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In America, and indeed in any capitalist society, financial security and material success are normally the primary objectives (some would say the obsessions) of one’s life. As a result, there exists a proliferation of “experts” who allegedly possess the formula to achieving these goals: Proponents of The Law of Attraction, Positive Thinking, Praying for Prosperity, Self-Hypnosis, Divining the Stock Market, or Investing in Real Estate are more than eager to tell you that riches beyond your (…)

It was interesting to note the glee with which the website Club-K.net reported on an article entitled ‘Why the west loves a kleptocrat’ which was published in the Financial Times earlier this week. It was penned by journalist Simon Kuper and hails the research of Oxford political scientist Ricardo Soares de Oliveira and his new book Magnificent and Beggar Land: Angola Since the Civil War. Club-K.net positively revels as it reports the findings of the article, claiming that ‘Angolan leaders (…)

To the Saudi Arabia representatives in Italy http://umbvrei.blogspot.com/2015/03/saudi-arabia-killers-and-fathers-of.html
العربية السعودية , مملكة الارهاب, عار العالم العربي
Saudi Arabia is the shame of Arab World. Saudi Arabia is the opposite of muslim religion. Saudi Arabia kills a lot of Muslims.
Saudi Arabia, a ridicoulous rich kingdom of Middle Age times, is killing now refugees in Yemen in order to support Al Qaeda andtion which destroy Libya now invaded by terrorists and (…)

“Send in the Clowns”—so the song title goes. Well, that’s no problem for the State of Indiana, where, every year, a melange of wingnuts, demagogues, and opportunists looking to schmooze with lobbyists gather in the “Big Top” of Indianapolis to engage in the buffoonery they call “lawmaking.”
I have written about the idiocy of Indiana politics and politicians in several Pravda.Ru articles over the years, such as Boycott Indiana (January 11, 2012), The Ku Klux Klan Once Again Controls (…)

23 / 3 / 2015
* 25.000 participated in the colourful Blockupy demonstration for a Europe of solidarity
* deadly policy of austerity clearly rejected in Frankfurt
* irresponsible actions merit criticism
The Blockupy alliance regards the action day in Frankfurt as an important day of protest against the European policy of impoverishment. Despite the massive deployment of police and numerous attacks on protesters, 6.000 people closed in on the European Central Bank and blocked it in the (…)

For a continent more or less in the middle of climate change’s destructive path — eight of the 10 most at-risk nations to climate change are located there — Africa appears almost shocking unconcerned by the threat.
There are many reasons for this, of course. It’s not so much that the continent’s decision-makers — politicos, investors, corporations, etc. — have their heads buried in the sand, but more a case of prioritizing short-term issues over long-term ones. And as much as climate (…)

19 March 2015 marked the 12th anniversary of the illegal and war criminal US, UK and Australian invasion of Iraq in 2003 that was based on false assertions of Iraqi possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction, was conducted in the absence of UN sanction or Iraqi threat to the invading nations, and led to 2.7 million Iraqi deaths from violence (1.5 million) or from violently-imposed deprivation (1.2 million).
The West has now commenced its Seventh Iraq War since 1914 in over a century of (…)

There are thousands of US citizens who could do a better job as president than either one of these two, but they can never have a chance because of not being related to previous presidents, or other types of politicians or public figures giving them recognition, connections and inside information.
I think I could do a better job as US president than Hillary or Bush III because I would make decisions on the basis of what I thought was right for the country as a whole. I might be wrong but I (…)

The War on Drugs has proven to be a monstrous mistake resulting in the waste of a trillion dollars and the shameful criminal conviction and incarceration of thousands of Americans. While the end to drug prohibition may not be entirely possible, the more limited movement to decriminalize the use and possession of marijuana is gaining momentum. Those who support ending drug prohibition, but continue to believe drug use is harmful, have the responsibility to find ways to avoid the advertising (…)

There could barely be a better moment to block the ECB. All will come. We are “the nicest people Europe has to offer” (NoTroika), we are “the International of the mob” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), and we are “the ultras of Varoufakis” (Gramsci).
We don’t have a crystal ball and we cannot foresee what exactly will have happened on the evening of March 18. But according to what we knowand hope for, Blockupy can become much more than another blockade or another rebellious ritual. Signals (…)