Afghan lawmakers agreed on Saturday, 15 October 2011, to reimburse the government for bailing out the Kabul Bank, which nearly collapsed last year because of mismanagement and hundreds of millions of dollars in questionable loans.
The lower house passed a bill to provide up to $825 million over the next eight years to recapitalize Afghanistan's central bank — a move that smooths the way for the International Monetary Fund to extend Afghanistan a new line of credit. Afghanistan has been without IMF backing for more than a year, threatening to choke off billions in aid to the country.
No aid is given; it is contingent on the target country borrowing "money" to pay for aid. If the target country is recalcitrant, it is subjected to more destabilization and destruction by the IMF's enforcement service, the North Atlantic Terrorist Organization.
The corrupt nature of the Kabul Bank serves the IMF by impoverishing Afghans who have suffered ten years of NATO bombing.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Don't posture, Russia.
Rogozin calls on UN to draw conclusions from NATO's Libya campaign
You had your chance in the UN Security Council to veto the Libya "intervention," Russia.
If the strategy was to trip the US and its NATO flunkies into another sand-trap, it may succeed. But don't act virtuous.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
US Secretary of Enduring Bullshit
As reported in The New York Times, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta can't keep his cover stories straight.
Panetta employed the Bush administration deception when he told US troops on 11 July 2011 in Iraq that US forces were there because of 9/11. US intelligence reports have stated quite clearly that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Panetta later attempted to correct the remark, saying, "We really had to deal with al-Qaeda here." It has been established (and was known by the Bush regime at the time) that there was no al-Qaeda in Iraq until the US invaded. Saddam Hussein had kept radical Islamics down and out.
Panetta employed the Bush administration deception when he told US troops on 11 July 2011 in Iraq that US forces were there because of 9/11. US intelligence reports have stated quite clearly that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Panetta later attempted to correct the remark, saying, "We really had to deal with al-Qaeda here." It has been established (and was known by the Bush regime at the time) that there was no al-Qaeda in Iraq until the US invaded. Saddam Hussein had kept radical Islamics down and out.
NATO self-terminating
July 11 (Reuters) - New U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday that some NATO allies operating in Libya could see their forces "exhausted" within 90 days.
This could explain why Russia and China did not veto the UN Resolution 1973 authorizing NATO to bomb Libya: every munition expended by NATO against Libya makes Russia and China stronger relative to the North Atlantic Terror Organization.
This could explain why Russia and China did not veto the UN Resolution 1973 authorizing NATO to bomb Libya: every munition expended by NATO against Libya makes Russia and China stronger relative to the North Atlantic Terror Organization.
Monday, April 25, 2011
One Week Until Canada's Federal Election: 2 May 2011
With only one week remaining in Canada's federal election, Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper continues to mislead Canadians.
Harper says repeatedly, "The opposition forced this election."
Harper also says repeatedly that the Opposition Parties caused the election by voting against the government budget proposal.
Wrong.
Harper's minority government fell because it was found in Contempt of Parliament.
Members of Parliament voted on a Liberal motion of no-confidence and found the Conservative government in contempt of Parliament. The motion passed by a margin of 156 to 145.
It was an epochal event as it was the first time a Canadian Government has fallen on Contempt of Parliament, and marks a first for a national government anywhere in the Commonwealth of fifty-four states.
Harper says repeatedly, "The opposition forced this election."
Harper also says repeatedly that the Opposition Parties caused the election by voting against the government budget proposal.
Wrong.
Harper's minority government fell because it was found in Contempt of Parliament.
Members of Parliament voted on a Liberal motion of no-confidence and found the Conservative government in contempt of Parliament. The motion passed by a margin of 156 to 145.
It was an epochal event as it was the first time a Canadian Government has fallen on Contempt of Parliament, and marks a first for a national government anywhere in the Commonwealth of fifty-four states.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Two Weeks Until Canada's Federal Election: 2 May 2011
List of Harper hypocrisies, lies and general misleading:
He ranted for years about open transparent government.
Then he lied to Parliament about the true cost of his pet projects (jets and jails) and shut Parliament down twice to avoid answering difficult questions.
He promised electoral reform.
Then he cheated to win the 2006 election by overspending more than $1 million through the in-and-out scandal.
He kicked Helena Guergis, a member of the Conservative caucus, out of the party for allegedly associating with prostitutes and other offenses, none of which were substantiated.
Then he entertained Bruce Carson and his prostitute girlfriend at 24 Sussex Drive.
Though he has reviled the Senate, he has appointed partisan supporters to the Red Chamber.
He yaps about the 15-year-old sponsorship scandal repeatedly, then lies to Parliament in order to get a $50-million slush fund approved for Tony Clement's riding and added to the G-20 summit (June 2010) costs. Parliament was told the money was for border security during the summit, according to a leaked Auditor-General report.
He talks relentlessly about being tough on crime, then surrounds himself with convicted criminals and fraudsters in the Senate and on his staff.
It seems that whatever Harper is criticizing most loudly in public is exactly what he himself practises and tries to conceal.
He ranted for years about open transparent government.
Then he lied to Parliament about the true cost of his pet projects (jets and jails) and shut Parliament down twice to avoid answering difficult questions.
He promised electoral reform.
Then he cheated to win the 2006 election by overspending more than $1 million through the in-and-out scandal.
He kicked Helena Guergis, a member of the Conservative caucus, out of the party for allegedly associating with prostitutes and other offenses, none of which were substantiated.
Then he entertained Bruce Carson and his prostitute girlfriend at 24 Sussex Drive.
Though he has reviled the Senate, he has appointed partisan supporters to the Red Chamber.
He yaps about the 15-year-old sponsorship scandal repeatedly, then lies to Parliament in order to get a $50-million slush fund approved for Tony Clement's riding and added to the G-20 summit (June 2010) costs. Parliament was told the money was for border security during the summit, according to a leaked Auditor-General report.
He talks relentlessly about being tough on crime, then surrounds himself with convicted criminals and fraudsters in the Senate and on his staff.
It seems that whatever Harper is criticizing most loudly in public is exactly what he himself practises and tries to conceal.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
US and Flunkies to Take the Blame
UN Security Council passed resolution for military intervention in Libya with five countries abstaining. Russia, China, Germany, India, and Brazil did not support the resolution but did not oppose it.
The bombing of Libya by US, France, UK, and other nations began 19 March 2011, exactly eight years after the US began its invasion of Iraq.
Any collateral damage falls on the US.
Russia's Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said the blame for "humanitarian consequences" following any military action will be on the shoulders of those involved in such operations.
"Responsibility for inevitable humanitarian consequences caused by excessive use of outside force in the Libyan situation would be fully born by those who resorted to such actions," Churkin told reporters following the Security Council vote.
The bombing of Libya by US, France, UK, and other nations began 19 March 2011, exactly eight years after the US began its invasion of Iraq.
Any collateral damage falls on the US.
Russia's Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said the blame for "humanitarian consequences" following any military action will be on the shoulders of those involved in such operations.
"Responsibility for inevitable humanitarian consequences caused by excessive use of outside force in the Libyan situation would be fully born by those who resorted to such actions," Churkin told reporters following the Security Council vote.
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