British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen attended the American Academy Awards ceremony this week dressed as his latest character "The Dictator". At his publicity stunt, he brandished an urn supposedly containing the ashes of the late North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-il. He proceeded to pour the ashes over a celebrity. This former leader is very much loved by his nation, and such actions may be compared to US soldiers burning the Koran in Afhganistan, if only North Korean's had access to Holllywood tv.
Normally such an prank would draw a wrath of criticism so soon after a state leader's death. Highly bigoted comedy is funny when sarcastic, and Cohen has approached many issues with his original pazazz. For example, his charactors participating in homosexual acts in the mixed martial arts ring watched to the horror of the redneck audiance. But the shocking thing is that such snides are so easy to get away with for this Hebrew-speaking British Jew. His attacks are wide ranging, and it is easy to go along with his comedy. It can easily become the norm. He may be able to make jokes about dead leaders like Gaddaffi or Kim Jong-il, which he does, but have you ever seen him target Zionist human rights abusers like Sharon or the Apartied system of the Israeli state? Maybe he will make a political parody of such "close to home" topics in the future, we don't know what this brilliant comic has up his sleeves.
The danger with such sofiticated comedy is that many people may not understand his actual humour and take him too literally, too racially, and develop hatred. Or be lead into hating the common enermy without really knowing facts.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Israel ready to destroy world economy
Just about every nation in the world has predicted that an attack on Iran's nuclear power projects will have a dangerous effect. It seems Barak and Lieberman(world mind your own business) are pushing Netanyahu to strike now! US president Obama(with Senior Advisor David Axelrod, Jewish), has an election coming up and not enough troops freed up from recently invaded neighbouring countries is in a bit of a quagmire.
Led to believe he can call the shots, he has found that Israel's power may exceed his commands both at home and abroad.
The Zionist propaganda machine is already ahead of him, the American public rates Iran as their most hated nation, even higher that some in power's next military target...China.
And then there is oil. Lots of it.
Efforts to get the Iranian people to overthrow their government failed last elections and left one BBC reporter homeless, the CIA arming of exiled Iranian dissidents complicated, and sanctions just leading to anti-American patriotism inside the country.
IAEA inspections seem more interested in spying for western intelligence agencies than ensuring Iran is following a safe civilian nuclear programme, even after the disasters in Chenobyl, 3 Mile Island and Fukushima.
In fact, they have produced no evidence, just inflated the volitile situation with hearsay accusations. War talk is blasting out of America and Israel, (a country that has attacked most of its neighbours and reportedly used chemical weapons and cluster bombs on women and children) and Britain and France have sent warships to Iran.
After an attack on Iran and probable bloody war, Oil prices will shoot so high that oil companies profits will exceed those made during the invasion of Iraq.
The effect of this will devastate the developing world. Billions of people will find transportation, electricity and food beyond their reach while the conflict rages.
Children will starve, innocent children, education will be deprived, health will decline. Poverty will wash like a wave on the poorer peoples of this world, all because one nation wants to be king.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Arab Awakening
Another gun-battle, another day. This time in el-Saadi district in central Tripoli, Libya. It could of also been in Baghdad, Kabul, and in the future, Damascus or Tehran.
So why do these loosely knit communities 'go at each other'?
Obviously, US/EU/Israeli foreign policy, scavenging Oil Companies, Christian fundamentalism and a pinch of colonialism are pretty big factors.
But, if one focuses past the greed, hate and capitalism that drives the West past their moral upbringing to interfere, one may realise that the Arab/Muslim nations currently bursting at the seams have several factors in common. Ethnic, religious, tribal, socio-economic and historical differences are ingredients that compliment such a wonderful collaboration of culture...but also unfortunately divide communities. That was the big Bush/Cheney mistake in Iraq.
For good or bad, such a mixture sometimes requires a strong ’somebody’...to mesh a nation together. Dictators, princes, sheiks, western puppets, strong men, gangsters, clerics and gosh knows who else...have lead these nations.
In pre-US Iraq, Saddam kept the peace between Kurds, Sunnis and Shites, Christians and others, much like the responsibility that has befallen on Bashar al-Assad when his father died. Gaddafi gave water, electricity and prosperity, making Libya a beacon of Africa.
Even the Taliban, accused women's and human rights abusers, brought peace to an endless civil war, an end to poppy cultivation and calm.
But most of these “strongmen” are also alleged to have suppressed freedom, tortured, renditioned, stole and generally fleeced their own citizens, often with western backing and encouragement.
The dilemma of alternatives is of which is worse; unpredictable bloody revolutions that could see western backed dictators return, military governments or even radical governments that could polarise the Arab world and threaten the West, or, like Libya, a Western policy of messy regime change? Does anybody really want another Lebanon or Iraq?
The Arab peoples need change, opportunity, education and a choice in who governs them, this is sure.
So why do these loosely knit communities 'go at each other'?
Obviously, US/EU/Israeli foreign policy, scavenging Oil Companies, Christian fundamentalism and a pinch of colonialism are pretty big factors.
But, if one focuses past the greed, hate and capitalism that drives the West past their moral upbringing to interfere, one may realise that the Arab/Muslim nations currently bursting at the seams have several factors in common. Ethnic, religious, tribal, socio-economic and historical differences are ingredients that compliment such a wonderful collaboration of culture...but also unfortunately divide communities. That was the big Bush/Cheney mistake in Iraq.
For good or bad, such a mixture sometimes requires a strong ’somebody’...to mesh a nation together. Dictators, princes, sheiks, western puppets, strong men, gangsters, clerics and gosh knows who else...have lead these nations.
In pre-US Iraq, Saddam kept the peace between Kurds, Sunnis and Shites, Christians and others, much like the responsibility that has befallen on Bashar al-Assad when his father died. Gaddafi gave water, electricity and prosperity, making Libya a beacon of Africa.
Even the Taliban, accused women's and human rights abusers, brought peace to an endless civil war, an end to poppy cultivation and calm.
But most of these “strongmen” are also alleged to have suppressed freedom, tortured, renditioned, stole and generally fleeced their own citizens, often with western backing and encouragement.
The dilemma of alternatives is of which is worse; unpredictable bloody revolutions that could see western backed dictators return, military governments or even radical governments that could polarise the Arab world and threaten the West, or, like Libya, a Western policy of messy regime change? Does anybody really want another Lebanon or Iraq?
The Arab peoples need change, opportunity, education and a choice in who governs them, this is sure.
Monday, January 30, 2012
The Drone Murders
President Obama admits he and his government are murdering people in Pakistan by blowing them to pieces, pretty much like car bombs are doing in Baghdad ."They have been very precise, precision strikes against al-Qaeda and their affiliates" he boasts.
Pakistanis say many civilians are murdered by the US bombers.
One wonders about the legality of such tactics?
Two points come to my mind. First, what right does the US have to carry out summary executions without a fair trial in the court of law.
Secondly, how can the US even confirm the people's identities they want to eradicate?
Even Obama says "al-Qaeda suspects who are up in very tough terrain along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan," and "For us to be able to get them in another way would involve probably a lot more intrusive military action than the ones we're already engaging in."
So it looks like, just kill everyone and hope we get lucky...
Pakistanis say many civilians are murdered by the US bombers.
One wonders about the legality of such tactics?
Two points come to my mind. First, what right does the US have to carry out summary executions without a fair trial in the court of law.
Secondly, how can the US even confirm the people's identities they want to eradicate?
Even Obama says "al-Qaeda suspects who are up in very tough terrain along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan," and "For us to be able to get them in another way would involve probably a lot more intrusive military action than the ones we're already engaging in."
So it looks like, just kill everyone and hope we get lucky...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Kill the raghead in the wheelchair!
This one might make a few Iraqis a little angry.
A decision to not imprison Sgt Frank Wuterich by the judge at Camp Pendleton, California, (needing approval by the commander of the US Marine’s Central Command) for ordering his soldiers to massacre 26 innocent Iraqi civilians in what appears to be revenge for a fatal roadside bombing in Haditha was made.
No wonder Okinawan’s don't want US bases and want the right for US soldiers to face Japanese courts.
French Denial of Free Speech
France, which some historians claim as one of the birthplaces of democracy, is in the process of passing a law that inhibits it’s citizens from expressing their right to free speech.
The bill, already passed by parliament will make it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide.
There is some speculation that the bill is being passed to gain the 500,000 votes of the French Armenian's in the upcoming elections.
Nobody can deny that deaths occurred. But to make people face one year prison terms and €45000 fines for discussing it?
Whatever the historical is, people died and it was disgusting. People need to learn from such atrocities.
But banning free speech and discussion has no benefit.
For example, one only has to look at the consequences of similar laws regarding "holocaust denial", which don't address the dreadful actions of the right-wing National Socialist movement of Germany during Europe's recent history adequately for all their victims.
Instead, such anti-free speech laws have only benefited the Jews, more correctly the Zionists. Using such laws, they have been granted special treatment above other victims. This advantage can be used as propaganda to allow Israel to continually commit crimes against humanity, war crimes and break international law.
These kinds of “denial” laws can set a dangerous precedent.
You can't force propaganda on the masses. Through education only, people will understand the unforgivable atrocities experienced by the innocent Jews and Armenians and Korean Comfort Women alike, and make up their own minds. Politicising such crimes will only negatively impact such causes and demean all victims.
The bill, already passed by parliament will make it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide.
There is some speculation that the bill is being passed to gain the 500,000 votes of the French Armenian's in the upcoming elections.
Nobody can deny that deaths occurred. But to make people face one year prison terms and €45000 fines for discussing it?
Whatever the historical is, people died and it was disgusting. People need to learn from such atrocities.
But banning free speech and discussion has no benefit.
For example, one only has to look at the consequences of similar laws regarding "holocaust denial", which don't address the dreadful actions of the right-wing National Socialist movement of Germany during Europe's recent history adequately for all their victims.
Instead, such anti-free speech laws have only benefited the Jews, more correctly the Zionists. Using such laws, they have been granted special treatment above other victims. This advantage can be used as propaganda to allow Israel to continually commit crimes against humanity, war crimes and break international law.
These kinds of “denial” laws can set a dangerous precedent.
You can't force propaganda on the masses. Through education only, people will understand the unforgivable atrocities experienced by the innocent Jews and Armenians and Korean Comfort Women alike, and make up their own minds. Politicising such crimes will only negatively impact such causes and demean all victims.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Dire Straights
It seems it is a time of violent threats in the Straights of Hormuz.
Israel wants to bomb Iran, USA needs oil, And the world will suffer from super high oil prices and disruptions in supply, maybe world recession again. And Iranian's wont take this lying down, with radicals threatening world security even more.
While the big five “nuclear weapon states", who apart from China have all recently attacked or invaded other countries, none have ever had sanctions put on them. And of the “nuclear club” that includes India, Pakistan and Israel, it seems that only North Korea is suffering from sanctions that have staved it's people and economy.
In fact Israel and Pakistan's military receive massive amounts of money from the United States of America, the main aggressor when it comes to who can have what.
Around 30 countries have nuclear power stations, which Iran should be perfectly entitled to do so and is claiming to build, and other countries like Bangladesh, Belarus, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam are also planning these post-Fukushima dangerous installations.
Israel has had no sanctions even though it violated international norms by scattering cluster bombs all over civilian locations in Southern Lebanon and chemical weapons on civilians at a UN school in Gaza.
Pakistan is a country fraught with corruption, military coups, radical religious elements and possibly illegal drone attacks, but still no sanctions there.
Iran, with around 9% of the world's proven oil reserves, seems to being bullied. For what reason could this be? Oil for the colonisers and regional supremacy for the Zionist state? Shame about the misery, suffering and destruction for the Iranian people?
Israel wants to bomb Iran, USA needs oil, And the world will suffer from super high oil prices and disruptions in supply, maybe world recession again. And Iranian's wont take this lying down, with radicals threatening world security even more.
While the big five “nuclear weapon states", who apart from China have all recently attacked or invaded other countries, none have ever had sanctions put on them. And of the “nuclear club” that includes India, Pakistan and Israel, it seems that only North Korea is suffering from sanctions that have staved it's people and economy.
In fact Israel and Pakistan's military receive massive amounts of money from the United States of America, the main aggressor when it comes to who can have what.
Around 30 countries have nuclear power stations, which Iran should be perfectly entitled to do so and is claiming to build, and other countries like Bangladesh, Belarus, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam are also planning these post-Fukushima dangerous installations.
Israel has had no sanctions even though it violated international norms by scattering cluster bombs all over civilian locations in Southern Lebanon and chemical weapons on civilians at a UN school in Gaza.
Pakistan is a country fraught with corruption, military coups, radical religious elements and possibly illegal drone attacks, but still no sanctions there.
Iran, with around 9% of the world's proven oil reserves, seems to being bullied. For what reason could this be? Oil for the colonisers and regional supremacy for the Zionist state? Shame about the misery, suffering and destruction for the Iranian people?
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Modern day human sacrifices
Nature unleashed a catastrophe on the people of Japan on March 11th, 2011. But TEPCO (the Tokyo Electric Power Company) and the Japanese government, may have unleashed unimaginable suffering on it's citizens after Fukushima Daiichi and Daini Nuclear Power Stations we're damaged by the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake. A devastating tsunami followed it, affecting the stricken reactors ability to cool down.
After the tsunami waters receded to reveal an estimated 20,000 dead and massive damage, the Japanese were clued to their televisions watching former Prime Minister Kan and party head Edano address the nation about the fated Fukushima Nuclear Power Station.
Don't worry, no need to panic, it will not harm your health...were the kind of messages repeated. They incouraged people to breathe contaminated air, eat contaminated food and continue life as normal. Any Japanese citizen who questioned the world's worst nuclear disaster in one of the worlds most technologically advanced nations was set upon. Worried mothers are branded spreaders of “baseless rumours”, researchers, bloggers etc were discouraged or even threatened.
With PMs Kan and Noda ignoring international advise, confused residents were evacuated from only 20 km away. The rest was stuck, and even encouraged to live in vast areas with higher radiation than Chenobyl's uninhabitable zone.
Still 10 months later, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power station is crippled, unapproachable and spewing extremely high levels of dangerous ionising radiation into the sea, air and the water table.
Every day seems to see a new complication and a new scandalous political decision or cover-up.
Fears of compensation and relocation costs, and the prospect of mass panic (PM Noda’s announcement to the world about a “cold shutdown state”)have prevented the government from at least evacuating parts of Tokyo and it's surrounds, leaving large amounts of Japanese citizens living in irradiated habitats.
Lessons learned from Chenobyl seem abandoned, as people are exposed to low level radiation on a daily basis. Whether such exposure will inhibit immune systems, derange DNA and lead to infertility or lead to much more sinister effects is only to be revealed in time.
With nobody sure where the Corium (melted fuel) is and predictions of explosions when it melts through to the water table, coupled with the ongoing seismic activity around the fragile reactors and fuel pools, TEPCO’s prediction of 40 years to clean it all up seems very impressive.
After the tsunami waters receded to reveal an estimated 20,000 dead and massive damage, the Japanese were clued to their televisions watching former Prime Minister Kan and party head Edano address the nation about the fated Fukushima Nuclear Power Station.
Don't worry, no need to panic, it will not harm your health...were the kind of messages repeated. They incouraged people to breathe contaminated air, eat contaminated food and continue life as normal. Any Japanese citizen who questioned the world's worst nuclear disaster in one of the worlds most technologically advanced nations was set upon. Worried mothers are branded spreaders of “baseless rumours”, researchers, bloggers etc were discouraged or even threatened.
With PMs Kan and Noda ignoring international advise, confused residents were evacuated from only 20 km away. The rest was stuck, and even encouraged to live in vast areas with higher radiation than Chenobyl's uninhabitable zone.
Still 10 months later, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power station is crippled, unapproachable and spewing extremely high levels of dangerous ionising radiation into the sea, air and the water table.
Every day seems to see a new complication and a new scandalous political decision or cover-up.
Fears of compensation and relocation costs, and the prospect of mass panic (PM Noda’s announcement to the world about a “cold shutdown state”)have prevented the government from at least evacuating parts of Tokyo and it's surrounds, leaving large amounts of Japanese citizens living in irradiated habitats.
Lessons learned from Chenobyl seem abandoned, as people are exposed to low level radiation on a daily basis. Whether such exposure will inhibit immune systems, derange DNA and lead to infertility or lead to much more sinister effects is only to be revealed in time.
With nobody sure where the Corium (melted fuel) is and predictions of explosions when it melts through to the water table, coupled with the ongoing seismic activity around the fragile reactors and fuel pools, TEPCO’s prediction of 40 years to clean it all up seems very impressive.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Colonising Libya's Oil
NATO claimed success as they flooded Libya with weapons and "special advisors" amid denials of blowing up civilians. Under UNSC Resolution 1973, they entered the sovereign nations airspace, waters and lands. Their remit was to "use all nessasary measures to protect civilians". NATO's 9,658 strike sorties were used not only to protect civilians, but to destroy infrastructure, and search and destroy the nations security forces. And assassinate Gaddafi and his family, much to the condemnation of Russia and China and international law. Civilian deaths are estimated at 25,000-30,000 civilians. Gaddafi was tortured and murdered and his corpse displayed like an animal carcass. Human rights were terrible under Gaddafi, but the Western-backed NTC(National Transition Council) also has a shocking record so far.
Libya has witnessed bands of rebels loot and pillage as they moved on Tripoli, with many residents still helpless to protect family and property. Lawless gun battles break out regularly and security for the so-called "protected civilians" is worthless. Tripoli is divided by opposing occupying rebel forces, reminiscent of Monrovia during Charles Taylor's civil war.
Gadaffi's once prosperous country, the beacon of all Africa, is now fractured, with the newly unelected, western-backed government appearing willing to seize Libya's resources and sell them off for their profit. I doubt oil money will be shared among the nation as before...
And the winners so far are...Repsol, Total, BP, Eni, Glencore , the Swiss-based trading giants Vitol, Gunvor and Trafigura, and China's Sinopec and Petrochina.
Libya has witnessed bands of rebels loot and pillage as they moved on Tripoli, with many residents still helpless to protect family and property. Lawless gun battles break out regularly and security for the so-called "protected civilians" is worthless. Tripoli is divided by opposing occupying rebel forces, reminiscent of Monrovia during Charles Taylor's civil war.
Gadaffi's once prosperous country, the beacon of all Africa, is now fractured, with the newly unelected, western-backed government appearing willing to seize Libya's resources and sell them off for their profit. I doubt oil money will be shared among the nation as before...
And the winners so far are...Repsol, Total, BP, Eni, Glencore , the Swiss-based trading giants Vitol, Gunvor and Trafigura, and China's Sinopec and Petrochina.
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