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[Nicaea]

Originally Posted by risingstar3110

Is it going to be something to rival the IMF and World Bank?

It wouldn't be farfetched for a rival to appear on grounds that the IMF is a tool of western imperialism.

[ganbaru]

Not really a new but it<s still related to it:
Russia’s air corps is a powerful but fading force
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debat...-fading-force/

[maplehurry]

Violent protest against austerity in Germany; 94 cops injured.

[AmeNoJaku]

Originally Posted by maplehurry

Violent protest against austerity in Germany; 94 cops injured.

And a shitload of protesters hassled, filed, harassed, imprisoned, abused, beaten... for saying the obvious, 1.5 billion spent on a new building for the institution that is actively ruining Europe is like what China does to Hong Kong, and worse.

I am fine personally with the status (not believing in the idiotic rhetoric of conservatives and fascist, just abusing it), but can not ignore that 90+% are screwed up by it

Then again, Putin, Schäuble, Farage, Bush, LePen/Sarkozy, and ISIS/BokoHaram barbarians, even the Kim dynasty are results of democracy... we have to take the good with the bad, few would will choose Palme, Kennedy and King, Merkel/Cameron and their imitators sound more convenient

[Mentar]

Originally Posted by AmeNoJaku

And a shitload of protesters hassled, filed, harassed, imprisoned, abused, beaten... for saying the obvious, 1.5 billion spent on a new building for the institution that is actively ruining Europe is like what China does to Hong Kong, and worse.

This is not about "saying the obvious", sorry. 17.000 people were able to have a peaceful demonstration and saying what you consider so obvious. The problem were the anarchists who were setting cars on fire, destroying shop forefronts, attacking people with fist-sized stones... the fungus at the bottom of the human barrel.

I'd like all of them who can be linked to these acts (video evidence exists) rounded up, tried for breach of public peace, destruction of property and assault, and locked away in the slammer. Preferably with no opportunity for probation before they haven't paid their share of damages.

The democratic process allows for public demonstrations, and the afternoon proved that they are possible. But seeing the violent anarchists abusing this for their own orgasm of violence is pretty disgusting.

[ganbaru]

Herbalife wins dismissal of U.S. 'pyramid scheme' lawsuit
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0ME1LE20150318

Gunmen storm Tunisian museum, kill 17 foreign tourists
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0ME18E20150318

U.S. likely to delay planned closure of two Afghanistan bases
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0MF02J20150319

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Herbalife wins dismissal of U.S. 'pyramid scheme' lawsuit
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0ME1LE20150318

Oei! What the f***! Bloody judge!

[Solace]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Oei! What the f***! Bloody judge!

I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised by this. It's just another notch in a long trend of the legal system favoring businesses.

[Domonkazu]

Originally Posted by AmeNoJaku

And a shitload of protesters hassled, filed, harassed, imprisoned, abused, beaten... for saying the obvious, 1.5 billion spent on a new building for the institution that is actively ruining Europe is like what China does to Hong Kong, and worse.
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what China does to Hongkong is totally different they want plant their own people to control Hongkong more like what Russia did to Crimea minus the military act, it has nothing to do with monetary system, Hk'er still use HK dollars.

please enlighten me how the hell Greece's debt crisis is suddenly ECB's fault or Germany's ?

"The Greek economy was one of the fastest growing in the Eurozone from 2000 to 2007; during this period it grew at an annual rate of 4.2%, as foreign capital flooded the country. Despite that, the country continued to record high budget deficits each year."

Wonder why?

[SaintessHeart]

Opinion: Republicans want a better life for you that Democrats can’t stand

With the publication of the House and Senate budget resolutions this week, the contrast between Republicans and Democrats could not be more stark.

Democrats want to take care of you. Republicans want you to get ahead.

It is not just that President Obama’s budget, released in February, projects an $687 billion deficit in 2025, up from $486 billion this year, and the Republican budget projects a surplus. It’s that Democratic proposals are centered on keeping people safe, and Republican proposals are focused on helping them get better jobs and higher incomes.

Democrats are telling us that they gave us Obamacare for 11 million and food stamps for 47 million. They want to give us paid sick leave and maternity leave. They want to raise the minimum wage. They certainly won’t make us retire later or cut our Social Security benefits, even though Social Security is unsustainable.

Bottom line: Democrats are here for us when we are down. They are our safety net. In return for a higher chunk of our paychecks, and higher health insurance premiums, they will look after us.

But Democrats aren’t telling people how to become better off. And most people aspire to earn more, to get ahead, to buy that McMansion in the suburbs that Democrats call “suburban sprawl.” In contrast, Democrats say that sprawl is hurting the environment, and we should live in smaller homes and take mass transit.

Here are six ways that Republicans want to help people to get ahead:

1. Budget deficits: By lowering the growth of spending to 3% annually from 5%, congressional Republicans have proposed to bring the budget into surplus in 2025.

Think of what that means for future generations. They would only have to pay for their own spending, not for the spending of parents and grandparents. Of course, these budget resolutions are going to be derided as cuts that hurt the poor. But government spending is still projected to rise, just at a slower rate than before. Over the next 10 years, interest on the debt would decline by almost $800 billion.

2. Lowering taxes: Republicans have published a number of proposals for lowering individual and business taxes and streamlining the tax code. One recent proposal, the Lee-Rubio tax proposal, would lower the top corporate and small business tax rate to 25% and maintain two tax rates, 15% and 35%, for individuals.

Lower taxes make it easier for people to start businesses and get ahead. Businesses expand and employ more people, and people keep more money and spend it, creating more jobs.

3. School choice: One of the biggest divisions between Republicans and Democrats is over school choice. Democrats want to keep in place unqualified teachers and are vehemently opposed to programs that allow children to change schools. In his most recent budget, President Obama once again tried to end the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program which gives scholarships to Washington D.C. residents to send children to schools of their choice. The Department of Justice sued Louisiana for its school choice program, a suit later withdrawn.

A better education pays off in terms of higher graduation rates and higher lifetime earnings.

4. Pipelines: Even some unions are tiring of President Obama’s stubborn opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. The Laborers’ International Union of North America wants the jobs for its members. Refinery workers along the Gulf of Mexico want the job of refining the Canadian oil.

These refinery jobs dwarf the ones that would be created by pipeline construction. But Keystone XL is only a drop in the barrel, so to speak. America needs a new generation of pipelines to get the newly found oil and gas to refineries and then out to consumers and to the coasts for export. At the end of 2014, oil produced in North Dakota was selling for about $5 per barrel less than U.S. oil produced elsewhere — because it could not be transported out.

5. Obamacare: People are citing the new statistic of 11 million who have signed up for Obamacare as evidence of the program’s success. But people who are not offered insurance by their employers have few other options these days other than going to the exchanges. Policies that do not comply with Affordable Care Act guidelines are hard to find these days. That’s why new customers have to buy insurance through the exchanges, even though it is more expensive and less desirable than their old plans.

The forthcoming Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell is spurring many proposals on Capitol Hill in case the Justices invalidate Obamacare subsidies in 34 states. A variety of Republican proposals, such as the one put out by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton and Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch, would free states from the shackles of Obamacare.

6. Fewer regulations: Republicans want fewer regulations, Democrats want more.

The Environmental Protection Agency is having a field day regulating mercury, ozone, and carbon, even though statistics from its own website show that the air is getting cleaner every year. The ozone standards put in place under President George W. Bush have yet to take effect, but the EPA has called for comments on new ones. Under these new regulations, states would have to submit state implementation plans to the EPA for approval. These state implementation plans would require a reduction in power plants, factories, and vehicles on the road in order for states to come into compliance. This means less economic activity and fewer jobs.

America has gradually emerged from the Great Recession, and people are looking to the future. They want more than handouts, they want upward mobility. That’s why the Republicans’ economic package will catch on.

Uhh what.

[Xellos-_^]

when did fox bought marketwatch?

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

when did fox bought marketwatch?

It is under Dow Jones, which is owned by News Corp.

I guess you know that last part.

Still MKW has always been rather neutral, but I am surprised that something so lame could make it past print audit. Well at least it is in the opinion section.

[Solace]

You know what you won't see? The Progressive Democrat version, the People's Budget. Seriously, Google it. Almost nothing comes up. The media will focus on the President's plan and the GOP's plan, and once again completely ignore the progressive budget.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Solace

You know what you won't see? The Progressive Democrat version, the People's Budget. Seriously, Google it. Almost nothing comes up. The media will focus on the President's plan and the GOP's plan, and once again completely ignore the progressive budget.

Well what I like to tell "internationalists" commenting about the state of US' economy and comparing it with China - this is what happen when you rule the world; the bigger problems are out there, your state issues are nothing compared to starvation in Ethopia, Syria's Civil War, rice prices in Thailand and most of all, the price of crude between Brent and WTI and Dubai.

You pay for everyone elses' incompetency. In return? International political and economic stability if you look at the positive POV, trillion dollar debt from the negative one.

[Urzu 7]

This is why we need body cams on police:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/18/us/dal...deo/index.html



Watch the video. Two police officers open fire on a black man who is mentally ill...because he was holding a screwdriver in his hand. As soon as they see the screwdriver, they point their guns at him and start yelling at him. He just happened to have a screwdriver in his hand. He has schizophrenia and was probably scared and confused. The mother tries to get him to drop the screwdriver, police open fire on him, later say the man lunged at them*, although it doesn't look like it, and the man who was shot dies soon after the incident. Remember, to cops, black men are always especially dangerous.


*About that, one cop says the man lunged at the other cop, while the other cop says the man lunged at the other. Yeah, how reliable is that when one says he lunged at the other, and the other says it was vice versa.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

France, Germany and Italy to join China-led AIIB following Britain

any word on changing the name of English muffins to Freedom Muffins?

[DevilHighDxD]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

any word on changing the name of English muffins to Freedom Muffins?

And French fries into Freedom fries?

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

any word on changing the name of English muffins to Freedom Muffins?

The pastry of Freedom is the apple pie. Everything else signifies oppression.

Originally Posted by DevilHighDxD

And French fries into Freedom fries?

They are called chips you language criminal.

[Ithekro]

Americans have defined chips as something else, generally crispy rather than fries that are not so crispy.

[KiraYamatoFan]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

Americans have defined chips as something else, generally crispy rather than fries that are not so crispy.

Fish 'n chips FTW!