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Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Government Evil: United States makes the official list of Human Rights violators, Corporate America to be sued for Human Rights violations!

The Obama Administration, and the Republican dominated Congress, love to use data from the United Nations to justify attacking other countries, like Libya, and soon Syria.   But, what about when the UN points the finger at the United States for Human Rights violations?   Will our leaders attack themselves?

Recently the UN’s Human Rights Council began its 19th session in Switzerland.  Of course Syria is topping their list of concerns, but guess who else is making their list (again)?  The United States!

“Over the past year, I have also expressed concerns about the rights of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, and my deep disappointment at the failure to close this detention facility.”-Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

One of the big upsets is President Barack Obama’s reneging on his promise to close Guantanamo Bay prison.  The UN documented that in March 2011, Obama stated to the international community that the United States would close down the torture facility known as GITMO.

Sri Lanka even pointed out that they’ve closed all but one of their military run prisons, since 2011.

Some UN member countries accused the United States of violating the Human Rights of immigrants.  Ecuador even demanded action: “…time to end impunity for those who continuously violated the human rights of migrants.”

Others demanded that the United States be investigated for Human Rights violations.

“The United States was not a guardian of human rights and should reflect on its own record in committing human rights violations inside and outside the country before pointing at other countries.”-Right of Reply from North Korea

“China was gravely concerned about the failure of the United States to close down Guantanamo Bay and urged the United States to review its own human rights record before criticizing others.”-Right of Reply from China

Russia said that the so called interventions by the United States and Europe violated Human Rights: “…acts intended to protect human rights did themselves sometimes lead to mass violations, including deaths of civilian populations.” 

Cuba pointed out that the United States was violating the Right to Express yourself, by controlling the internet. They claim that only 30% of the World’s population has access to the internet, and that internet governance is directly controlled from the U.S.

Norway said the U.S. dominated internet is being used by governments to violate Human Rights.

Others pointed out an increasing desire to criminalize the use of the internet, the United States being one of those countries doing so!

William Echikson, a representative from Google, admitted that his company routinely “takes down content” and “discloses information” when ordered to by U.S. courts.

UN officials are also watching the U.S. Supreme Court case, in which people are  demanding they be allowed to sue corporations under a 223 year old U.S. law (Alien Tort Statute), that’s apparently been ignored.  The law allows people to sue international corporations for Human Rights violations, among other things.

The latest reports indicated that the pro-Corporate America judges would deny such cases!

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

What Economic Recovery? New Study confirms old truth; Wars Do Not create Economic Recovery!

A new study has confirmed what most economic historians will tell you; long term wars actually destroy your economy: “…the positive effects of increased military spending were outweighed by longer term unintended negative macroeconomic consequences.”

The latest study was done by the Institute for Economics and Peace.  But their study revealed that the War on Terror has been more damaging to the U.S. economy than expected, because it’s the first U.S. war in which taxes collections went down!  This means that while military spending went up, the tax revenues to pay for the military went down!

A long term war, with reduced tax revenues to pay for it has resulted in “…the U.S. having severe unsustainable structural imbalances in its government finances…” and “…major constraints on the economy and limited the scope of options that were available to policymakers…”

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: Iraqi Sunnis refuse to stop fighting

“These groups are still fighting and still active, they continue to carry arms. They are active in….Mosul, Diyala, Anbar, Salahuddin, Baghdad, Babil, and some on the outskirts of Basra and Kut.”-Adnan al-Asadi, Deputy Interior Minister of Iraq

“We are happy to declare the defeat of the occupation but the occupation has a project and the effects of this project still exist.”-Ibrahim al-Shimari, Iraqi Islamic Army

“The occupier has not left, they left an embassy which includes thousands of persons, and certainly those are not diplomats. We will keep fighting to drive the last U.S. soldier from Iraqi soil….Even the contractors who live with the Iraqi Army in its bases, we will target them.”-Sheikh Khalid al-Ansari, al-Rashideen Army

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Corporate Crime: New Mexico company ripped off U.S. & Iraqi taxpayers

“The indictment alleges that the defendants flagrantly enriched themselves at the expense of the Iraqi people, the very people they were there to help, and American taxpayers.”-Kenneth J Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General

Former executives of Laguna Construction Company, are accused of colluding with four foreign nationals, to defraud taxpayers of more than $5 million through kickbacks to subcontractors.

Two subcontractors were actually connected to Laguna Construction, and they are accused of overcharging, and charging for services not rendered.

It took several law enforcement agencies to identify the scam: “…joint effort by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service and our law enforcement partners from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations Division, and the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.”-Janice M Flores, DCIS

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Corporate Evil, United Police States of America & What Economic Recovery? Corporate Fuedalism, you are a slave, big money investments not going to create jobs but to finance more big money investments! Prison industry fastest growing in the U.S.

The following statements are from a former Wall Street stock broker, now self-exiled in Europe, Timothy Maxwell “Max” Keiser:

“Money is being printed but it does not flow to wages or savings and pensions. It flows to asset price inflation and to bonuses for corrupt bankers.”

“The economy runs on financial engineering now, and currency speculation financed by ultra-low rates, near zero percent interest rates and the economy is not run on manufacturing.”

“When you pay out a hundred and forty billion dollars in bonuses, as they do on Wall Street or at the various banks in Europe, that is just a tip of a multi-hundred billion, multi-trillion dollar money laundering scam….the Central Banks lend money out to these banks at 1% percent; they in turn reinvest it with the Central Bank at 3%. So they make 2% carry, it’s a carry trade to do absolutely nothing!  They are not incentivized to put the money to work in the economy.  They are making free 2% on their cash, or more…”

“….there is no regulatory authority of any note; there is no deterrent to committing financial fraud…JP Morgan has been caught stealing from its customers….It is now not refuted, fully documented; there is no investigation.”

“Who pays for that? Everybody else through austerity measures. So you very much have feudalism, is alive and well. You have got a few feudal lords like the bankers in Europe and on Wall Street and everyone else is basically an indentured servant! There’s over a trillion dollars in bad student loans in America! That is the next bubble to pop! That is another huge wave of youths about to be thrown into the streets with trillion dollars of debts and told go to a concentration camp and die you pig; we don’t care about you!”

“The biggest gross industry in America is the prison industry! Why is that? It’s the only growing industry in America is the prison industry!  That’s the most profitable industry and the bankers are aiding and abating the entrapment of folks with forcing debt down their throats and forcing them to go to prison, and that is the economy!“

 

 

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

What Economic Recovery? Greece downgraded again, even with new bailout loan deals

Moody’s has joined Standard & Poor’s in downgrading Greece.

Last week S&P’s downgraded Greece to default status. Today Moody’s rated Greek bonds at C, saying risk of default is too high even with new bailout loans: “Moody’s believes that Greece will still face medium-term solvency challenges: its stock of debt will still be well in excess of 100 percent of gross domestic product for many years, the country is unlikely to be able to access the private market once the second assistance package runs out, and its planned fiscal and economic reforms will still face very significant implementation risks.”

 

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

World War 3: Russia joins West’s sanctions against Iran, freezes Iranian Embassy accounts!

The Russian bank, VTB 24, froze the accounts of Iranian embassy personnel in Russia.

“The bank said that this was an order from their top management, and they couldn’t do anything about it.”-Seyyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi, Iranian Ambassador to Russia

Officials with VTB 24, a division of Russian state owned VTB, tried to downplay any connection to the U.S./European sanctions against Iran, by saying the move was because of a lack of profits being made off the Iranian accounts.

International, U.S.

World War 3: Canada orders troops to stand down, despite increasing taxpayer spending on the Afghan war

“I think for many years we just took it for granted that we were a training base and we didn’t have to face the loss of people. Then on the Easter weekend we lost six and then two more.”-Fay Tidd, Mayor of Oromocto, New Brunswick, Canada

From now until the end of 2012, about 950 Canadian troops from New Brunswick will be deployed in Afghanistan.

“We keep reassuring everybody it’s a peacekeeping mission. I don’t know if we’re trying to convince ourselves or who?”-Ken Weir,  St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church

Meanwhile, the Canadian Department of Defense has ordered 45 Canadian police officers and 70 diplomats working in Afghanistan, to stop what they are doing.  Canadian military trainers have also been ordered to stay away from Afghan government forces.  This is all because of the burning of dozens of Qur’ans by five U.S. troops!

The Canadian mission in Afghanistan is supposed to end in 2014,  yet it’s been revealed that the Canadian government is increasing spending for the military operation.  One report says spending will increase by at least another C $500 million.

 

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

World War 3: More anti-U.S. rallies shut down Saudi Arabian oil ports

March 3, 2012, Saudi Arabian time, fresh anti-Saudi and anti-U.S. demonstrations reported in several Saudi Arabian oil ports along the Persian Gulf.

The latest port cities involved are Qatif (Al-Qatif), Rabiyia (Al-Rabeeya) and Awamiyah (Al-Awamia).  I’ve posted before how the U.S. media has been totally ignoring what’s been going on in the Pro-U.S. Saudi Arabia for the past year!

As much as 2 million barrels of oil passes through Awamiyah everyday.

Qatif is an ancient city, dating back to 3,500 BC.  Most of the jobs in Qatif are related to the oil industry. It’s estimated that Qatif handles 800,000 barrels of oil everyday.

Rabiyia is a town located in the Qatif county/region.

Last year human rights groups claimed hundreds of people were tortured by Saudi police.  Many Shi’a Muslims in Saudi Arabia are protesting because the Salafi Muslim government (that’s right, they’re Salafi/Wahhab, not Sunni as claimed by the U.S. media) has arrested and detained many Shi’a without charge, some since 1996!

 

 

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: More suicide attacks on NATO, Afghan official assasinated, new Pakistan offensive

On March 2, 2012, in Dund district of southern Kandahar Province, a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy.

At least four U.S./NATO/ISAF forces, one Afghan police officer, an Afghan civilian and and Afghan interpreter were wounded.  The “Taliban” immediately claimed responsibility (as I’ve said before, those attacks where no one claims responsibility are suspicious), and claimed that 15 U.S. led forces were killed.

In the city of Tarinkowt, in southern Uruzgan Province, unknown militants assassinated the local Afghan Intelligence official.  “Taliban” are not claiming this one.

In another incident, in which the “Taliban” are not commenting on, a man was arrested as he was heading to Kandahar.  He’s accused of supplying weapons for a planned attack against Afghan government forces.

And despite the ignorant U.S. media, which spreads the lies that Pakistan isn’t doing enough to help fight the War on Terror, Pakistan has launched a new offensive in the Kyber region.  Already there are 10 dead Pakistani forces,and 23 dead “Taliban” militants, after an early morning firefight on March 2, 2012!