Displaying 31 To 60 Of 1,432 Comments Thank you Sue! That would have been very easy and I had tried that too, but then the video still didn’t show, just a gap. What is more, even yours I couldn’t see on my screen, although Bito’s video below was there! » Posted By Truth On March 17, 2012 @ 9:13 am It’s getting better all the time…
Remember how far we’ve come. From Academy Award®-winning director Davis Guggenheim: “The Road We’ve Traveled”. This film gives an inside look at some of the tough calls President Obama made to get our country back on track. Featuring interviews from President Bill Clinton, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Elizabeth Warren, David Axelrod, Austan Goolsbee, and more. It’s a film everyone should see. PS: I couldn’t embed the video although I thought I had tried all the suggestions on Help Desk. I hope someone can fix that. » Posted By Truth On March 16, 2012 @ 8:35 am Weekend Music Thread – Guilty Pleasures Thanks for reminding us of Jackie and for mentioning this. So beautiful. » Posted By Truth On October 16, 2011 @ 9:29 am Hi Cher – I’m still reading a little bit here sometimes, but decided not to get involved too much in politics anymore. I try to contribute to the world in developing more peace of mind instead… » Posted By Truth On October 24, 2011 @ 5:59 pm Hi Emerald, yes, that article is very interesting since here we are getting to the roots of the problem. I remember I listened to a discussion on a Swiss radio station around 25 years ago where they warned that the development will be such as described in the article. Unfortunately I don’t remember any solutions they suggested. Anyhow, for readers information below I also post the list of 50 of those companies. UBS, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse are some culprits of my region. In a German or Swiss magazine dealing with the subject they described UBS as not only too big to fail, but too connected to fail! – a very important point. The top 50 of the 147 superconnected companies » Posted By Truth On October 24, 2011 @ 5:49 pm ETH Zurich found that just 147 companies run the world: » Posted By Truth On October 24, 2011 @ 9:07 am ‘Occupy’ protesters find allies in ranks of the wealthy » Posted By Truth On October 21, 2011 @ 9:29 am It’s not only Americans, it’s “humans” in general. The evolutions seems to be a bit slow at times… » Posted By Truth On October 16, 2011 @ 9:07 am Tsa-Tsing! » Posted By Truth On October 15, 2011 @ 10:57 am From today’s protest in Zurich, Switzerland [img]https://planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/How-Is-Life-Trading-You-e1318699902103.jpg[/img] » Posted By Truth On October 15, 2011 @ 10:33 am [img]https://planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Power-To-The-People-e1318697145100.jpg[/img] » Posted By Truth On October 15, 2011 @ 9:46 am …and I will never get used to that… » Posted By Truth On October 15, 2011 @ 8:55 am Report of worldwide protests: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44912532/ns/world_news/#.TpmkUM1Dcbg And oh, how it annoys me! There were everywhere peaceful protests. And the headline in ALL media is… the one exception in Rome where a small group of wingnuts spoiled the protest by becoming violent. » Posted By Truth On October 15, 2011 @ 8:22 am I sure hope for this. Let’s see what happens! I’m still shocked that rethugs got back the House so easily – and the Senate was saved only barely in spite of that Halloween Party Republicans had put up. Angle, O’Donnell – I mean really! Moreover I think the filibuster should be abolished altogether OR at least it should not be a tool just by threatening to filibuster. They should be forced to follow through and this too every single time. » Posted By Truth On October 14, 2011 @ 12:04 pm Yes, it’s interesting and unexpected what is happening. Suddenly the left gets heard and receives media attention again – even in the US, where some of the grossest media manipulation is taking place. And, people take finally to the streets – which I always hoped for, because it also helps Obama to make that much bolder claims. » Posted By Truth On October 14, 2011 @ 11:35 am Just read in a Swiss online newspaper that on Saturday protests are planned in 868 cities in 78 countries- including in 4 Swiss cities. » Posted By Truth On October 14, 2011 @ 9:03 am Hi e’cat, thanks, I’m fine, I hope you too. I’m still reading here sometimes and I hope I didn’t miss out on any of your articles? I’m looking forward to reading them. » Posted By Truth On October 13, 2011 @ 6:51 am “Old guard back in the trenches at ‘Occupy’ protests” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44880648/ns/us_news-life/#.TpbP482KSZI » Posted By Truth On October 13, 2011 @ 4:54 am There are reports about the Occupy Wall street movements in German, Swiss, English and Indian online newspapers and this is only what I saw, it seems to be reported worldwide. Now with several unions and others getting behind them there is hope this is going to gain more traction…. » Posted By Truth On October 6, 2011 @ 12:10 am Weekend Music Thread – The Boys Are Back in Town Supertramp — The Logical Song
Roger Hudgson — Lovers In The Wind Roger Hudgson — Lord Is It Mine
Roger Hudgson — Easy Does It & Sister Moonshine » Posted By Truth On October 3, 2011 @ 11:32 am The Beatles — Here Comes The Sun The Beatles — Norwegian Wood The Beatles — The White Album: Blackbird (at 28.14) John Lennon — Imagine » Posted By Truth On October 3, 2011 @ 11:06 am Pink Floyd — Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pink Floyd — Wish You Were Here » Posted By Truth On October 3, 2011 @ 10:36 am Dire Straits – Mark Knopfler – Sultans of Swing
» Posted By Truth On October 2, 2011 @ 7:27 am Weekend Music Thread – Ladies Night (and Day) Tracey Chapman — Talking Bout A Revolution Tracey Chapman — All That You Have Is Your Soul » Posted By Truth On October 3, 2011 @ 9:39 am Janis Joplin — Kozmic Blues And because it’s SUCH an excellent song here’s also the studio version:
Janis Joplin — Maybe » Posted By Truth On October 3, 2011 @ 8:48 am Suzanne Vega — Small Blue Thing
Suzanne Vega — Luka Suzanne Vega — Marlene On The Wall » Posted By Truth On October 3, 2011 @ 8:44 am Joan Baez — Donna Donna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqzGZ5AaeSs&feature=related Joan Baez — Guantanamera
» Posted By Truth On October 3, 2011 @ 8:35 am Laurie Anderson — Smoke Rings (Home Of The Brave)
Laurie Anderson — Kokoku Laurie Anderson — Excellent Birds » Posted By Truth On October 3, 2011 @ 8:33 am Joss Stone — It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLX6sTrRLcw&feature=related Joss Stone — I Put A Spell On You
» Posted By Truth On October 3, 2011 @ 8:17 am Vaya Con Dios — What’s A Woman Vaya Con Dios — Lord Help Me Please Vaya Con Dios — Just A Friend Of Mine » Posted By Truth On September 26, 2011 @ 7:06 amComments Posted By Truth
My hour long search finally yielded that I had switched off plug-ins in my browser and in search of the solution earlier de-installed Flash Player. Now all is well, thanks again 🙂
As for too big too fail: see my reply to Emerald below- in one magazine they described UBS as not only too big too fail but too connected to fail- and this applies to the other 146 companies too.
1. Barclays plc
2. Capital Group Companies Inc
3. FMR Corporation
4. AXA
5. State Street Corporation
6. JP Morgan Chase & Co
7. Legal & General Group plc
8. Vanguard Group Inc
9. UBS AG
10. Merrill Lynch & Co Inc
11. Wellington Management Co LLP
12. Deutsche Bank AG
13. Franklin Resources Inc
14. Credit Suisse Group
15. Walton Enterprises LLC
16. Bank of New York Mellon Corp
17. Natixis
18. Goldman Sachs Group Inc
19. T Rowe Price Group Inc
20. Legg Mason Inc
21. Morgan Stanley
22. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
23. Northern Trust Corporation
24. Société Générale
25. Bank of America Corporation
26. Lloyds TSB Group plc
27. Invesco plc
28. Allianz SE 29. TIAA
30. Old Mutual Public Limited Company
31. Aviva plc
32. Schroders plc
33. Dodge & Cox
34. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc*
35. Sun Life Financial Inc
36. Standard Life plc
37. CNCE
38. Nomura Holdings Inc
39. The Depository Trust Company
40. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
41. ING Groep NV
42. Brandes Investment Partners LP
43. Unicredito Italiano SPA
44. Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan
45. Vereniging Aegon
46. BNP Paribas
47. Affiliated Managers Group Inc
48. Resona Holdings Inc
49. Capital Group International Inc
50. China Petrochemical Group Company
But honestly speaking: 51% IS the majority, so to demand 60 votes for everything (and Dems going along with that) is … criminal? – at least certainly not democratic.
But then, as you said several times before: if the pressure gets too big people just HAVE to push back at one point. And America is in a state where this is really extremely necessary.
However it is wonderful that the protests are spreading out to other countries. The problems are similar there, but leave most people not yet in as bad a shape as Americans. But the pattern is exactly the same and it doesn’t do any harm to counter the problems earlier.
Generally Swiss and German newspapers are reporting almost daily on the Occupy Wall Street movement – similarities with the 68-demonstrations are pointed out regularly. Good!!! 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6tV11acSRk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY5i4-rWh44&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a9TMpAwwBw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQYaVb4px7U&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKYWOwWAguk&feature=related
Janis Joplin — Summertime
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