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A very good esplanation of the rise of the East and the gettin outta the way of the West, I think. 45 minutes or so, go ahead watch the flic
I,m looking forward to working with China and the Eastern bloc in general, very civilized people it would seem not at all like trigger happy carpet bombing yankees. But there,s climate change. Much of the markets could be frozen, in the near future. How,s agriculture in our western regioné, question mark
Masters Of The Universe: Pepe Escobar
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Interview with Pepe Escobar, an expert in geopolitical relations. He writes for RT, Sputnik and TomDispatch, and he is also a correspondent for Asia Times Online. The interview was filmed on May 13, 2018 in Iran. The broadcast was led by journalist Tesla Tešanović.
Posted June 15, 2018
A very good esplanation of the rise of the East and the gettin outta the way of the West, I think. 45 minutes or so, go ahead watch the flic
I,m looking forward to working with China and the Eastern bloc in general, very civilized people it would seem not at all like trigger happy carpet bombing yankees. But there,s climate change. Much of the markets could be frozen, in the near future. How,s agriculture in our western regioné, question mark
Super, I was worried that the hail might have got you.
Like that will make a difference.
Super, I was worried that the hail might have got you.
Like that will make a difference.
Here is an older article illustrating how sadly ineffective is LIE-beral economic policy. With some comments of my own in brackets):
Topping the G7 in growth is nothing to boast about
By Ben Eisen. Published: March 6, 2018. Updated: March 6, 2018 8:57 PM EST
Filed Under: Toronto SUN/ Opinion/ Columnists
If you get all your information from Wynne government news releases, you might think Ontario was in the midst of an economic boom. These releases consistently trumpet progress on public finances, job-creation and economic growth.
The reality is less rosy, as big economic problems persist. Ontario’s dangerously large public debt continues to grow, and we continue to rely on federal equalization payments. Stubbornly weak business investment raises concerns about future growth.
(The ugly economic reality is revealed by the debt numbers- as both govt and private household debt soars! There is also the issue of inflation- which has become a deceptive way of saying “LIE-beral greed” since our inflation is now driven almost exclusively by govt choices! We had a series of water rate increases in the 9 percent range and now that the public is furious at LIE-berals and their grossly greedy civil service union Hog allies, our rates only increase at 4 percent- with 4 percent being DOUBLE the inflation rate govt claims to be aiming for! And 4 percent is 250 percent more than the alleged 1.7 percent growth rate of our economy! We are also looking at a 2.9 percent increase in our property taxes- not quite twice as high as our economic growth rate! Things are so bad that even former LIE-beral finance minister John Manley has made a few worried comments! At every turn it is Hog wages that drive our inflation- when the rent strike began at 11 buildings in Parkdale in 2017 it was revealed the buildings belonged to Alberta municipal employees! When Mississauga mayor McCallion was hauled in front of a judge to answer questions about a failed development project-the land was owned by local municipal workers! When LIE-berals say they want to “make Ontari-owe better” they mean better FOR THEM!)
Given these challenges, how does the government support implicit claims that Ontario is in the midst of a boom? Largely by using misleading factoids to make Ontario’s growth trajectory seem impressive.
(LIE-berals have never admitted their 2017 budget was not balanced- they simply defied the auditor general and sneered at their opponents who pointed to LIE-beral accounting techniques never taught at any reputable school of economics! And now we have word that their 2018 budget will also have a MAJOR deficit! And no wonder- they have signed four year contracts with their Hog allies giving a total of 7.5 percent in raises- with no place to get that money- except by borrowing it!)
(LIE-beralls are in trouble over their carbon crap and trade tax and cannot raise it without incurring voter fury! They tried- and partly succeeded in turning our electrical system into a giant slush fund but ran into so much flack over soaring costs they were forced to back off! They cannot raise the health levy on ordinary people without first explaining why WE ARE PAYING EXTRA- so Hogs can pay NOTHING! Its an election year and LIE-berals do not want to be seen publicly robbing us to get gravy for their greedy allies! They have tried and failed to persuade us that corporate taxes are too low- while failing to convince us that corporations can be made to pay more tax and also give us full time jobs with raises in pay! LIE-berals have failed to persuade us that corporate CEO`s are behind all our economic troubles- while failing to distract us from greedy Sunshine List Hogs- with too many LIE-beral friends being listed in the Paradise Papers detailing how LIE-beral pals hide their money! LIE-berals have told us so many whoppers that now there is nothing thy can say to make us believe them- EVER!)
Take one of the government’s favourite talking points—that “the province’s economy has outperformed all G7 countries in real GDP growth over the past three years.” This sounds impressive, but a close look shows it’s nothing to write home about.
The G7 is a group of developed countries, namely Canada, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Japan. All these countries are rich, but topping them on economic growth isn’t much of an achievement because nobody in the G7 (outside of Canada and the U.S.) grows much from year-to-year. It is, in short, a slow-growth club.
(Given the demographics and debt loads in Europe and Japan- they are members of a slow economic death club!)
If you remove Canada and the U.S., the average annual economic growth rate for the remaining five countries over the past 20 years is just 1.28 per cent—compared to 2.4 per cent in Canada and the U.S.
Subsequently, Canada or the U.S. will, in most years, will top the slow-growth group of G7 countries. In this light, Ontario (which represents 40 per cent of the Canadian economy) beating the growth rate of the G7 countries looks a lot less impressive.
But why are Canada and the U.S. outgrowing the rest of the G7? A primary reason is that Canada (and Ontario) along with the U.S. still have reasonably fast-growing populations while other G7 countries don’t. Japan and Germany, for instance, have shrinking populations. So again, it’s nothing to boast about, that in most years overall output (what GDP measures) grows more in Canada than in Japan, given there are more Canadians and fewer Japanese to produce stuff.
(A serious consideration here is simple debt- Stats Canada told us that when Pierre Trudope was first elected- Cdn banks had 83 cents on deposit for every dollar they had loaned out. When Pierre left office- Cdn banks had 17 cents on deposit for every dollar they had loaned out. Our banks now have 12-14 cents on deposit for every dollar they have loaned out- and that makes us the most wealthy country in the world- E.U. banks have mayne 6-8 cents on deposit for every dollar loaned out! Western civilization is propped up on a tide of worthless paper money! We Cdns are not rich- in real terms we are bankrupt- but we are the LEAST bankrupt of western nations- and this is not a thing to boast of!)
To further illustrate the point, let’s zero in on the past three years, which the Ontario government endlessly boasts about. For the five non-North American G7 countries taken as a group, real economic growth averaged 1.5 per cent annually. During this period, the U.S. predictably beat the non-North American members, averaging growth of 2.2 per cent. While Ontario averaged 2.8 per cent.
This is a respectable growth rate, but hardly a boom. Rather, it’s a long overdue patch of growth where the province is regaining a little of its lost economic ground. It’s also not a growth rate that’s expected to last; forecasts project a drop to 1.8 per cent by 2019.
(Given the wild 43 percent surge in Yankee stock markets we can easily see that much of the growth is merely ON PAPER- and the recent 25 percent stock market drop is nothing but a recognition of how paper money in the wrong hands can be used to buy real assets! Its all a shell game and it may already be catching up with our LIE-beral overlords! Considering that over 80 percent of people in Ontari-owe now want Wynne-bag and her LIE-berals gone should be sobering enough- but the latest polls suggest that a modest majority of Cdns also want rid of Our idiot Boy Justin as well! And only 20 percent of Cdns approve of the 2018 federal budget! And Cdns are aware that Ontari-owe slipped into “have not” provincial status thanks to mad LIE-beral vote buying!)
Clearly, Ontario still faces big economic problems, and there are storm clouds on the horizon. Now is not the time for boasting with flattering comparisons to perennial slow-growth countries. Rather, the Wynne government should use this reprieve from stagnation to craft a new approach that will attract business investment to the province, reduce debt, and put Ontario on track to enjoy long sustained economic growth based on sound pro-growth public policy.
— Eisen is director of the Fraser Institute’s Ontario Prosperity Initiative.
(Sadly- since all LIE-beral policy is based on borrowed money and preferential treatment of LIE-beral friends, LIE-berals have NO options left to them! We are looking at a trade war with our most important customers- the Yankees- simply because Our idiot Boy wants to collect Muslim immigrants and assorted unidentified illegals just like some sort of crazy cat lady rounding up strays- without giving a thought to national security and he is provoking Yankees so much over this they are threatening to tear up NAFTA and close the border to Cdns!)
(LIE-berals have long owned all the civil service Hog votes- with no room to expand there but they wrestle with huge enduring pressure to honour insane IOU`s that LIE-berals promised to Hogs in past decades! LIE-berals have also made promises to natives- that they cannot deliver on either- with the possible loss of future native support! The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiry was a costly and stupid stunt that has backfired badly! LIE-berals could recover some native support if they make bigoted changes to our legal system but such changes would so enrage rural Cdns who already feel victimized by native thieves that it would not be worth the LIE-beral effort!)
(LIE-berals had hoped to buy a new supply of supporters from the ranks of illegals swarming into Canada but the cost of providing even minimal support to these trespassers is enraging Cdns- most of whom want the illegals shipped back home!)
(LIE-berals had hoped to buy support using cash from their carbon crap and trade scam but that gravy is being syphoned off to pay for Hog raises and for the needs of the illegals with that cash just NOT stretching far enough to buy labour peace! LIE-beral policy is FAILING on all fronts!)
Hold WHO criminally liable?
And hold them responsible for WHAT exactly?
The Greek politicians who cooked the books and gave away the country to their civil service union Hogs?
THose Greek politicians were freely elected just like Wynne-bag LIE-berals! If cooked books is a crime Wynne-bag is GOING TO JAIL!
Hold E.U. politicians criminally liable for wanting to spread peace and love and universal brotherhood through the world- just as silver spoon socialists desired and have so often demanded?
Those E.U. politicians are again ALL ELECTED! If people wish to elect leaders who LIE it is apparently their right! Which goes far to explain how NDPer Horvath ended up as leader of the Ontari-owe opposition!
Or hold the socialists criminally responsible for sponsoring so many poisoned programs that could NEVER be paid for?
Is it criminal to give the people the policies that they demand? Even if one has to BEND all rules of logic and finance to the breaking point? If that is criminal then groups like Black Lives Matter and natives from Idle No More are DOOMED to JAIL!
Happily- as LIE-beral Wynne-bag struggled to save her own job and the remains of her party- she did one good thing- for SELFISH REASONS! She BANNED civil service Hogs from playing attack ads on tv! The wicked Wynne-bag witch DID NOT MAKE her choice for the sake of democracy- she did it to PROTECT HER PARTY as Hogs shifted allegiance to NDP!
There is one IRONCLAD RULE for any socialist- that when things go wrong it is NEVER the fault of socialism!
When Ontari-owe NDP Bob (BOOB!) Rae was defeated he swiftly blamed the banks for not loaning him enough money to make us properly rich!
When LIE-beral Wynne-bag went down to defeat she scorned Doug Ford as a liar and a bigot and probably would have called him an Islamophobe to except her handlers got her off the stage too quickly!
And that clueless Opposing Digit thinks we can clean up international trade by only allowing cooperative collectives to do business!
People with such views sincerely believe that the Soviet Union was SABOTAGED by Coca Cola Corp!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So your saying that you'd rather have Chinese agents crawling across our country with American agent's watching the Chinese agents OK sounds reasonable SMH