The Failure Of Capitalism Or Monetarism? + Bad Capitalists And Their Malinvestments

Max and Stacy discuss Ray Dalio’s claims that capitalism has failed. They wonder if monetarism has instead failed and ponder the notion that interest rates, the price of money, is the only tool with which to ‘fix’ the economy. They also discuss Saudi Arabia’s threat, to journalists at Reuters, that they could abandon the dollar. In the second half, Max continues his interview with professor and author Steve Keen about the failure of negative interest rates, the promise of a Green New Deal or a Trump infrastructure package, and about Ray Dalio’s failure of capitalism claims.

Russian Military Expert Says Time For Russia To Prepare For War

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: Someone should speak to the Russian finance minister, Anton Siluanov, and put him in touch with reality. According to a RT news report, Siluanov has called for restoring economic and political ties between Moscow and Washington. Ties between the US and Russia were intentionlly wrecked on purpose by the US military/security complex and its congressional and media vassals in order to provide the military/security complex with an enemy big enough to justify the $1,000 billion annual budget of the complex.
What does Siluanov think Russiagate was about other than to prevent Trump from normalizing relations with Russia?
The last president who tried to rein in the military/security complex was John F. Kennedy, and he was assassinated. On Trump they used Russiagate instead of bullets, and it proved almost as effective.
If Russian government officials continue to be victims of their dreams to be America’s partner, they and their country are headed to destruction. The Putin government’s toleration of a Fifth Column financed by Washington that is operating within Russia against the Russian government and Russian sovereignty indicates that the Russian government can’t get its mind around the fact that the neoconservatives intend to reestablish a unipolar world.

United Against Forgiveness

By ex-Jew Gilad Atzmon: The Jewish world is outraged this morning with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who apparently said he believes the crimes of the Holocaust can be forgiven, but not forgotten. 
The far-right leader made the comments on Thursday night at a meeting with evangelical pastors in Rio de Janeiro.
“We can forgive, but we cannot forget. That quote is mine. Those that forget their past are sentenced not to have a future,” Bolsonaro said, adding that actions are needed for the Holocaust not to be repeated.
Bolsonaro is probably not the most forgiving person around. He freely spews misogynistic, anti-LGBTQ, and racist statements. However, he  is a devout Christian and forgiveness is central to Christianity of all denominations.
Forgiveness is not an ‘option’ as far as Christianity is concerned, it is actually a must. Forgiveness in Christianity is a manifestation of submission to Christ. "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." (Matthew 6:14-15).

Police Thwart "Bleach Attack" By Feminist SJW

Masked feminist SJW rushed the stage during campus "Men Are Not Women" speech...

By Tyler Durden: A speech by commentator Michael Knowles of The Daily Wire on Thursday night at the University of Missouri-Kansas City ended in mayhem after a masked SJW protester stormed the podium to douse Knowles in a chemical substance.
Multiple police jumped on the SJW, wrestling him to the ground as he fired a super soaker water gun at Knowles containing what appeared to be glitter-colored bleach in response to the talk simply titled, "Men Are Not Women". The police later said they responded to what they thought was a bleach attack in progress, given they could smell it — further triggering a police attempt to evacuate the stage and exit area.
Dramatic footage caught much of the incident partway through the presentation, which began escalating as up to half the room was filled with hecklers and far-left protesters attempting to shut the event down.
Hecklers consistently interrupted Knowles by shouting him down and began to exit en masse, after which the young man with the liquid substance approached the stage.

Julian Assange, Justine Damond And The Derogation Of Men’s Rights

By Jewel Eldora: Julian Assange and Justine Damond are both Australians who frightened agents of the United States.
One alerted the public to war crimes and fraud, the other allegedly ran up to and slapped the side of a car in the affluent neighborhood where Antifa started, making two police officers believe, for a split second, that they were in danger.
Sidenote: What is Antifa?
Both are likely to end up dead at the hands of the US State.
One, according to Dr. Tania Reynolds is perceived as agentic, responsible for their actions, the other, as a victim. While the death of one is perceived as a tragedy and met with outrage, the other will be watched in slow motion to the cheers of half the country.
The trial of officer Mohamed Mohamed Noor, in Minneapolis, Minnesota is likely to tear the fabric of reality for many Minnesotans, should he, like the 24 officers since Damond’s death, be cleared of all charges.
The 11 seats open to the public have been mostly filled with agents of the court, city employees, and the corporate media.

Baseline Of A Desecrated Land IX: Toxic Leaks & Spills

Part 9 of a 12 part series examining the ecological impacts

of Israel’s occupation of Palestine.

By Dick Callahan:

Recognition 9: The ‘Toxic Tsunami’ and Other Disasters

Petroleum contamination: Chronic leaks and spills in Israel

“… we discovered a layer of gasoline near a gas station in the Tel Aviv area that was four meters (13 feet) deep in the ground water.” Barach Weber, Tel Aviv District Director, Environmental Ministry.
In a 2014 article entitled A bleak history of Israeli fuel pollution, Zafrir Rinat noted Israel has some 870 miles of fuel pipes, 19 large fuel storage facilities with capacities above tens of thousands of cubic meters, about 1,000 retail gas stations, 180 other gas stations, and petroleum storage tanks above and below ground at plants, military bases and residences. When the Israeli water authority drilled at 640 fuel storage sites to check for fuel pollution, 190 tested positive, mostly in ground water sources. Authorities also found pollution at all 14 gas stations they tested. Likewise, 13 of 17 fuel storages tested were polluted.

Terrorist Jewish Israel Regime’s Night Raids In Nablus

Jewish Israeli Death Forces IDF raid occupied West Bank cities and towns on a daily basis and in the middle of
the night to arrest and murder Goyim and Shiksas.

The Electronic Intifada: In Nablus, however, there is another reason for regular raids.
Joseph’s Tomb, an archeological site located in the heart of the city, is considered sacred by Muslims, Christians and Jews.
Israeli settlers make regular visits to the site under heavy escort from the Israeli army.
Israeli forces sometimes shoot at Palestinians, injuring them with live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas.
The army imposes curfews and strict military closures on the city, disrupting people’s lives.

A Classic 50s Fairy Tale

By Doug Mortimer: The 1950s are often derided by people who weren’t alive at the time.  According to contemporary enlightened social pundits, the decade was characterized by patriarchy, the corporation man, conformity, suppression of minorities and women, suburban sprawl necessitated by gas-guzzling automobiles with gaudy tail fins, and all sorts of things that are considered icky-poo today.
As time passes, fewer and fewer people who walked the earth during the 1950s are around to comment on that decade, for better or worse, but we do have cultural artifacts which testify to the temper of the times.  One such artifact is Marty, a mid-decade (made in 1954, released in 1955) movie greatly honored in its day.
In an era noted for widescreen Technicolor extravaganzas, Marty definitely went against the grain.  It was shot in black and white on location in the Bronx and featured characters who were anything but glamorous.  Nominated for seven Oscars, it won awards for Best Picture, Best Actor (Ernest Borgnine in the title role), Best Director (Delbert Mann), and Adapted Script (Paddy Chayefsky).  For good measure it won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and a copy of the film has been placed in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.  So its establishment bona fides are impressive.

Sick Of US Hostility, Chinese Turn To Europe For BIG DEALS

The joint statement reads in fact like a rose garden: “The high level of ambition will be reflected in substantially improved market access [and] the elimination of discriminatory requirements and practices affecting foreign investors.”

By Pepe Escobar: Sparks did fly in Brussels, but in the end the European Union and China managed to come up with an important joint statement at their summit this week, signed by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and head of the European Council, Donald Tusk.
In theory, there’s agreement on three quite sensitive fronts: a complex, wide-ranging EU-China investment deal to be signed “by the end of next year, or earlier”, according to Li; Beijing to increasingly commit to erasing industrial subsidies and the obligation of technological transfers; and a substantial opening-up of the Chinese market to EU companies.

'Me, Me, Me!' Feminists Force Renaming Of Buildings

StudioBrule: Professor Francisco Ayala, esteemed geneticist at UC Irvine.

#FreeJulian Livestream Roundtable

#Unity4J: Yesterday 11 April 2019 Julian Assange was arrested by the London Metropolitan Police inside the Ecuadorean Embassy. Subsequently it has been revealed by the US Department of Justice that he will be subjected to extradition to the United States to face federal charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/... Join #Unity4J to discuss the latest developments.

President Carter: Congress Should Reject Unconstitutional Jewish Lobby Anti-BDS Laws

Former President Jimmy Carter encourages the House of Representatives to reject Jewish Lobby's S.1, the anti-BDS bill: “Under our Constitution, people and legal entities have the right to express political views without fear of consequences.”

Carter Center: In the past year, 26 states in the U.S. have adopted legislation to discourage support to the “Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions” (BDS) campaign advocated by Palestinian activists. The campaign aims to pressure Israel to respect Palestinian rights. These laws apply to individuals and business entities, and prevent them from receiving U.S. government contracts. Courts in Kansas and Arizona have struck down anti-BDS laws, declaring them unconstitutional as they infringe on rights protected by the First Amendment to freedom of expression.

On February 5, 2019, the US Senate adopted a bill to safeguard the right of states to adopt such anti-BDS laws.