and my government when it deserves it. - I do not think George Galloway "hates" or is in any form against his country. His patriotism may even extend to the PEOPLE in the country.
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  26. I looks like the Blairite consider to split off and need a good "pretext". Jeremy is a bad leader, is unelectable and does not wear nice suits does not cut it. It is is tricky, the last coup in 2016 did not go well. The BBC documentary" Labour: the summer that changed everything" follows 4 MPs on the campaign trail. Around minute 31 those 4 Labour MPs (not raving fans of Corbyn) are captured on camera when they heard fir the first time the polls of the snap elections. ONE seemed pleasantly surprised. Lucy WhatsherName did not smile but eagerly engaged in calculation about seats and if the Tories could find a coalition (so very businesslike, but not much joy about the result of HER own party). Stephen Kinnock could not muster a smile (not even a fake one) and kept a solemn expression . The twatt won his district with increased majority likely thanks to the Corbyn surge. No doubt he had betted on a) keeping his seat and b) prepared a little speech telling Corbyn how is was now time to step down after a catastrophic loss. Did not work out, didn't it ? If enough Remainers would defect from the Tories they could form a centrist neoliberal party with the Blairites. BUT it is not that easy. They do not want to end up being the traitor everyone (Tory, Labour voters) despises - those who spoil it for the party. I heard that Alastair Campell is phoning up media figures if they wanted to run as candidates.
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  27. He "trains" people there - would that be the "White Helmets" ? Syria before the war had a functioning medical system, and they continue to have a Civil Defense Organization (it exists since the 1950s and is accredited with the UN), firebrigades, ambulances, etc. They just can't operate in the rebel held areas (there are allegations that the jihadists when they took over areas took over the local organizations and their equipment, drove out the trained people, even killed some. Just found articles of two aid workers who the Italian gov. paid multimillion ransoms for (they worked in projects near Aleppo, were caught by jihadists, and were freed in 2015) So I do not think the guy was training doctors and nurses and first respondes before 2011 when the crisis and then war started. - And ever since the only "personnel" that was possibly "trained" by the West was part of the very questionable group founded by an ex spook, that ONLY operates in areas held by the jihadists. aka the White Helmets. There is a REASON why there are no war correspondents of the West, or the Red Cresecent, Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross in THOSE areas. They would be killed. They need a civil defense of course in those areas and some doctors , but they must be aligned with the fundamentalist Islamists / rebels. One of the doctors who were first to twitter about the attack or accident !! in April 2017 had been kicked out of the NHS and then out of the UK. They UK justice system could not nail him down - the people which he allegedly helped to kidnap were still hostages resp. one got killed later. So no witnesses, no trial. But he can't get into the UK. The guy went straight to the areas where the jihadists are and I assume worked there as doctor of medicine. Now his tweets may have been correct (later we got more confirmation, indeed something has happened). But funny how the tweets of someone like that is taken IMMEDIATELY as proof by our media or governments. Some of the White helmets might do good work. But they lean heavy on propaganda (see the videos - and they do not even make them realistic, those scenes when they "rescue" children out of the rubble. The only prop that the producers of tje clips never forget is that the actors need to wear the signatory White Helmets. Usually no gloves for the rubble - it would make you unfit for work after one or two pick-ups. I get that people in desperation would dig into rubble for their loved ones. But for an - allegedly - trained group of first responders who do have helmets and cars - but no gloves ?? You need to improve on the use of props when filming. Never mind the rescue operations for people that were allegedly poisoned by gas or nerve agents . The rescuers (or the actors playing rescuers) could not be bothered to wear gloves, or a mask. Not that it would protect you from Sarin. But if you can't afford a hazmat-suit * do at least the minimum. * why not, they are not THAT expensiveand the White Helmets got 100 million USD from the Western "democracies". That "generosity in itself is very suspicious - I suspect it is a front for selling and distributing weapons. US Congress did not allow to arm the "rebels" after testimonies that there is no such thing as "moderate" rebels, and the weapons are sold, traded or whatever to whoever pays for them. So the deep state might have found it better to set up a front organization, use their media cont(r)acts to give them some humanitarian glory. 100 million USD is not small change.
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  28. I got how couragesley she dished out to the powerful and the press only the 2nd time (and no fan of the voice). I had to read the transcript. So poor delivery but many points for telling them the truth to their face. Sarah H. is only a small part. Transcript see https://www.alternet.org/internet-cheers-rob-reiners-dead-tweet-about-comedian-michelle-wolf-trump-and-white-house
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  29. The police in the press conference said they did not know which kind of visa these men got from the UK embassy (they came from Russia), and they need to give their fingerprints as a matter of routine. The UK governement could give those to the Russians, could they ? Or to Interpol
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  30. M.I.C. was shocked in the 1990s: The West did not "win" the Cold War, the Soviet Union stepped down. The always cited economic troubles did not force the S.U. to give up - see Cuba and North Korea, both countries do not have nearly the resources, size, advantages and military might of the S.U. Actually after Jeltsin handed over the country to the vulures the Russians, the Soviet Union had a worse economic contraction than the U.S. in the Great Depression. (Birth rate, life expectancy dropping, homelessness addictions, drug, prostitution, organized crime flourished) The West was initially relieved that in 2000 Putin and not a rabid rightwing nationalist had won, they were worried about nuclear material (weapons grade) and other advanced military Soviet technology would be getting into the wrong hands (terrorists, developing countries). The grip on the population under Gorbachev was strong enough (KGB), the military still was in good enough shape. International prices for commodities increased in the 1990s (oil, minerals, timber) so they would have had higher revenue and sold more to China (which has been developed by the Western capitalist nations since the 1990s - to NOW become their main competition).
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  31. There is a story about the protest against the Vietnam war. the protesters before the White House at the fence, empty school buses parked at the inside - if the masses would break through security could stop them easier because of the obstacles. Nixon and Kissinger standing at the window looking outside: Nixon to Kissinger: "Henry when they get us they would kill us". Some need THAT to be made to listen. - and then we should oppose the psychopaths. Tony Blair was not so much the problem - the media was. The unions and the party members should have raised hell.
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  32. The US (with eager help of the UK and some help of France) set the Middle east of fire * Most of the refugees came to EUROPE. **And the U.S. is not going to take in the refugees it creates in an Iran war either. - Another reason for Europe to stand up to U.S. insanity. * Iraq war 1991, and worse from 2001 on (Afghanistan), Iraq (2003), Libya and Syria (proxy war sending in the mercenaries and jihadists ) from 2011on ** well no one talks about Lebanon, or Turkey, or Jordan, who took in even more - but of the wealthy nations - Europe was the main destination - especially after Libya became a failed state.
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  33. The EU (that is not all of Europe) has 500 million people of which approx. 340 million live in very wealthy nations (Germany, France, ..), they DO have high quality manufacturing (unlike the U.S). The U.S. has 325 million people. - the economic power in Europe is there - and having the stronger military or navy and more nukes does not help the U.S. in that case. And politically speaking: Trump has just spitted on the allies - that is not appreciated - even if they do make amends for a superpower and Trump's erratic behavior. It is clear that the dismantling is done not on grounds of facts but for domestic grandstanding (and maybe as deflection from investigations, hush money payments etc.).
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  34. The real "crime" of Iran: support of Hezbollah - Israel cannot grab Lebanon They help to prevent regime change in Syria (no Syrian provinces for Israel, and Syria also helps Hezbollah). The lines of supply go via Syria. And Iran supports Hamas (Israel helped jumpstart Hamas as competition to the secular PLO under smart Arafat - divide and conquer). Israel has a problem with Hamas because they continue to steal the land of the Palestinians and deny them citizens rights or their own state. Terrorism and needing constant security is the price the Israeli citizens pay for having an apartheid state (they after all elect governments that carry on with that agenda). That is the PROBLEM OF ISRAEL - not of Europe or the U.S. Israel tried at least two times to grab Lebanon (1980 and 2006). Not their country. If you want fossil fuel - buy them. If you see water as a problem - make peace with your neighbours and find a win/win solution. It is not the problem of U.S. or European citizens that Israel wants to grab parts of other nations (also Syria if they could get away with it) or that they try to get what they need or want by force (and pulling the strings of the big bully U.S.) They could use soft power and the carrot instead of the stick. But they do not bother. That kind of "circle the waggons - they are all against us" mentality helps certain parties, politicians AND the Israeli version of the Military Industrial Surveillance Complex. And it aligns very well with the goals of some U.S. war mongers, ideologues and the MIC of the U.S.
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  35. Really - can't they come up with something NEW ? The problem is that the Zionists (and these can be people who are not of Jewish descent) are giving all Jewish people a bad name. - What is it with the anti-gay hostility of the Israeli lobbyists / sleaze balls - the man on video saying something coud be "arranged" to discredit elected members of parliament (2, I think at least one of them was a conservative and both were gay). Al Jazeera published the video and audio (end of 2016 or spring 2017 ?) That lobbyist - someone that was connected to the Israeli embassy in London was not even kicked out of the country. The embassy apologized - there was no way around it, the audio and video was made public. The media did not embarrass the many, many MPs who are taking favors from Israeli lobbyists however, they did not report much (if at all) about the scandal. (I guess many of the folks in the media incl. the BBC ALSO get those paid trips and maybe some side jobs - they can be for family members to avoid legal trouble).
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  36. 1:02:37 the answer is Military Industrial Complex - 1) financial gains and 2) to satisfy an ideology of many of the U.S. "leadership" (1) The MIC was SHOCKED when the RELIABLE enemy Soviet Union DEFECTED from the Cold War and w/o much of a prior notice, too. they were not at all enjoyed about the looming prospect of PEACE - less military spending more spending on behalf of the citizens. (1)Many of the U.S. "elites" ALWAYS need an enemy resp.need to feel that the U.S. empire is SUPERIOR to any nation (which luckily is not detrimental to the financial gains of those on the top. The empire is not good for the regular citizens, but it benfits the "elites").
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  37. + Nimble - Fear not Labour would tax the haves and profitable businesses, not the little peiple - and if the haves can evade taxes *, then they can use the power of money creation. Video clip: Richard Werner Debt and Interest Free Money_, also see the pdf published by the Bank of England: _Money Creation in a Modern Economy. both are not too long easy to understand if the issue is new. * it was made possible by politicians - and would require international coordinated efforts to undo that - let's say Sanders in the U.S., the U.K. and one major country like Germany or France.
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  38. + Nimble - the situation regarding "opportunities" provided by the Tories (? conservatives) is very clear for the little people - hence the increasing support for a traditional Labour party.
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  39. To be clear: Brexit is a mess, the NHS due to 10 years of defunding is a mess. Zero hour contracts, exploding rents. Immagration is a hot issue. The country is in bad shap. Warnings of BMW and Eurofighter in case of a hard Brexit. Heat waves and floodings remind us of of Climate change. - and THAT is what they report on ?? Apart from going after Corbyn (a favorite sport) that is a major exercise in "look over there". And the Blairites try to create a pretext how to break up the party w/o being the "traitours". Alastair Campell allegedly has been making phone calls to media persons if they were interested to become the candidated in a party he would like to start. Only problem - such candidates would need to win elections. (Democracy could be so nice without the voters). The district system does not encourage that. The sitting Tories would not be pleased to get competition of Tory Lite. And winning traditional Labour constituencies ..... Another goal may be to just weaken Corbyn enough with such silly debates so that Labour will reliably lose the next election against the Tories (and it may come earlier). The Blairites would likely be quite content, the donors would compensate them for the effort to eliminate Corby for them ....
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  40. "meritocracy" top CEOs in multinationals: Deutsche Bank: Josef Ackermann set up the bank for failure and was rewarded with insane amounts of money. He was best buddy of Angela Merkel and her advisorin the Great Financial Crisis which struck Germany in 2008. That was very helpful to cover his ass and that of the bank - at that time. Ddid not help in the long run, NOW 10 years later the bank is hanging in the ropes - and that stems from HIS legacy.Ackerman left Deutsche Bank soon after and took the hundreds of millions with him (and the large shareholders and the colluding regulators and politicians all had good reasons to NOT call him out - they would have implicated themselves). Same with the Volkswagen CEO who was criticized for his extraordinarily HIGH salary and bonus - and that was before the DIESEL scandal broke. He is not with the company anymore (...see "Ackermann procedures") Both men resigned and could keep the hundreds of millions in salary they had "earned" over the years. New management has to clean up after them (well they get paid well too) - and there are mass lay-offs of employees - who had done nothing wrong and were of course not able to hoard fortunes to live off happily if they never wanted to lift a finger in the future. There are studies to the effect. The highly paid CEOs of multinationals get a shitload of money even if the company is not doing well. There pay does not suffer because of bad performance of the company. It seems like the shareholders often have less influence on their pay than one would expect.
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  41. You are joking - she is a hack
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  42. On Tommy Robinson. Conflicted about it. it might have been an attempt to raise his profile and maintain the source of income, one year in prison (provided he is held in safe conditions) is no too much, when he can make a solid living of it later. And he might have miscalculated. Instead of a viral video - he got a lot of exposure for the price of going to prison. The British court system is weird. It is my understanding that the trial was already over (sentencing not yet announced) so HOW could he jeopardize a "fair trial" - and risk that the thugs would go free ? I also think the authorities had this planned. (surveillance so they know what he intends to do ?). I saw a video of a woman who says she works with the police and is INCENSED about the sex gang scandal and the cover up. (Attacking the man not the ball youtube . com/watch?v=1jsP9NjoO6c - delete blanks ) She says the cell for an arrest must be booked, the processing was way too speedy to have been unplanned. All in all the authorities should not have taken the bait, ordered him away under threat to be arrested and that the suspension of prison time would be overturned. He would have likely gone home, made the angry video. - Instead he is a martyr. He has wrong views on Muslims, lots of them are NOT violent so denouncing them in general does not solve the problem.
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  43. Tommy Robinson is incensed about the gangs (mainly Pakistani) that could for years and years groom and traffick vulnerable teenage non-Muslim girls for sex. (He is right to be furious it is an outrage and I hope/assume he would be equally furious about minorities being screwed - in that case the victims were mostly white girls.) The social workers knew, the police knew, no one had the guts to intervene, there was some pressure from above it seems and the "investigation" is a joke. A reporter major British newspaper (Andrew Norfolk, TIMES) noted that there were a number of such cases of gangs grooming and raping minors reported. Not the usual pattern of one man abusing and raping one or several victims. Groups engaged in sexual crimes against minors. That was unusual - and the nationality or descent of the perpetrators (or accused) was always withheld. So the media was playing along. youtube . com/watch?v=D7xhNYJV430 Title: Tommy Robinson This guy should be knighted (Andrew Norfolk (Times) They started a SUSTAINED campaign to report - over months (I think even one year) until finally, finally someone could be bothered to officially investigate (sort of) the scandal. In the middle of the unveilling boxes of files were handed over by a whistleblower. Now any bigottry of Tommy pales in comparsion to THAT. Thugs will be thugs - but what about the POLICE, SOCIAL SERVICES and the media. There are a few cases (I remember 2 mentioned in a video of the investigative reporter) where the girls had been housed in a "children's homes". The "home" was an old hourse rented by social services - and she was the ONLY resident in that home. Trafficked by Social Services ? And the authorities are willing to go after the small fish - while gladly ignoring the huge crime ?
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  44. + Mat Daniels - which "left" do you mean ? not the Democratic Party or "New" Labour ??? Because they are faux-liberal or neoliberal - anything but left. Now Sanders is moderately left and Corbyn is a leftie for sure. So if you hate them than your label is correct. Corbyn also is against war whenever possible (as behooves a leftie) while Sanders ..... not so sure - he might just not say everything he thinks and chose his battles wisely. There is only so much the Senator of a small state can do against the MIC and the Israeli Lobby. And picking a fight with them would not change anything but take away what (little) leverage he has in other affairs (like domestic affairs, for instance healthcare). Sanders is inconsistent on matters of US intervention, but he got a few of the big thins right. AND he seems to really care about the fate of the soldiers - also when they come back. No doubt he would be a much, much better president to weather such storms. And he MIGHT be stubborn enough (never mind intelligent enough) to resist the "Israel-first" crowd and to not get the US caught up in another pointless conflict - never mind looking for an escalation with Russia. Sanders - unlike Trump - is a reader. And even if a person is blessed with a very good memory - the knowledge necessary to conduct the foreign policy of the U.S. requires processing of TEXT and FACTS, a lot of text. A president cannot know everything. But like every good manager he must be smart and knowledgeable enough to be able to discern the good employees from the useless (or corrupt) ones. Some knowledge and ability to deal with nuance is helpful to develop a bullshit meter - in case his staff has a mind to fool him or to withhold information. (And since the office is so powerful there is a huge incentive in trying to influence the president. That might be even done with good intentions. Still the president must be able to cut through the chase). Sanders might also be one to seek the advice of people like Jimmy Carter, he is connected to the progressives which are usually anti-wor and pro-diplomacy.
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  45. That loser should have served his voters better - there must be a few that are not Jewish or that don't give a damn about all that nonsense. - There are not THAT many Jewish people in the UK (actually very little). Many do not vote Labour anyway. And of those who do - most know that J.C. comes with the pro Palestine stance. And most do not simply melt away because someone writes something mean on the internet. It's the internet folks And those who do not have that common sense are not missed anyway. He did have support from Jewish Labour voters during the most recent faux outrage. - I mean he was criticized for visiting the wrong kind of Passover or whatever it is called a few weeks ago - a group of young Jewish people not well liked by the self annointed Jewish establishment). That was before he was the only one calling for caution when accusing Russia without evidence. A.B.C ? Anyone But Corbyn ? Drawing the anti-semitism card gets a bit tired. - Time to revive how he loved it when the IRA killed people.
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  46. Such land grabs (land reforms) often do not end well, it wasn't going well in the dictatorship of the Soviet Union or recently in Zimbabwe - I hope they can pull it off in ZA to the advantage of the black citizens. In Chile they were successful in the 1970s (I think they offered some compensation for the land). Nothing makes the capitalistic elites as furious as disrespecting the right of rich people to keep ALL their property (never mind how they have gotten it, how terrible the majority of the country is doing or if the rich only have to part with a part of their property that gives them so much leverage. In Chile the rich were compensated (to some degree for the farmland). And the mines were renationalized. (Mining was very important for Chile, you can compare that with the dependency of Venezuale on oil). Therefore the U.S. installed a dictator - and in Chile things were going in a civilized manner. I am not so sure how it is going to work out in ZA, they have a terrible crime rate, the dysfunction of poverty, corruption (after the end of apartheid !!!) and the effects of apartheid on the black people is severe. So it can get violent and it can end up with them not being able to put the land to good use (no experience in farming).
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  47. Money DOES grow on trees. - Money is not the problem. Having a skilled workforce, patents or expertise, the entrepreneurial spirit, peace and stability, producing ENOUGH consumer goods IN the country to sustain a lot of needs of the population /workforce that spend their wages. If you got all of that in an economy - money is easy to come by. Debt and Interest Free Money (Dr. Richard Werner, short clip highly recommended). youtube.com/watch?v=zIkk7AfYymg Money is created all the time - usually by commercial banks when they give out loans. Dr. Werner refers to the 2nd possibility to create money: the government does it together with the Central Bank also see the Bank of England pdf: Money Creation in a Modern Economy not too long, easy to understand, HIGHLY INTERSTING:
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  48. Repeating the lie - the 1972 terrorists are buried in Libya. The 1985 victims of the israeli attack on Tunisia ! (boming of PLO and Palestinian community included civilians even children) were the reason for the event at the palestinian graveyard. The 1985 attack by Israeli airforce were condemned even by Thatcher and Reagan. Corbyn was told that the event would be to remember the 1985 and for THEM he laid down the wreath. Now also a few high ranking PLO members were killed in 1985 - and Israel will have anybody believe they were all terrorists, by default. In 1992 Mossad decided to kill some men in Paris. They allege that they had ties to Black September, even the Munich attack. Well they did not have them arrested and tried in court, did they. These men are also buried in the Palestinian graveyard. - this is where the spin comes from - trying to spin this as IF Corbyn would support the Munich terrorists.
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  49. Good thing the country does not have REAL problems and challenges !
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  50. + Susie Wood - there is no work to be done. Iran kept its part of the *deal*, and the Trump admin ADMITTED that. So it is the turn of the U.S. to hold their part = step by step and over time lifting sanctions. Which would help the moderates in Iran - it is not talked about but Iran is shifting towards opening. The hardliners do not like it - but the population (very young on average) wants it. An improving economy would strengthen the moderate forces. The deal is international, every REASONABLE person, who knows the content knows that Iran cannot produce the material to build a weapon. So Israel the rogue nuclear power can calm down. Negotiating something (with the participation of the most important allies of the U.S ) and then say: No we were just kidding, we are not sticking to it. We demand new negoatiations ! - that sets a very bad precedent. Why would the Iranians BELIEVE the U.S. is reliable. They are not AND the truth is: there are forces that absolutely WANT ANY TREATY to fail. There are forces that want the U.S. to go to war with Iran . - if you think the Iraq war was bad - Iran has a stronger military. Plus China has interests, and to some degree Russia. There is a chance that they might be given !! nuclear weapons if the U.S. attacks them or let's Israel go crazy. (I think I heard that Wilkerson say, not sure). The U.S. NOW say: Just kidding, we do not want to honor our side of the deal. - an INTERNATIONAL deal. Which is good and rigorous, allows for a lot of controls - SAFETY is NOT the ISSUE. Iran opening towards the West and becoming less menacing, improving the international relationships and interacting more is the problem. - For Israel and KSA. KSA just hates Shia Muslim, and Isreal will never be able to grab Lebanon as long as Iran or Syria support Hezbollah. So Israel will have to live with the fact that they cannot annect THAT country too. (or grab a part of Syria which they also would like to do while they are at it.) And again as long as Syria exists (and is not reduced to the Libyan status of a failed state, genocide on Christians, Shias, Alawites included) - Hezbollah will have their intact line of supplies. Israel could not defeat Hezbollah in 2006 - so NOW they hope the U.S. will do the heavy lifting for them (take out Syria and Iran, then they likely would be able to occupy Lebanon). Israel and KSA threw a tantrum when the deal was signed (and the Republicans because they get a lot of money from Aipac. Also the Dems. But they could not defect from their president THEN. In August 2017 Congress and Senate extended the sanctions against Iran and most Dems agreed - Aipac money in action again !!). Why ? The Iranians completely complied with the deal !!!! The U.S. does not like that Iran helps Syria fight against the jihadists and insurgents (with Russia). They a) have an invitation of the Syrian government and b) that has nothing to do with the nuclear deal. After all: what business has the U.S. in Syria, it is not their neighbourhood and they do not even do trade with them. - if KSA and Israel would like to go to war with Syria (or Iran) - they can do so (they don't want, they know better). Believe me - if Iran would get a democratically elected friendly government tomorrow, Israel and KSA would go crazy. No more pretext to paint them as the boogeyman.
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