SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2019
CHANGE
SEPARISTS
There are separatist movements
worldwide. Some have succeeded. Some
are still in progress.
Kurds from Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.
Basque from Spain.
Israelis from Palestine.
UK from EU
Scotland from UK
South Sudan from Sudan.
Soviet states (lots, including Ukraine) from
USSR
East Ukraine & Crimea from Ukraine.
ISIS from Syria, Iraq.
Hong Kong and Taiwan and Uzbekistan and
Tibet from China.
Kashmir from India and Pakistan.
Bangladesh from Pakistan.
East Timor & Papua from Indonesia.
In just about every instance the separatists
desires for independence are resisted.
In many cases they were treated as second
class citizens, discriminated against by
unrepresentative voting systems, religious
persecution etc. Or even by killing
democratic process as in the UK by the
"remainers". In extreme instances they
are labelled as terrorists (Erdogan on
Turkish Kurds).
What is even more concerning is the behavior
of the UN with regard to Spain & Turkey. Turkey
has 20% Kurdish population, 70% Turkish
population. The Kurds and Basque (in
Spain) want to secede. The elite of our
world do not like secessions. Small
countries empower the people. Conglomerates
make us easier to control.
I would have thought that the UN would look
at Turkey and Spain and reprimand their
governments for breech of several articles
(e.g. Article 19) of the UN "Rights Of Man".
I think the UN has become corrupted.
We should stop our contributions until the
UN begins to live to it's principles.
OUR
ABC
Just happened
to see quiz
show on ABC.
Tuesday 29th
October at
4.45PM)
Question
"Is Australia
the 4th or 5th
largest
country by
area in the
world?"
And we are
paying top
dollar for those
idiots!!
(The
answer is we
are 6th after
Russia,
Canada, USA,
China Brazil)
DUMB. TRUMP & OBAMA
Why?
Well both of
them went
after
terrorist
leaders and they
died.
If I'd been
doing it, I
would have
made sure the
terrorist
leader (and
any potential
witnesses)
lived for
questioning
over the next
few
decades.
Could have
taken their
people down
piecemeal.
I would
have reported
they were
dead, so as
not to alert
any terrorists
to the
secrets they
would reveal
in
questioning.
I
suppose I
could cut off
a terrorist
leader's
finger or
something for
genetic ID
proof purposes.
And
then say
that I
threw the rest
of him into
the sea.
But
those guys
(Donald and
Barak) are so
dumb.
They wouldn't
think of that.
MAIL
TO barvennon@hotmail.com
This blog is written because I have an inner compulsion to write.
I have taken an online subscription to "The Australian" newspaper, and have found that the comments sections fulfill most of my journalising needs. That is why blog frequency has diminished.
Now I am looking through past comments in the Oz, and republishing (with comments) the more "liked".
BORIS
What the UK parliament is doing to the Brexit vote spells the Death of democracy.
Parliaments everywhere are enacting laws that restrict information, laws that restrict people's control of the legislation enacted, laws that enable the faceless elite to govern our lives.
We need a referendum law to take back control. A law that allows citizen's legislation to be proposed and voted on without a politician's interference.
Back in 2013 Barack and the "elite" were happy with Xi and his trade policies. Our multinational corporations were making lots of money (at the expense of USA & Australian workers, jobs & pay rates.) by importing & selling stuff from China. Never mind the trade imbalance caused by the undervalued Yuan (aka renminbi), caused by Chinese purchases of USA bonds.
Trump is a businessman and understood the costs (which ordinary politicians and public servants did not understand or care about) so he set about restoring the balance of trade. Which upset Xi, who'd had a clear run with Trump's predecessor.
Xi apparently thinks that he can last a year without submitting to Trump's demands. That is, until either (1) Trump caves or (2) the USA gets another president. If results point to interference, Xi is succeeding in option 2.
Except Xi has a few problems back home with Hong Kong which have no simple solution. If he invades Hong Kong, then the USA trade issues become a painful issue. If he doesn't invade, ultimately something in HK/Taiwan will break.
I watch with interest.