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This film is a powerful exposes of the way vulnerable countries are ruthlessly farmed by empire and its mercantilist consorts, assisted by the World Bank and IMF, to the detriment of local people and environment. Don’t just sit stunned after watching, get out there and challenge the corporations and countries who enslave people for venal gain. . . . → Read More: Life and Debt – the chains of globalisation and neoliberal imperialism Kevin Rudd is optimistic of the survival of western hegemony for at least another 15 years, as it shifts to a balance of powers rather than US unilateralism. This is reflected already in the expansion of the G7 to the G20, to include representation from most blocs, with under-representation from Africa and South East Asian regions, . . . → Read More: An extraordinary complex peace . . . → Read More: Protest Conroy’s censorwall on Saturday  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Australia, Censorship, Economy, Human Rights, Internet, Politics  Australia, Censorship, Internet, nocleanfeed, protest Lindsay Tanner gives a well-crafted introduction to the new Government Digital Economy blog, which is to be open for a whole 18 days. The Oz government is offering to receive online policy suggestions which contribute to their Future Directions paper to be released early next year. Some of the themes to be explored include: What does the digital . . . → Read More: Government Digital Economy Blog Launch One comment - (Comments are closed) Australia, Censorship, Economy, Internet, Politics, Snake Oil Australia, Censorship, digital economy, Internet, Lindsay Tanner, nocleanfeed, Politics, Stephen Conroy Andrew McNamara, Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation, gave an impressive, lucid speech to the Brisbane Institute on the need for sustainable planning within Australia. McNamara quoted the wise words of Bob Carr in 1997: “I think people are ready to grasp the argument that the unsustainable growth in population numbers is degrading our planet and that . . . → Read More: A Sustainable Australia 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Australia, Economy, Environment, Politics Australia, Economy, Environment, sustainability Is the nadir yet to come in our feverish bourse? The AllOrds has caught a severe case of pneumonia from the ailing US economy – yet we think a large part of this malaise may be due to perception rather than reality, apart from our banks who stupidly spread their assets into US home loan Ponzi . . . → Read More: Stockbrokers plummeting Comments are closed Biotech, Economy, GreenE, GreenE, Shares AllOrds, biotech, green energy, green stocks, Stocks
Without a political perspective refined and polished in debate with others, one flies in a fog. Continue reading The Emptiness of Non-Political Being Sphere: Related ContentLatest figures on foreign investment in Whorestralia are worrisome. In 2003/04, foreign investment totalled $1,059,345m – and 30.8% of Whorestralia’s total enterprise equity was owned by foreigners, with the United Stupids heading the list at 32% of total foreign ownership, followed closely by the United Kooks at 30%. By the end of the December 2006 quarter, . . . → Read More: Going, going …. sold! |
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Countless times during our long and profitable investment career, our political judgment has been invaluable in helping us make accurate market predictions, enabling us to pick trends well before they are common knowledge and every man and his dog is on the gravy train. A current example is the certainty we had that the ALP conference would lift the no new mines ban yet not back nuclear power stations. We lined up our U investments accordingly, choosing only shares with interests in South Australia, the Northern Territory and overseas. Our knowledge of the loosening of political control in China and subsequent market relaxation encouraged us to lash out with our investment in OCO, now paying off. Likewise with that goldie of goldies, LRL and the enticing LYC.