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October 23 2011
(Give a dog a bone) [by famous cartoonist]
October 14 2011
Faulty Perceptions [by Unknown]
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September 29 2011
YouTube -- RussiaToday: Cash Sweet Poison: 'Greece victim of Europe cheap money'
'Dr Markus Kerber, says that German taxpayers are fed up with being Europe's cash cow.' -- "There's a growing split between the German public and the political elite. Never ever before the split has been greater than today. The political elite is still united to support the Chancellor's policy of continuous bailout and the German public is more united than ever to oppose it. And sooner or later the European project is going to lose the popular support it has always had in Germany until now. So, we are really at a crossroad."'
'Dr Markus Kerber, says that German taxpayers are fed up with being Europe's cash cow.' -- "There's a growing split between the German public and the political elite. Never ever before the split has been greater than today. The political elite is still united to support the Chancellor's policy of continuous bailout and the German public is more united than ever to oppose it. And sooner or later the European project is going to lose the popular support it has always had in Germany until now. So, we are really at a crossroad."'
The Daily Bell -- Barroso Says EU Will Overcome
'It seems very clear that the powers-that-be subscribe to the idea that they have been chosen to deliver appropriate direction to the masses. This sense that one has a kind of divine right to rule was supposed to have dissipated years ago – at least last century – but the EU's top people obviously believe they are Charlemagne's second coming. The only reason they could believe this is because they have the backing of money power – endless torrents of central banking fiat paper controlled by a handful of individuals at the apex of the Anglosphere power elite. But what they may not realize is that they too are perhaps being manipulated, that those who seek to run the world via military force and political unions will betray their enablers without a backwards glance. This is an elemental understanding that even velvet thugs like Barroso seem to fail to understand.'Wikipedia -- World War I reparations
'The economic problems that the payments brought, and German resentment at their imposition are usually cited as one of the more significant factors that led to the end of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. -- #Current status: After Germany’s defeat in World War II, payment of the reparations was not resumed. There was, however, outstanding German debt that the Weimar Republic had used to pay the reparations. An international conference decided (Agreement on German External Debts, 1953) that Germany would pay some parts of the remaining debt only after the country was reunified, at that time an event thought very unlikely to happen. West Germany paid off the remainder by 1980. According to the agreement, the debt would be serviced for 20 years, leading to the last payments being due on 3 October 2010, the 20th anniversary of German reunification. About 10% of this debt, about 20 million euro, has not been claimed yet.' -- Debt repayment is a sin!
YouTube -- RussiaToday: Cash Sweet Poison: 'Greece victim of Europe cheap money' -
'Dr Markus Kerber, says that German taxpayers are fed up with being Europe's cash cow.' -- "There's a growing split between the German public and the political elite. Never ever before the split has been greater than today. The political elite is still united to support the Chancellor's policy of continuous bailout and the German public is more united than ever to oppose it. And sooner or later the European project is going to lose the popular support it has always had in Germany until now. So, we are really at a crossroad."
'Dr Markus Kerber, says that German taxpayers are fed up with being Europe's cash cow.' -- "There's a growing split between the German public and the political elite. Never ever before the split has been greater than today. The political elite is still united to support the Chancellor's policy of continuous bailout and the German public is more united than ever to oppose it. And sooner or later the European project is going to lose the popular support it has always had in Germany until now. So, we are really at a crossroad."
September 28 2011
The Onion -- Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions
'According to the historians, by looking at things that have already happened, Americans can learn a lot about which actions made things better versus which actions made things worse, and can then plan their own actions accordingly. While the new strategy, known as "Look Back Before You Act," has raised concerns among people worried they will have to remember lots of events from long ago, the historians have assured Americans they won't be required to read all the way through thick books or memorize anything.'The Daily Bell -- Depression Leaves Investors Feeling 'Like a Dog Without a Bone'
'Dominant Social Theme: Look. Depressions happen. But what would you do in 1932? You'd stick it out! By, say, 1960, you'd be back where you were! No problem ... -- Every day of your life you look anxiously in the newspapers to find out what "they" are saying about inflation, about Europe, about the budget crisis and whether taxes are going up. You have a job, but you're worried you're going to be made "redundant." Or maybe your company is going to go out business. Or your skills simply aren't going to be needed anymore. It's your fault, too. Plenty of people are "making it" in the modern world and if you're not it's because you haven't planned properly. You haven't taken the right degrees, focused on the right industry, created the image for yourself. Your fault anyway ... And so you worry. You live with worry. You worry all the time. There are so many outside factors weighing down on you. So much you can't control ... Recession, depression ... global warming, overpopulation ...'
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The Last Psychiatrist -- Finding Existential Solace In A Pink Tied Psycho
'Though narcissism demands the right to self-identify, narcissists are often unable to do so because they don't know what it is they want to be. Who am I? What are the rules of my identity? So people look for shortcuts, like modeling oneself after another existing character. But the considerably more regressive maneuver is to define yourself in opposition to things. What do the protestors want? Can they articulate it meaningfully, not in platitudes or "people over profits" or "more fair income redistribution" soundbites? They can't tell you because they don't know. They can, however, yell at you what they don't like, and the louder they yell it the more they hear it themselves. If I hate the protestors, I'm on Wall Street's side, and vise versa, no further branding, let alone thought, is necessary. And now you have a quick way to decide if you hate me.'Partial Objects -- Protestors Get Maced
'...when the oppressive entity is so poorly defined (e.g. Wall Street, “the banks”, corruption) these protests always and without fail turn into protests against the police. ...iphones at the ready, praying someone maces them so they can get a video out of it. Here’s a clue that this is a pathologic narcissism, the nihilistic kind that 17 yo boys have when they threaten to kill themselves if their girlfriend leaves them: I actually agree with the protestors about Bank of America in principle, but because they are putting their identity ahead of the cause and are making it about themselves, I find myself hating them more than Bank of America. Their arrogance and entitlement drives me away from them, into the arms of their enemies. I’m hardly alone in this. Either they are not aware of this effect, in which case they are merely idiots, or the are aware of this effect and do not care.'
YouTube -- Freedomain Radio: True News: The Wall Street Protests
'Amateur surgery always ends in a bloodbath...' -- "Begging the mafia to solve the problem of crime is a futile, ridiculous and embarrassing thing to do."
'Amateur surgery always ends in a bloodbath...' -- "Begging the mafia to solve the problem of crime is a futile, ridiculous and embarrassing thing to do."
September 26 2011
Narcissistic Allocation: Over-valuation (Idealization) and Devaluation
'Narcissists idealize potential new sources of narcissistic supply and later devalue and discard them. Cycles of over-valuation (idealization) followed by devaluation ... They reflect the need to be protected against the whims, needs, and choices of others, shielded from the hurt that they can inflict on the narcissist. The ultimate and only emotional need of the narcissist is to be the subject of attention and, thus, to support his volatile self-esteem and to regulate his sense of self worth. The narcissist is dependent on others for the performance of critical Ego functions. While healthier people overcome disappointment or disillusionment with relative ease – to the narcissist they are the difference between Being and Nothingness. The quality and reliability of Narcissistic Supply are, therefore, of paramount importance.'The Daily Bell -- How Tony Blair Earns His Millions
'Dominant Social Theme: Blair started the Libya war. Gaddafi didn't give him and JP Morgan what they wanted and now he's paid a dreadful price. It's all about the money. Modern wars are always about resources. Besides, we're running out of aluminum. Peak Aluminum is only years away! -- The Anglosphere elites have a motive in ensuring the war-for-resources meme is spread about the mainstream media, mainly in leftist newspapers. The idea of greedy, grubbing capitalists is a quite convenient one as it confuses what is actually happening. Much better to blame wars on exploitative corporations than intergenerational familial regimes controlling central banks. Blair ... is being paid to attract heat and light that might otherwise end up striking London's City itself... Blair is yet only a pimple on a larger, uglier visage, though surely a sizeable blemish. -- The roots run much, much deeper. And so does the institutionalized malevolence. Maybe all the way back to Babylon.'The Daily Bell -- Are the Tribes of Europe Ready to Explode?
'Pre-Internet, what's happening in the EU would have been buried under mainstream media misdirection. People might not have understood the larger forces at work. But the EU unraveling along with much else has played out under the merciless glare of the alternative press, and the European tribes are aware of the manipulations that are taking place. It is realization of these manipulations that informs the article, which is a surprisingly good piece of reporting. It is written by Paul Mason, BBC Newsnight's Economics Editor, who is broadcasting regularly from Greece, and it seems to have concentrated his mind, at least for a while, on what's actually happening. The problems are happening to people, individual people, and it is these people, ultimately, who will formulate a response, not "Greece," not politicians, not "working groups" – not even the IMF or ECB. The EU was not an accident. Central banking is not happenstance.'The Onion -- California To Allow Prisoners To Serve Sentences Online
'Faced with a mandate to cut the state's prison population by 30,000, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Monday it would begin allowing prisoners to serve their sentences online. "Inmates are required to log in promptly every morning at 6 a.m.," CDCR secretary Matthew Cate said. "But make no mistake, this is not some online holiday resort prison. Offenders spend at least eight hours a day entering data and can only see visitors in the chat room once a week.'Freedomain Radio -- #1335 Sunday Show April 19 2009 - 00:49:00 Virtue Is A Relationship
"Virtue is a relationship. And it is a relationship where both parties need to bring value to the table – like any economic relationship. If there are rules, so to speak, like UPB ... we are not authentic if we are following rules – even if those rules are rational – we are not authentic if we are following them because they are rules ... The rules have to be alive, the rules have to be sensitive, the rules have to be reciprocal, the rules have to be relational. People will constantly try to put hooks in you based on their perception that you will obey abstract rules in a vacuum – despite what they, no matter what they do. Rules bow to evidence. Empiricism trumps abstractions every time. That's why people's behaviour matters a lot more than what they say. It's the constant reciprocity of how other people are treating you that is the challenge of ethics. How is the other person treating me now? How is the other person treating me now? How is the other person treating me now?"
September 25 2011
Global Dashboard -- What is resilience? [Three-dimensional (3D) wellbeing]
'...wellbeing is a dynamic process with #material (what people have), #relational (what people are able to do) and #subjective (how people feel) dimensions. These dimensions are interlinked, co-evolving and fluid. The review is largely an individual/household level analysis but potentially could be applied to community/country-level resilience too. #Material dimension: ...households suffer asset loss; people’s health deteriorates; families go hungry. And attempts to minimise vulnerability in the present can have material consequences in the longer term... #Relational dimension: Social networks are important in enabling migration towards areas of relative safety and opportunity, even when restrictive policies are in place to limit movement. #Subjective dimension: The way in which an individual feels vulnerable is ultimately shaped by the culture and environment in which they grew up, by their position in society, by gender, and by a whole other range of contextually specific factors.'
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