Devolved Parliament
Art
Idiocracy V2.0
Breaking News from Dumb and Dumber.
All you need to do to earn 10 millions of public money from the Ministry of Finance is to be able to repeat the name of a former PM 163 times and sprinkle those with comments from your friends.
Your outstanding peace of research will then be published by a state university and finally as an additional bonus foreign powers will flock to apologize to you for calling you an idiot.
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Well paid guardians of the 0,1% (CA 320 people) (is)
Industrialized Wilderness
After banking and tourism, – industrialized wilderness?
“You have seen noting jet”, – our own Mugabe stay-alike.
In the spirit and tales of elves and trolls (is)
Protect The Park
At the Heart of It
Why export ?
Greenhouse Industry
Mira EV Travels 1000km on Single Charge
The Great Schoolmaster
His pupils are everywhere, – Manufacturing ______.
And the inverse:
Who has ‘personnel’ in 130 nations and 900 overseas bases?
Canaries in the Coalmine
the people who own the wealth
Clutching at Certainty
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.” ~ Yogi Berra
The Open Society and Its Enemies
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Black Swan
The Art of Thinking Clearly
The Paradox of the Proof
Changing Education Paradigms
Who Let the Dogs out??
“Mr. Kucinich said “No.” So the banks brought in their bully-boys, the ratings agencies.” ~ M.Hudson.
How very surprising, the vote does not upset the IMF-EU agenda, the Chicago boys must be smiling.
I’m sure we vote again, until we get it right.
The Shock Doctrine
“a game as old as empire”
Who’s financial suicide?
Ratings for Sale, Aye, Aye, Aye.
Why Iceland Voted ‘No” to the Diktats of the Creditor Banks
However, there was an deceptive undercurrent
No to hostile takeover.
& the short Taiwanese version 🙂
And I thought we had problems!
GS Misled Congress After Duping Clients
A country under siege
Capacent Gallup: 85 percent of the population is opposed to foreign entities being able to buy Icelandic Natural Resources. (Gallup.pdf)
” These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. ” – Thomas Paine
Björk’s Open Letter to the Members of Parliament
” MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT! WE ICELANDERS ASK YOU FOR A
TRANSPARENT, OPEN DISCUSSION AND RECONSIDERATION
CONCERNING THE SELLING OF THE ACCESS TO OUR NATURAL
RESOURCES !
In two weeks Magma Energy Sweden AB could become the biggest shareholder of HS Orka. The company would then have access to some of our most important natural resources for the next 65 years, with an optional extension for another 65 years. 130 years! Is this in accordance with the laws that state only the Icelandic government should have the right to harness and govern the natural resources of Iceland?
Shouldn’t we ask for an investigation of this deal and get a report on the business exchange concerning our resources, as we got a report on the banks?
Shouldn’t the nation be able to decide for itself if it is willing to sell off it’s natural resources, by means of a law change to enable a national referendum?
One of the IMF’s suggestions is that Iceland should open up access to it’s natural resources to foreigners. According to the letter of intent signed by the government last April, it seems that those suggestions will be followed. Are we thus going to use our nature in this way to pay off the Icesave-debts of those few Icelandic venture capitalists?
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Allegedly the Magma deal is about the benefits of foreign investment. How does that compute with the fact that 70% of the purchase price is financed with a local bullet-loan with collateral in the shares?
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Is there anything that guarantees jobs will be created in Iceland through this deal?
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In the future, water will probably be the most valuable resource in the world. Will the deal with Magma Energy possibly set a legal precedent, and be used in the future to enforce the sale of more natural resources?
What will our grandchildren think of the deals we’re making now? “
Open Letter to the Members of Parliament (full text)
Petition to the Government
” I urge the authorities to stop the sale of HS Orka and for Alþingi to hold a national referendum on the ownership and the utilisation of our energy resources. ”
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It’s Oh (Not) So Quiet. More than 16,000 people have already signed.
Mapping this onto the UK and US census, this would mean more than 3.3 and 16 million signatures respectively.
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Denial-of-service attack?
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Public Services International -Privatisation in the energy sector (pdf)
Freedom of establishment for companies and abuse of rights in EU/EEA law – Energy policy
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Oh my God, the holy trinity of “free” market economics: growth, (foreign) investment and job creation (lol) is at risk!
By the way, we are living and paying for a disgraced profession (one of many), bought and payed for by the likes of the current vulture.
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What we are seeing now is an “operation” of suppressing the truth and splitting hairs.
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” Who owns Magma Energy? Have MPs and Ministers seen and studied the list of shareholders? If not – how dare they sell valuable assets and rights of usage of the Nations natural resources to complete strangers, men without any reference at all? ” – Lara Hanna
The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy’s adventures may be an allegory but the solution, to get back to “Kansas”, is also a paradox.
Many have struggled long and hard but as they say “resistance is futile”.
The only thing we have to do is to splash some cold water on the wicked witch of the West (stop feeding her) to orchestrate her meltdown.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Story Behind …
Executive Order 11110