Unilateral French military action against suspected Al Qaeda militants in Mali, justified as an extension of the global “war on terror,” threatens to further destabilize the Islamic world as the United States intensifies its own involvement in the conflict. Internal chaos in the North African nation has created a power vacuum in parts of the [...]
“IT SHOWS HOW MUCH DESIRE THERE IS FOR SECRECY AMONG HUGE DONORS WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEND MONEY TO INFLUENCE THIS ELECTION WITHOUT LEAVING ANY FINGERPRINTS.” So-called “social welfare” nonprofits groups are spending more money to influence the 2012 election than the super-PACs loosely connected to the actual campaigns, a new report [...]
` THE END OF EURO AUSTERITY: NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ORDERS UP HIGHER TAXES ON THE RICH AND POWERFUL (Business Week) ` The program of mass fiscal austerity imposed by Germany and Eurozone financial leaders on European nations struggling through the continent’s crippling debt crisis and recession appears to be dead, with policy changes from the new French government taking aim at the core [...]
STUDENTS IN QUEBEC AGREE TO BE SCREWED BY THE GOVERNMENT. (World Socialist) Once again labor unions in the province betray the interest of the people whose union they supposedly represent. The government undertakes “austerity” measures to place the burden of deficit reductions on the backs of students through drastic tuition hikes. Violent student protest is finally muted [...]
` OBAMA AND HIS FRIENDS LAUNCH NEW ERA OF FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH A LESS-THAN CONCILIATORY TAKE ON THE NEW FRENCH SOCIALIST PRESIDENT. (Buzz Feed) ` The overwhelming defeat on Sunday of incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy has already sent “ripples” across the pond to America, where Sarkozy’s successor, Socialist Francois Hollande, has received a decidedly chilly reception [...]
THE FIRST CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RELATING TO THE BP GULF OIL SPILL DISASTER ARE BROUGHT AGAINST…A LOW-LEVEL ENGINEER?!? (Pro Publica) The good news? After more than two years, the Justice Department has finally filed the first set of criminal charges in BP’s catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oli spill, the worst single [...]
SCHOOL’S OUT—-DISCUSSION OF SCHOOLS IS IN SELF-IMMOLATION OF A FRENCH SCHOOL TEACHER FOCUSES ATTENTION ON WOEFUL CONDITION OF TEACHING PROFESSION IN FRANCE. Those conditions in France are much as they are in the U.S.A. A cash-strapped government cuts every corner in support of schools and teachers, with weak salaries, over-crowded classes, disruptive student behavior reflecting [...]
EUROPEAN “UNION” IN DISARRAY AS FRENCH PM TELLS BRITISH PM TO “SHUT UP” ABOUT EURO CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT. (UK Independent) As the EU approaches a summit agreement on financial arrangements to avert world economic recession, Nicholas Sarkovy tells David Cameron to stop meddling in efforts to regulate European currency in the euro, which he says that [...]
THE BUFFETT TAX RULE: WALL STREET (AKA A WHOLLY-OWNED OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AFFILIATE) CONTROLS BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE. (Global Research) This is the perspective of Paul Joseph Watson, noting that the demand for a “billionaires” tax embodied in that “rule” is, ironically, backed by both Wall Street (and its “affiliate”) and by the protesters of [...]
ITALY SAYS FRANCE VIOLATES “EUROPEAN PRINCIPLES” IN STOPPING A TRAIN LOAD OF TUNISIAN IMMIGRANTS MOVING FROM ITALY TO FRANCE. E.U. SAYS “WHAT PRINCIPLES?” (Eurasia Review) E.U. says France was “within its rights” to stop a train and ask for passenger travel documentation, though this might seem to violate the principle of free cross-border travel in [...]
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