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Global Conflict Intensity Spikes To 7-Year High
Global Conflict Intensity Spikes To 7-Year High If it’s not one geopolitical concern these days it’s invariably another. If today’s story isn’t weak-handed Greece escalating the rhetoric in its hopeless game of chicken with eurozone creditors, it’s ISIS ratcheting up the shock factor in a campaign to scare U.S. coalition partners away from an increasingly ineffectual […]
So How Do We Ever Reach Political Reform?
So How Do We Ever Reach Political Reform? QUESTION: okay Martin, So assuming Capitalism (property rights) and (direct) Democracy is the Promised Land, how the Hell do we get there? How do we break the Oligarchy? Cheers, em ANSWER: No matter what system we do create, it will be gamed eventually. If you look at Athens, […]
Experts Say That Battle on Keystone Pipeline Is Over Politics, Not Facts
Experts Say That Battle on Keystone Pipeline Is Over Politics, Not Facts WASHINGTON — In 2009, the Obama administration approved a 986-mile pipeline to bring 400,000 barrels of oil sands petroleum a day from western Canada to the United States. Almost no one paid attention. Construction on the pipeline, called the Alberta Clipper, was quietly completed last […]
ekathimerini.com | No more lies
ekathimerini.com | No more lies. We have become accustomed to cynicism and lies that we have are immune to anything that is said. Various people come up with comments like: “Come on, SYRIZA is all talk, it won’t actually carry out what it says; I’m certain of it. It will do an about-face.” This position […]
End to federal per-vote subsidy looms as parties ready for lengthy 2015 campaign – Politics – CBC News
End to federal per-vote subsidy looms as parties ready for lengthy 2015 campaign – Politics – CBC News. Canada’s political parties are going to have to find new ways to finance themselves in 2015. This year, the parties will have to get by without the per-vote subsidy — the payment each political party receives from […]
Things To Do In 2015 When You’re Not Yet Dead – The Automatic Earth
Things To Do In 2015 When You’re Not Yet Dead – The Automatic Earth. America has managed to construct an entirely one-dimensional political system. There’s no discernible difference left between left and right, other than in spin language pre-cooked for the sole purpose of faking the concept of elections. There’s very right and ultra right. […]
Bahrain arrests main Shia opposition leader — RT News
Bahrain arrests main Shia opposition leader — RT News. Bahrain’s main opposition group says its leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, has been arrested after hours of interrogation. The Bahraini Interior Ministry said in a statement issued earlier that Salman was questioned about “violating certain aspects of the law,” but did not go into any further details. […]
The Cradle of Democracy Should Defy the Autocrats & Kleptocrats | StealthFlation
The Cradle of Democracy Should Defy the Autocrats & Kleptocrats | StealthFlation. On the old continent, this December 29th, a succinct political showdown is scheduled to take place which may well become a defining moment for our entirely unsettled new millenium. What is at stake is none other than the prosperity of the common man […]
MYEFO: Australia set to emerge from once-in-a-century resources boom with little to show for it – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
MYEFO: Australia set to emerge from once-in-a-century resources boom with little to show for it – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). “It’s the economy, stupid.” That famous phrase, uttered by advisor James Carville in 1992 to then presidential hopeful Bill Clinton, has resonated across the globe. It doesn’t matter how successful a leader is at […]
The Role of Cities in Moving Toward a Sustainable Economy « Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
The Role of Cities in Moving Toward a Sustainable Economy « Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. I encounter many young adults who are discouraged by America’s failure to respond to big issues affecting the future of Planet Earth and human civilization. They do not see much opportunity to make major changes, especially […]
Big government, big opportunity for rent-seekers – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Big government, big opportunity for rent-seekers – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). The more a government does, the more opportunities are presented for rent-seeking. Rent-seekers thrive in the minutiae of policy detail, writes Chris Berg. In the 2012-13 financial year, the Australian Labor Party received $55 million in donations. The Liberals received $73 million. The […]
The Fate of the Turtle | KUNSTLER
The Fate of the Turtle | KUNSTLER. Anybody truly interested in government, and therefore politics, should be cognizant above all that ours have already entered systemic failure. The management of societal affairs is on an arc to become more inept and ineffectual, no matter how either of the current major parties pretends to control things. […]
The Politics of Fracking: Polarization in New York State » EcoWatch
The Politics of Fracking: Polarization in New York State » EcoWatch. In September, The Earth Institute hosted Tanya Heikkila and Chris Weible of the University of Colorado Denver for a seminar on The Political Landscape of Shale Gas Development and Hydraulic Fracturing in New York. The seminar was attended by students, faculty and staff from across Columbia, and members of the local community. […]
Three things must change for a healthier democracy – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Three things must change for a healthier democracy – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). PHOTO: Whether it’s the media or the MPs that trivialise politics isn’t the point. The point is it enforces the status quo.(Alan Porritt: AAP) There are three drivers in Australian politics – the parties, the voting system and the media – […]
