Everything is for sale, even those areas of life once considered sacred, such as health and education, culture and heritage, genetic codes and seeds, and natural resources such as air and water. Increasingly, these services and resources are controlled by a handful of transnational corporations who shape national and international law to suit their interests. The Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies reports that the top two hundred corporations are now so big that their total sales surpass the combined economies of 182 countries and they have almost twice the economic clout of the poorest four-fifths of humanity. Of the 100 largest economies in the world, 53 are ...
Six months before the General Election I posted that what we were going to get from a new Government is exactly what we are getting now....and we didn't even vote for them, they just slithered in under the door of 10 Dirt St. SW1, and immediately stuck their snouts in the trough. I also said that the OBR was a cobbled together penniless baby of the idiot Brideshead Osborne and only an imbecile, with no reputation to lose, would head it up, Budd popped up, the press soon but the imbecile down. Now, I wish to point out that the so called expert who reviewed the Mod Budget. Levine, is the very same pratt who screwed up procurement with his Auschwitz Economics. This pratt is currently exiting Lloyds and wishes to set up a new Bank....my advice........run for your ...
Outlining what he said was a "radical new approach to the management of defence", Dr Fox said he had accepted the recommendations of a report by Lord Levene - the chairman of Lloyd's of London - into how to make the MoD more efficient, cut red tape and reduce inter-service rivalry. 'Constructive critique' As part of the shake-up, the heads of the three services are set to lose their places on the MoD's most senior decision-making body - the defence board - but will be jointly represented by the chief of the defence staff, General Sir David Richards. Dr Fox said this would end a situation in the which the chiefs spent most of their time "trying to influence policy and haggle over funding in London" and, instead, would be "empowered" ...
Originally Posted by coalition Army higher ranks are dumping this incompetent government so fast that only bus conductors will be available to direct the losing WAR in Libya. 4 senior officers are applying to retire for every single slot available. Even when there are no Civvy jobs available. The Coalition and its Nazi leaders, will soon find themselves....Armsless.
Originally Posted by coalition Missiles fired from Pakistan targeting villages in eastern Kunar province is a plain invasion, Afghan House of Representatives said on Monday. This is not the first time that Pakistan is firing missiles on Afghanistan and the government should not remain silent, legislators said. Some parliamentarians said defence and interior and foreign ministers should be summoned to the house to answer questions about Pakistani missile attacks. Pakistan's missile attack could be an indication of Pakistan's dishonesty in Afghan peace talks with the Taliban. "I want to ask government officials why they call Pakistan a friend when its fires missiles into Afghanistan," Mohammad Farhad Azimi, an Afghan MP, said. A number of ...