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  † In Memoriam † zondag 19 februari 2006 @ 19:41:28 #51
21290 NorthernStar
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The rapidly deteriorating financial position of the United States probably does explain the Federal Reserve's announcement that on 24 March it will stop publishing data on the M3 money supply, which tracks how many US dollars are held by foreigners. If you are worried about a panic flight from the dollar, then you want to keep any downward trend in overseas holdings of US dollars out of public sight. But the Fed might well be doing this around now even if no Iranian oil bourse were on the horizon, and no dramatic conclusions need to be drawn from it.

If the US does attack Iran, it will be for other motives.

Iran, Oil and Euros: The war
 
Volgens deze schrijver is het stoppen van publicatie van de M3 cijfers wel een teken dat men zwaar weer voor de dollar verwacht maar is de oliebeurs van Iran niet het hoofdmotief voor een eventuele aanval. Net zo min als Saddams overstap op euro's het hoofdmotief voor de oorlog en bezetting was.

Als de grote massa tevreden gesteld wordt met (schijn) redenen als terrorisme, WMD's, 'verspreiden van democratie' en dergelijke , is het dan voorstelbaar dat de meer geinformeerde mensen op dezelfde manier met schijnmotieven gevoerd worden? Bijvoorbeeld economische en strategische motieven zoals bijvoorbeeld genoemd in "Rebuilding America's Defences"?

Whenever you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Arthur Conan Doyle

De vraag is alleen welke echte reden overblijft.
  zondag 19 februari 2006 @ 20:12:14 #52
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Op zondag 19 februari 2006 19:41 schreef NorthernStar het volgende:

De vraag is alleen welke echte reden overblijft.
Vanochtend gebookmarkt, omdat ik dacht dat die quote nog wel eens van toepassing zou kunnen zijn, en voila, bedankt voor het moment:

"We create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality, judiciously, as you will, we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors, and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."
O, ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves
  † In Memoriam † zondag 19 februari 2006 @ 21:13:49 #53
21290 NorthernStar
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Op zondag 19 februari 2006 20:12 schreef Hallulama het volgende:

[..]

Vanochtend gebookmarkt, omdat ik dacht dat die quote nog wel eens van toepassing zou kunnen zijn, en voila, bedankt voor het moment:

"We create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality, judiciously, as you will, we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors, and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."


Er komt nog een (niet onbelangrijk) regeltje voor

''We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality."

Inderdaad. Het laat ons, in de rol van toeschouwer, met vraagtekens achter en terwijl we bezig zijn om erachter te komen wat er werkelijk aan de hand is, de autocraten "act again" en zijn we weer terug bij af.

Maar dat laat niet onverlet dat wat 'ze' doen duidelijke motieven hebben toch?

Het is niet zo dat ze maar wat doen. Ik denk alleen dat 'men' er heel wat werk in steekt om de werkelijke redenen te verhullen en omkleden met schijnredenen. En dat zegt iets over het 'morele gehalte' van die werkelijke redenen.
  † In Memoriam † dinsdag 21 februari 2006 @ 19:29:24 #54
21290 NorthernStar
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Reality-based community

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Reality-based community" is a popular term among Internet bloggers that is an example of political framing. In the fall of 2004, the phrase "proud member of the reality-based community," was first used to suggest the blogger's opinions are based more on observation than faith, assumption, or ideology and that others who disagree are unrealistic. The term has been defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from [their] judicious study of discernible reality." Some bloggers have gone as far as to suggest that there is an overarching conflict in society between the reality-based community and the "faith-based community" as a whole.

The source of the term is a quotation in an October 17, 2004, New York Times Magazine article by writer Ron Suskind, quoting an unnamed aide to George W. Bush:

The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." ... "That's not the way the world really works anymore," he continued. "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."

Bloggers who use this term generally oppose President Bush's policies and by using this term imply that Bush's policies are out of touch with reality. Others use the term to draw a contrast with the perceived arrogance of the Bush Administration's unilateral policies, in accordance with the aide's quote.

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"faith-based communities" zijn in dit verband dus de mensen die (nog steeds) geloven dat de oorlog in Irak om WMD's, Saddam of humanitaire redenen te doen is.
  dinsdag 21 maart 2006 @ 22:57:36 #55
115996 francorex
Earth stationary not spinning
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UAE, Saudi considering to move reserves out of dollar click
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WASHINGTON — A number of Middle Eastern central banks said on Tuesday they would seek to switch reserves from the US greenback to euros.

The United Arab Emirates said it was considering moving one-tenth of its dollar reserves to the euro
  maandag 24 april 2006 @ 23:38:06 #56
115996 francorex
Earth stationary not spinning
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Dollar falls after Sweden echoes global switch to euros click
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (Filed: 22/04/2006)
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Sweden has slashed its holding of dollars in the latest sign that central banks across the world are starting to shun US paper.
Niet enkel Zweden;
quote:
The Swedish move follows comments over the last month from officials in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar hinting at a partial switch of their dollar-heavy reserves into euros.

The United Arab Emirates said it is planning to change 10pc of its foreign reserves from dollars into euros to achieve a "better balance".
Wat is het belang van deze Zweedse zet, hoe moeten we het interpreteren?
quote:
Marc Ostwald, an economist at Monument Securities, said the Swedish move did not involve large sums but served as a warning.

"This is yet another indicator that central banks are becoming worried about global imbalances," he said.
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Zelfde onderwerp in het volgende artikel, de spannende versie van Sorchaa Faal.

April 23, 2006

United States Economy Nears Total Collapse As American Military Forces Prepare For Total War In Bid For Survival
By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Russian Subscribers click
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The world took a decidedly vicious turn for the worst this past week as Sweden joined with other of the World’s Central Bankers in dumping US Dollars and hastening the collapse of the American Military Warlords
Zonder te overdrijven met Sorcha Faal, het volgende fragment zou ik in de verf willen zetten. De titel van dit topic is, geopolitieke redenen voor de oorlog, het volgende...
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As a nation of 300 million people the American people consume 20 Million Barrels of oil a day compared to China’s use of 6.5 Million Barrels a day for a population of 1.3 billion, yet one of the United States most complete reports, "Life After the Oil Crash: "Deal With Reality or Reality Will Deal With You", which is required reading for every Russian school child, remains virtually unknown to the people of the nation to be most effected by these events, and which is worth remembering now:

"Civilization as we know it is coming to an end soon. This is not the wacky proclamation of a doomsday cult, apocalypse bible prophecy sect, or conspiracy theory society. Rather, it is the scientific conclusion of the best paid, most widely-respected geologists, physicists, and investment bankers in the world. These are rational, professional, conservative individuals who are absolutely terrified by a phenomenon known as global "Peak Oil."

Dick Cheney made the following statement in late 1999:

"By some estimates, there will be an average of two-percent annual growth in global oil demand over the years ahead, along with, conservatively, a three-percent natural decline in production from existing reserves."

That means by 2010 we will need on the order of an additional 50 million barrels a day.

To put Cheney’s statement in perspective, remember that the oil producing nations of the world are currently pumping at full capacity but are struggling to produce much more than 84 million barrels per day. Cheney’s statement was a tacit admission of the severity and imminence of Peak Oil as the possibility of the world raising its production by such a huge amount is borderline ridiculous.

A report commissioned by Cheney and released in April 2001 was no less disturbing:

"The most significant difference between now and a decade ago is the extraordinarily rapid erosion of spare capacities at critical segments of energy chains. Today, shortfalls appear to be endemic. Among the most extraordinary of these losses of spare capacity is in the oil arena."

Not surprisingly, George W. Bush has echoed Dick Cheney’s sentiments. In May 2001, Bush stated, "What people need to hear loud and clear is that we’re running out of energy in America."
zijn motieven voor oorlog.
  † In Memoriam † maandag 24 april 2006 @ 23:46:34 #57
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The threat to a fistful of petrodollars

By Liam Halligan (Filed: 23/04/2006)

From Russia, you might say, with love. This weekend, Alexei Kudrin, Russia's finance minister, dropped a bombshell in Washington.

Attending the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Kudrin caused his American hosts discomfort by openly questioning the dollar's pre-eminence as the world's "absolute" reserve currency.

The greenback's recent volatility and the yawning US trade deficit, "are definitely causing concern with regard to its reserve currency status," he said. "The international community can hardly be satisfied with this instability."

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Go Росси́я!


Here We Go: Russia Challenges Petrodollar Hegemony
  maandag 24 april 2006 @ 23:51:18 #58
115996 francorex
Earth stationary not spinning
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quote:
Go Росси́я!
Go Russia... ( wat ik wil duidelijk maken is, ik kan het niet lezen. )

[ Bericht 8% gewijzigd door francorex op 25-04-2006 00:09:51 ]
  † In Memoriam † dinsdag 25 april 2006 @ 02:28:42 #59
21290 NorthernStar
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Op maandag 24 april 2006 23:51 schreef francorex het volgende:

[..]

Go Russia... ( wat ik wil duidelijk maken is, ik kan het niet lezen. )
Klopt. Росси́я is Rusland.

Ondanks de complete mediastilte over dit, tja eigenlijk over alles wat met de petrodollar te maken heeft, laat onverlet dat het een behoorlijk schot voor de Amerikaanse boeg is door de Russen. De dollar als reserve valuta en de petrodollar is de ruggengraad van de Amerikaanse economie.
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