Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Why Iceland and Latvia Won’t Re-Pay the E.U. Credit Crisis Debts / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Global_Research
Prof. Michael Hudson writes: Can Iceland and Latvia pay the foreign debts run up by a fairly narrow layer of their population?
The European Union and International Monetary Fund have told them to replace private debts with public obligations, and to pay by raising taxes, slashing public spending and obliging citizens to deplete their savings.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Britain Losing the Plot in Afghanistan as Losses Mount / Politics / Afghanistan
By: Global_Research
Lesley Docksey writes: So far, the cost to the British taxpayer of our current ‘Great Game’ in Afghanistan is £12 billion(1). If only our eight years there had cost nothing but money. Leaving aside the horrendous cost to the Afghan people and their land, Britain’s forces have suffered loss, not least, because of the muddle, ignorance and incompetence of those who sent them to war, a loss of face.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Conservative Government to Privatise the NHS and Save the Economy from Bankruptcy / Politics / NHS
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The heated healthcare debate across the atlantic last week that targeted the NHS as a bureaucratic nightmare when it comes to actual delivery of prompt and efficient healthcare has started to reveal cracks in the Tory party public position on the NHS as Tory MEP's and MP's are rebuked by David Cameron for breaking with Tory front bench policy of continuing expansion of funding for the NHS regardless of the state of the country's finances so as to maximise votes amongst the 1-2 million voters that are either directly or indirectly employed by the NHS.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
The Great Government Swine Flu Conspiracy / Politics / Global Pandemic
By: Walter_Brasch
More than 230,000 cases of the Swine Flu have been confirmed world wide. About 2,100 persons have died. As much as one-fourth of America's workforce may be infected by Swine Flu when it peaks in Winter, according to studies conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Why No One Won a Pulitzer for Financial Crisis Reporting (Part 1) / Politics / Mainstream Media
By: Mike_Stathis
Amidst the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression (if not ever) and the biggest Ponzi scheme ever, (the real estate-banking Ponzi scheme) not one of the 65 Pulitzer Prizes was awarded for coverage of the events surrounding the “financial crisis.” Ironically, the media has yet to identify this crisis as the biggest Ponzi scheme ever, confirming their incompetence.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Less Government or Lower Wages? You Decide / Politics / Economic Stimulus
By: Peter_Schiff
The nationwide revelry surrounding our apparent economic recovery was disrupted this week by the release of lower-than-expected retail sales data. However, rather than sending a chill up the spines of those hoping for a quick end to the downturn, the numbers should be welcomed. Though this may come as a surprise to most observers, lower retail sales are precisely what our economy needs.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
America Attacked During Obama Health Care Debate by British NHS Army / Politics / NHS
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The onslaught of Brit's running to the defence of the NHS against US attacks during the Obama healthcare reform debate must leave american's wondering what the hells going on, perhaps the NHS is far better than they were led to believe?. However what is missing from the equation is the fact that over 1 million people in Britain ride the NHS gravy train and hence have a vested interest in the continuance of this sacred cow funding black hole that continues to exert a sizeable political force that political parties have little choice but to pander towards to ensure electoral success.
Friday, August 14, 2009
The Four Step Healthcare Solution / Politics / US Politics
By: MISES
Hans-Hermann Hoppe writes: It's true that the US health-care system is a mess, but this demonstrates not market but government failure. To cure the problem requires not different or more government regulations and bureaucracies, as self-serving politicians want us to believe, but the elimination of all existing government controls.
Friday, August 14, 2009
The Forging of a New World Order Under a One World Government / Politics / New World Order
By: Global_Research
The Global Economic Crisis in Context
The current global economic crisis has its roots not in the Bush administration, which is linear and diluted thinking at best, but in the systematic nature of the global capitalist system. Crisis is not separate from capital; crisis is capitalist expansion. In addressing the foundations of the economic crisis, neo-Marxist theory can help explain much of the actions and functions that led to the crisis.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
The Forging of a New World Order Under a One World Government - Part 4 / Politics / New World Order
By: Global_Research
Andrew Gavin Marshall writes: Globalization and the New World Order
Part 1: Global Power and Global Government: Evolution and Revolution of the Central Banking System
Part 2: Origins of the American Empire: Revolution, World Wars and World Order
Part 3: Controlling the Global Economy: Bilderberg, the Trilateral Commission and the Federal Reserve
Friday, August 14, 2009
China Poses Serious Threat to U.S. Interests in Africa / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: Pravda
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, will complete her ten-day African tour on August 14, when she visits Cape Verde islands. Clinton previously visited Kenya, the South African Republic, Angola, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Liberia.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
The longest storm in American history has reached shore / Politics / US Politics
By: Michael_T_Bucci
The country is heating-up, and the bottom may fall out soon. The Ultra-right are moving quickly and the young people aligned with right-wing leaders are told they are insurance against fascism and socialism; and after quitting as Alaskan Governor, Sarah Palin is more vocal than ever, throwing the word "evil" around to propel the cross-carrying "true Christians" to join in her Inquisition.
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
Pakistan Counterinsurgency / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: STRATFOR
Since the start of the U.S.-jihadist war in late 2001, and particularly since the rise of the Taliban rebellion within its own borders in recent years, Pakistan has been seen as a state embroiled in a jihadist insurgency threatening its very survival. Indeed, until late April, it appeared that Pakistan was buckling under the onslaught of a Taliban rebellion that had consumed large chunks of territory in the northwest and was striking at the country’s core. A Shariah-for-peace deal with the Taliban in the Swat region, approved with near unanimity by the parliament, reinforced the view that Pakistan lacked the willingness or capability to fight Islamist non-state actors chipping away at its security and stability.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The High Cost of Regulation: How the SEC Plans to Untangle Your Assets / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Paul_Petillo
By now, the Madoff name, synonymous with theft and deceit on a scale so grand that Ponzi would be envious, is known worldwide. Although his actions (and those of his cohorts) did not trickle down to the vast majority of Americans, watching well-to-do people trust vast amounts of money to one person’s assurance and phony returns did not go unnoticed.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
U.S. Missile Defense System, Most Expensive Fraud of the Century / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: Pravda
The US Missile Defense System, a stumbling block in Russia-American bilateral relations, may prove to be the most expensive fraud of the present century. American physicists claim that the system has not been created as yet. They warned US President Barack Obama about it prior to his visit to Russia.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Wall Street Banksters Pleased by the Health Care Debate, Focus Off Banking System Reform / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Global_Research
Danny Schechter writes: New York, New York: The thermometer is in the red as the heat of August blends into the steam of the health care fight. These two hot subjects seem to be fogging up TV screens during these dog days as the righteous right take up the tactics of the militant left to create the impression that health care reform is a commie plot. For his part, President Obama insists a bill will pass and that “sensible proposals” will prevail.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Obamageddon, War as the Solution to Economic Depression / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: Global_Research
Justin Raimondo writes: An American president is launching the most ambitious, the most expensive, and certainly the most dangerous military campaign since the Vietnam War – and the antiwar movement, such as it is, is missing in action. After a long and bloody campaign in Iraq and the election of a U.S. president pledged to get us out, our government is once again revving up its war machine and taking aim at yet another "terrorist" stronghold, this time in Afghanistan. Yet the antiwar movement’s motor seems stuck in the wrong gear, making no motions toward mounting anything like an effective protest. What gives?
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Neanderthals Wiped Out by Universal Healthcare? / Politics / US Politics
By: LewRockwell
Phil Maymin writes: Did the Neanderthals die out because of universal health care?
We know that Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens (i.e., us humans) overlapped for tens of thousands of years. Neanderthals existed for about one hundred thousand years before going extinct, and the bulk of the evidence suggests they did not interbreed with us, though we did share a common ancestor. They were our distant cousins.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Controlling the Global Economy: Bilderberg, the Trilateral Commission and the Federal Reserve Part2 / Politics / Market Manipulation
By: Global_Research
Controlling the Global Economy: Bilderberg, the Trilateral Commission and the Federal Reserve Part2
Globalization: A Liberal-Mercantilist Economic Order?
Neo-Liberals Take the Forefront
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Hypothesizing on the Iran, Russia, U.S. Triangle / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: STRATFOR
For the past several weeks, STRATFOR has focused on the relationship between Russia and Iran. As our readers will recall, a pro-Rafsanjani demonstration that saw chants of “Death to Russia,” uncommon in Iran since the 1979 revolution, triggered our discussion. It caused us to rethink Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Russia just four days after Iran’s disputed June 12 presidential election, with large-scale demonstrations occurring in Tehran. At the time, we ascribed Ahmadinejad’s trip as an attempt to signal his lack of concern at the postelection unrest. But why did a pro-Rafsanjani crowd chant “Death to Russia?” What had the Russians done to trigger the bitter reaction from the anti-Ahmadinejad faction? Was the Iranian president’s trip as innocent as it first looked?