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Weekly Review And Open Thread 2017-42
Last week's posts on Moon of Alabama:
Nov 13 – Yemen – Having Lost The War Saudis Try Genocide – Media Complicit
No progress has been made towards lifting or breaking the total Saudi blockade. There are new rumors of an imminent attack of Saudi proxy forces on the capital Sanaa. All earlier attacks failed miserably.
Nov 14 – Revealed – Saudis Plan To Give Up Palestine – For War On Iran
Has anyone seen other English language sites pick up the Al-Akhbar report? I continue to believe that it is true and important to understand the ongoing issues.
Nov 15 – The Non-Coup Coup In Zimbabwe
A new tick-tock report of the preparations and execution of the non-coup coup is here. China and South Africa were informed and had agreed to an unbloody internal regime change. The U.S. was in the known but not involved. Action was planned for mid December when Mugabe was expected to lift his former mistress "Gucci" Grace into the leading position. It was pushed forward when Mugabe fired his (coup plotting) vice-president.
An unofficial account of the leading party in Zimbabwe tweeted today:
ZANU PF @zanu_pf – 3:49 AM – 19 Nov 2017
We have recalled president Mugabe, he is no longer the president of ZANU PF. May he leave with grace.
Nov 16 – Syria Summary: The Idlib Battle Comes Into Sight
At noon local time today the last ISIS held city, Abu Kamal (aka Albu Kamal, AlBoukamal) in east-Syria, was declared liberated. Remaining ISIS fighters fled northwards across the Euphrates into areas controlled by the U.S. proxy force SDF. They will be relabeled and reused. An unimpeded road drive between Beirut in Lebanon and Tehran in Iran is again possible.
Nov 17 – NATO Adds To Turkey's Chagrin
Erdogan aligned media assert now that the subject of the troublesome NATO exercise in Norway was an attack on Turkey. The issue stays hot.
Nov 18 – Is Satire "Fakenews"? – How Fact-Checkers Peddle Snake-Oil
A fitting New Yorker cartoon on the issue:
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Please use the comments as open thread …
@Piotr Berman | Nov 20, 2017 2:56:11 AM | 60
It is a huge mess. Like You said, the FDP after piglet Genscher passed away embarked on a wild ride that ended in getting booted from the federal government and only appear in a few individual states thereafter. That it is rising from the dead like a Zombie shows just how desperate the Germans have become.
Corruption is rampant in Germany and the consequences are devastating. The German 99% are as much at the receiving end of the establishment’s stick as in other countries. The main difference is, that we do not know what a collapsing U.S. empire will entail, but we do know what happened after the German empire came crushing down.
It must also be stated that a very large number of people will be able to vote soon. A factor that has never been investigated. But if You believe that there is not a majority of Germans that want it to stop (the mess) and that they are increasingly aware that the establishment parties (three – CDU/CSU, FDP, SPD from 1948 on and four to include the Green party from the late 70’s on) have been ‘on it’ since over 60 years and have not done what they were supposed to do: to improve the lives of all Germans. The power pyramid is solid in Germany. Those at the bottom have no influence, no lobbyists that speak for them, just like in other countries, where corporations have taken over.
Germany did not need the TPP version for Europe, they already have legislation that follows the wishes of the corporate masters. Speaking about Germany means now also to speak about the re-unification. Sometimes it appears as if foreign observers completely ignore the composition of the former GDR. East Germany has been nicely shafted by the powers that were and are. People there are still pissed 28 years after the wall came down. 28 years is a long time IMO, a long time to have not fully integrated the Eastern brothers and sisters.
What happens now is also the result of the Kohl, Schroeder/Fischer and Merkel era, an era of delusions of grandeur. The move from Bonn to Berlin was unnecessary from a political POV, but had to happen to elevate the National German self-consciousness. Germany had to show that they are ‘back’. What was back though, was the rift between those who call the shots, and those who are hit by them. People had nothing to say under the Fuehrer and history repeats itself – they don’t have more influence now.
Merkel is a criminal like Nixon. She has misled the Germans, lied to them like American presidents lie to their people. Germany is not doing well. Those who do well, are the industry (the German MIC is really busy), criminal banking, national security/surveillance and the lottery, as more and more people play the lottery in the hopes to get out of their mess.
Seniors going through the garbage cans for food, freezing to death because they are homeless, in spite of having worked their entire lives. The unemployment rate is as high as prior to Adolf coming along. The numbers are tweaked and Harz IV makes it impossible to evaluate just how many people are without a job (the unemployed are pushed out of the unemployment statistics when they slide over into welfare.
Observing all this from the other side of the world gives a different perspective. I grew up in Germany and do not suffer from memory loss. I remember every election since I turned 18 and I also remember whom I voted for.
One could say that the EU thing was the death knell for Germany and forced upon all European states by the Euro/US establishment. It will not continue. The European parliament is a sham and European as well as German politics are made by people nobody elected. They are not elected. They are assigned.
The Bavarian prime minister Seehofer said, that “Those who are elected are not in control and those who are in control are not elected.” That ship is now sinking fast. If I would wager a bet, I would say that the coming “German Winter” will be very, very turbulent. Nothing like the Arab Spring. This is Germany, a Nation whose warriors are hard to squish, if not with much greater power as happened by the hands of Russia.
It should also be noted that the present situation is definitely related to the sanctions against Russia imposed by big bully brother America. Without the U.S. control over the German government, the entire Europe (minus the Fascist Baltic and Southeastern states) would engage in trading with Russia. Russia has everything the Europeans need to prosper and in turn, can provide technology and know how to Russia. A win/win situation for Europe, but a drastic loss for the U.S. empire, who is quasi the sole beneficiary of the illegal sanctions against the eastern trading partner. A look back in history makes it clear what happened then and what is happening now. The Nazis were used to attack the Soviet Union in order to prevent the Molotov – Ribbentrop pact to EVER come to fruition. Does anybody have an idea what that would have meant for the U.S. empire? A strong Germany with all the technological breakthroughs of the early 20th century in an alliance with the Soviet Union? A German/Soviet double helix would have spelled the end of the Anglo-American empire. The world would certainly look different today, if not for the worst reason.
Stay tuned to the collapse of Germany. It has had its chance and blew it. Because of greed. Only the rich do better than ever before (see number of Billionaires in Germany now) and those at the bottom are worse of than ever before – with the exception of having been bombed into rubble and to manage to survive then.
Although, my parents generation insists that life was much better right after the war. Peace, the most modest accommodation and essential food with the family were treasured. My family survived on Rabbits. Nobody raises rabbits anymore. People go to ALDI.
Is there any hope? My friends say a resounding NO! Germany has to start all over again, this time with strict checks and balances for those in government, the return of the ‘Deutsche Mark’ and the downgrading of the European union into an organization to preserve the cultures of Europe.
Note that this is just me, but I know I am not the only one who sees this coming.
@franziska | Nov 20, 2017 3:42:47 AM | 61
No need for exaggeration here. It is not likely that Germany reverses back into a new Nazi Germany. That is not going to happen. Rightfully so, the Germans should not be called Nazis for the attempt to get their Nation back. It is not theirs any longer. That is the problem. For that reason, the tilt to the right takes place – with a little help from big brother in America. To understand what’s cooking, one needs to look at the ultra rightwing governments of the new NATO/Euro zone members. This development mirrors itself in the European parliament and in the Brussels bureaucracy that is unelected.
It is Monsanto, Goldman Sachs et al who are in control in Europe. A few people are voicing their dissent about this corporate dictatorship. And no, it is not limited to Germany, but Germany was once before at the center of very detrimental policies and it is this Damocles sword that is dangling over its people.
So, what if they can’t form a functioning government quickly? This is Germany, not Zimbabwe, or Kenya. A sliding back into conditions resembling the Weimar Republic is apparent. The big parties are the detriment to the people and the AfD is just the beginning of a renaissance of splinter parties. Maybe it is beneficial this time to have 30 parties in the Reichstag 2.0? Who knows. The situation is worse than the MSM will tell anybody, of course. A revolution is in the making, the revolt against the orders of the Anglo-American empire. More Nations in the Union want to restore trade with Russia. The U.S. has ruined Europe, just like it did before. A strong Europe spells the end for the naked emperor and I doubt that things will ever be the same if it all blows up in their faces.
In order to verify what I originally wrote, please refer to the links I provided. They are a reflection of what is happening in Germany.
Posted by: notheonly1 | Nov 21 2017 3:08 utc | 85
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