1 Distrust on US interventionism growing?: Brazil builds its own fiber optic network to avoid the NSA. Sovereign Man November 11, 2014
Writes Simon Black:
This past week Brazil announced that it will be building a 3,500-mile fiber-optic cable to Portugal in order to avoid the grip of the NSA.2 As I have been saying here, anti corruption campaings have usually been euphemism for or disguise on political persecution: U.S. Reports Signs of Division within Beijing Leadership Freebeacon.com November 11, 2014
What’s more, they announced that not a penny of the $185 million expected to be spent on the project will go to American firms, simply because they don’t want to take any chances that the US government will tap the system.
It’s incredible how far now individuals, corporations, and even governments are willing to go to protect themselves from the government of the Land of the Free.
The German government, especially upset by the discovery of US spying within its borders, has come up with a range of unique methods to block out prying ears.
They have even gone so far as to play classical music loudly over official meetings so as to obfuscate the conversation for any outside listeners.
They’ve also seriously contemplated the idea of returning back to typewriters to eliminate the possibilities of computer surveillance.
More practically, the government of Brazil has banned the use of Microsoft technologies in all government offices, something that was also done in China earlier this year.
The Red, White, and Blue Scare has now replaced the Red Scare of the Cold War era. And it comes at serious cost.
Signs of a serious division within the ruling Communist Party of China are emerging over a crackdown on corruption led by current leader Xi Jinping, according to a recent U.S. intelligence report on the division.3 The military industrial complex and the neocon Republicans will surely disrupt: US, China Hope To Avert "Military Confrontation" Zero Hedge.com November 11, 2014
The political rift is being linked to a nationwide anti-corruption drive launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping, and to differences among top leaders over the purge of several of China’s most senior leaders who held posts at senior Party levels that in the past were immune to such crackdowns.
Corruption in China—bribery, graft, and abuse of power—remains a key feature of the reform communist system in place since the 1980s.
The recent unclassified intelligence report circulated within the U.S. government disclosed that the leadership rift is linked to the case against Zhou Yongkang, a former member of the Politburo Standing Committee, the seven-person collective dictatorship that rules China.
4 PhotoOp or lasting peace? China's Xi, Japan's Abe hold landmark meeting Reuters.com November 10, 2014
5 China’s new strategy: TRADE and INVESTMENTs Xi Dangles $1.25 Trillion as China Counters U.S. 'Pivot' to Asia Bloomberg.com November 10, 2014
Speaking to executives at a CEO gathering in Beijing, Xi outlined how much the world stands to gain from a rising China. He said outbound investment will total $1.25 trillion over the next 10 years, 500 million Chinese tourists will go abroad, and the government will spend $40 billion to revive the ancient Silk Road trade route between Asia and Europe.
6 Bastiat’s law: If goods don’t cross borders, armies will. Has Asia’s peace pact with China been sealed? Yahoo.com China wins support for Asia-Pacific trade proposal November 12, 2014
7 Could the Chinese government be a closet fan of former US president Theodore Roosevelt whose foreign policy was based on “speak softly, and carry a big stick”? : China Shows Off New Stealth Fighter to U.S. Military Bloomberg.com November 12, 2014
7 Could the Chinese government be a closet fan of former US president Theodore Roosevelt whose foreign policy was based on “speak softly, and carry a big stick”? : China Shows Off New Stealth Fighter to U.S. Military Bloomberg.com November 12, 2014
8 More signs of Big Stick foreign policies: Researchers Detail a Spike in NATO-Russia Close Calls New York Times November 10, 2014.
9 As China extends peace, US-Russia spat continues In China, Obama spars with Putin on Ukraine Politico.com November 11, 2014
10 One of the most politically influential think tank the Council of Foreign Relations showcases The Russian Military November 11, 2014
11 Ukraine violence flares as ceasefire collapses CNN.com November 11, 2014. Related Ukraine Digs In to Keep Donetsk Airport From Rebels Wall Street Journal November 11, 2014
12 Fact or Propaganda? Thousands of Putin’s Troops Now in Ukraine, Analysts Say Daily Beast November 11, 2014
14 Fact or Spin? : ISIS Boot Camp Syria: Children as Young as 10 Forced to Behead Syrian Soldiers International Business Times India November 12, 2014
15 More Signs of expansionary US imperialism? US Sponsored “Regime Change” in Burkina Faso? Coup Leader Trained by Pentagon Lt. Col. Yocouba Isaac Zida follows pattern of other military officers who enter politics Global Research November 11, 2014
16 Mainstream media being dumped for being bought by the CIA? News Report from Russia Insider Lew Rockwell.com November 11, 2014
An excerpt from former assistant secretary of US treasury and former associate editor of the Wall Street Journal Paul Craig Roberts
Germans Abandon Major News Sites in Anger Over Slanted Russia CoverageTriggered by reader disaffection, internet traffic has collapsed for half a dozen major German media websites
What’s going on in the German media is huge. It is one of the most popular subjects on our site. The US and UK media have been hugely biased in their coverage of Russia, but German media has been far, far, worse, to the point which strains credulity.
Now it turns out that part of the reason is CIA fiddling with German media outlets. Coming on the heels of the Snowden revelations, this has Germans seriously ticked-off. Here’s the latest revelation from our correspondent in Germany.
They call it the Ulfkotte-effect. And it’s beginning to resemble an avalanche.
17 Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev warns on Europe: Europe may become irrelevant due to short-sighted policies – Gorbachev RT.com November 8, 2014
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