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Warmongering: MH 17 "A Game Changer?"

Sunday, July 20, 2014

In connection with the tragic crash of flight MH 17 (flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur) on ostukrainischem territory was heard from President Obama and influential figures of the US elite as a direct response to the cry: "This is a game changer"!

What was adequate German translation of this expression?

There would be

  1. The cards are shuffled
  2. a turning point
  3. strong pulse

as possibilities.

Surrounded by a vast propaganda bustle of the Anglo-Saxon press,. From the German media, when in milder form, endorsed, it is difficult even to maintain composure and a clear head

Just the other hand, influential media in the Western Hemisphere have decided if they produce most disgusting war propaganda-style titles such as "It was Putin's missile" alongside pictures of sweet baby sit. (more ...)

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Angelina Jolie: Take off two breasts ...

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Angelina Jolie - a member and sponsor of the Council on Foreign Relations (Source: Homepage CFR detail)

The US actress Angelina Jolie has come up recently removed two symbols of their femininity - her breasts. For fear of cancer. "Courageous", "heroic" call everywhere the media and celebrity colleagues.

The accolades initially seem spontaneous and sincere. But they leave and almost everything that the actress is doing in public, a stale feeling. Suspicion of ambiguity, close to propaganda in the service of something? So similar are the associations.

Jolie holds now with her ​​mastectomy coming out (in the "New York Times") according to the media occupied the concept of heroism, yes, she even defined it again. Since caution seems necessary; we try, the bad gut feeling that affects virtually all messages that Angelina or "Brangelina" to more accurately delineate. What is the loggerhead, the "addition-chairs," the feeling of having to deal with an evil agenda and the proverbial poisoned apple?
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CFR-chief Haass: US military strike against Syria for alleged chemical weapons?

Friday, July 20, 2012

After verhehrenden bombing in the Syrian intelligence headquarters in Damascus on 18.7.2012, the well-known US interviewer Charlie Rose called the same day several people to talk together, including particularly interesting (!): Richard N. Haass, since 2003 head of the major Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the de facto hosts the American foreign policy.

Haass was in the round at the sound, its forecast for Syria was, most likely, an Iraq-like situation of decay in sectarianism. Here are his most important statements and forecasts: (more ...)

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