Geopolitical Risk Is Back As Libya And Israel Make Headlines
As if the global liquidity crunch was not bad enough (as we enter a vacation sleepy week, the key report on Monday will be the ECB's bond purchase update for last week - we estimate another E30 billion in secondary market monetizations, in addition to how many banks pulled dollars from the ECB in the 7 day liquidity providing operation on Wednesday as occurred first last week), geopolitical risk is back after headlines from both Libya and Israel indicate that the Levant region is on the verge of systemic instability once again. The first two stories put Israel smack in the middle of the Middle East action. First is Egypt, which earlier "said Saturday it would withdraw its ambassador from Israel, insisting the killing of five Egyptian security personnel while Israeli forces pursued gunmen across the border was a breach of its 1979 peace treaty with the Jewish state." Complicating matters is the announcement out of Iran, via AP, that "two American men arrested more than two years ago while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border have been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges that include espionage, state TV reported Saturday, a sharp blow to hopes their release was imminent. The announcement seemed to send a hard-line message from Iran's judiciary — which answers directly to the ruling clerics — weeks after the country's foreign minister suggested that the trial of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal could clear the way for their freedom. It also was likely to raise speculation about Iran using the Americans as political bargaining chips and could bring added tensions to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's expected visit to New York next month." The cherry on top is late news out of Libya that the local rebel movement may be making headway (since denied by the government) in taking over Tripoli. Net result will be even more instability in the crude market which has been expected to drop courtesy of the recent spike in deflationary expectations. Alas, when geopolitics enters the equation, the only certain thing is a surge in uncertainty. That this will likely not benefit global equity markets goes without question.
Here is Reuters on the latest in the snafu between Israel and Egypt - a development that will certainly not hurt the political standing of the Muslim Brotherhood:
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Israel regretted the Egyptian deaths, which followed attacks in its border area that had killed eight people and sparked the most serious crisis in ties with Egypt since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow in February.
"We hope that the ambassador will not be recalled," said Yigal Palmor, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman. "He's still here."
Egypt's Foreign Ministry later called in the Israeli charge d'affairs, delivered a protest and demanded a joint investigation into the deaths, the state MENA news agency said.
It said the Israeli diplomat told Egyptian officials he had been asked by his government to read Barak's statement at the Foreign Ministry. The agency said the charge d'affairs was summoned because the Israeli ambassador was not in Cairo.
The Egyptian cabinet decision followed a crisis meeting attended by army generals and intelligence chief Murad Muwafi.
Egypt "lays on Israel the political and legal responsibility for this incident, which constitutes a breach of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel," the cabinet said in an official statement posted on its website.
"The cabinet committee has decided to withdraw the Egyptian ambassador in Israel until the result of investigations by the Israeli authorities is provided and an apology from the Israeli leadership over the hasty and regrettable statements about Egypt is given," the cabinet statement said.
As for Libya, reports are very much conflicting: per CNN.
Libyan rebels have taken their fight inside Tripoli, home to embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi, a rebel spokesman said late Saturday.
"The revolution from inside Tripoli has officially started (Saturday) evening in many parts ... of Tripoli, and is expected to spread to all of Tripoli," said Jumma Ibrahim, a rebel spokesman from the western mountain region around Zintan.
But speaking a short time later, just before midnight in Tripoli, government spokesman Musa Ibrahim insisted that all is safe and well. He said that the Libyan capital remains under government control.
Heavy clashes broke out Saturday night in at least one Tripoli neighborhood, marked by intense gunfire, explosions and people screaming as they ran through the street, a resident told CNN.
Gunfire and explosions have become normal occurrences in Tripoli, but CNN personnel on the ground for weeks report that the fighting appeared to be among the most intense yet.
In the meantime, Reuters refutes the rebel position:
Small groups of armed rebels infiltrated the Libyan capital but have been dealt with and the city is safe, a spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi's government said on Saturday.
The spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, said on state television that among the rebels arrested were Algerians, Tunisians and Egyptians.
Heavy gunfire broke out late on Saturday in Tripoli, which is encircled by rebel forces, and residents said anti-Gaddafi protesters were in the streets in several districts.
However events pan out, that this is happening 24 hours before FX markets open once again, just as the US is on the verge of another bear market, and many expect yet another major announcement out of the Fed w/r/t FX swap lines to sooth European liquidity concerns, this is hardly the upside case bulls were expecting.
As for the bears case, here is the latest positioning of US naval assets globally, courtesy of Stratfor. And please- nobody note that the US now has two aircraft carriers in the South China sea following the recent surge in jawboning between the two nations, even as Biden is currently in China . This is purely coincidental, even though Joe Biden is currently in China, reassuring the country "that the US is solvent."
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geopolitical hedge, bitchez
http://azizonomics.com/2011/08/20/is-gold-high-or-low/
Libya's gold has been shipped out already. NATO thugs will never get their hands on that gold.
Nice try JPig. Better luck next time.
Hey Blythe, Buggo Chavez called. He wants his gold back. Beeyotch!
The proper hedge may be guns, butter, and getting right with God.
Appearances are deceiving in Mideast geopolitics. Most think the Egyptian uprising was spontaneous, yet somehow, on Jan 23rd, the Iranians announced that naval vessels would head for the Mediterranean Sea for the first time since the '79 revolution 2 DAYS BEFORE the Egyptian uprising began. The Iranian warships passed through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean a week after Mubarak was deposed in a major provocation vis-a-vis Israel. It's widely believed that Mubarak would never have allowed those Iranian warships to pass through the Suez Canal, so how did the Iranians know the Egyptian ruler would be out of their way beforehand?
The Spirit Of Truth Blog: Why do you fail to heed me?
"It's widely believed that Mubarak would never have allowed those Iranian warships to pass through the Suez Canal..."
really, 0 spirit? are ya sure it wasn't widely believed that ISRAEL wouldn't let them go thru the canal? or the US? and on what grounds would they or anyone deny this? why was it "allowed" to happen? oh, yes, mubarak wasn't there to stop it, thaaaat's riiiiight! when exactly, did mubarak ever say that iran or anybody else couldn't come thru the canal? huh?
link?
or stink?
now whether the egyptian "uprising" was this-or-that is another question, entirely, it would seem. but i'm not positive how you know what mubarak thought about this? apparently, you have "figured this out" but to me it seems maybe you are over-emphasizing egypt's "power" over the canal while de-emphasizing israel's "power" at the time in the area. and, no mention of the US, for some reason
if you want to think that this would not have happened if mubarak had still been in power, i certainly wouldn't want to try to change your thinking
you seem to have a LOT invested in this, 0 spirit of truth; why would any sane person dare to challenge your opinion?
howzabout something that proves that you are right? a statement from mubarak, any time in the last 5 years, for example. or in january. or february. before he was deposed and it was "safe" for iran to do this, ok?
and, if it was such a horrible, horrible thing, b/c it was awful, awful iran, then why didn't somebody stop this? oh, thaaaat's riiiight...mubarak was no longer around to take care of iran for everybody
okey dokey, if you say so. after all, you are the spirit of truth. just look at your name, and your picture, and blog name. must be true, eh?
hey, i'm from missouri. show me just a wee bit more here, ok, 0 spirit? thanks in advance!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTQ5PTlxD0M
YA'LL Better Leave Slewie ALONE!!
He will gun You Down!!
Ass clown. Egypt runs the canal, how the fuck is anyone but Egypt supposed to block Iran's move? Egypt has not allowed an Iranian warship the use of the canal in over 30 years, that much is known.
You make statements and then fail to provide links, but hey, you throw rocks too. I guess it's one opinion vs. another. What have you figured out, genius?
An Israel thread. Popcorn in hand.
Everyone studiously avoiding the subject...
Except Ron Paul. He indicated in an interview for the forth time the other day, Israel has 300 nukes.
Asked if he would step in to help Israel if Iran attacked them with a nuke, Dr Paul said No, doesn't think Iranians are suicidal, and doesn't think they want their country wiped off the map in a counterattack. He also said Israel has 300 nukes and can take care of themselves.
This is the main reason Paul is being snubbed by the Jewish owned MSM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvL08b9gbps&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0mGDcybDL4&feature=youtu.be
Maybe someone should audit Dimona.
Yet the controlled opposition media on Comedy Central is always sure to point out how Dr. Paul is snubbed by the 'mass media' even though that's what they are. Nevermind that his wife and daughters are in the masonic order. He still has your best interests at heart, now go back to sleep.
Oh look. It's one of thoese double reverse brilliant mind fuckers. Get a fucking job and get a fucking life.
Ummm,,, Freemasons are men only.
Haha maybe they are Eastern Star, or Job's Daughters.
Don't expect the stus quo fuckheads to tell the truth
Not so, indygo55 - although I hesitate to get too flamey because it depends critically on what you mean by 'Freemason'.
I'm a member of five masonic orders that are men-only, two that are mixed, and a few others that make no mention of gender (but to the best of my knowledge have never had a female member or candidate).
If you mean the Blue Lodge old-men's-clubs, then yes, those are men only. But beyond that, all bets are off - especially outside the US system (all the interesting stuff happens otuside the US - atheist lodges, anarchist lodges, anti-Catholic lodges, Jooze-only lodges... fun and games beyond the wildest speculation of the tut-tutters).
Expect Us. Fraternally (lol)
GeoffreyT, I just don't get why all those people love playing Dungeons & Dragons so much?
hey douchbag stop with your anti-semitic vitriol.
and ron paul stated he doesn't care if Iran gets nukes which is NUTS!
go back to the KKK forum!
even with nukes iran is a rhesus monkey in a world of steroid injecting 800 pound gorrilas
Hymie
you own dat forum...have done since Pike brought BnaiBrith sponsored Masonic shit mainstream circa 1870's
Why would informed folk go there?
your assumption of goy stupidity is....
stale dated. we slow...but we do learn...
as for y-all- "tricks" just keep gettin harder to find!?!
http://youtu.be/XtOE3Cy-FJI
New campaign slogan;
Go fuck yourself, I'm voting for Ron Paul.
Ron Paul is the only one having guts. How long until he is accused of "antisemitism" ? BTW I also suspect Tyler too, what is he suggesting ? That Israel did anything wrong ? How the chosen people could do that ? You are all antisemitic !!!!
When facts show Israel in a negative light then it equals ani-semitism it doesn't matter if its true or not. This has been one of their major defense mechanisms.
Always playing the victim rent seekers. This documentary tells you everything about it you need to know.
True Stories-Defamation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alLaJ1a6V54
It is pretty suspicious that this whole thing went down right as Israelis are in full scale revolt against their own government.
Quite odd.
I suppose the French influence on NATO could be intending to distract from unfolding banking crisis in France. Italians too, for that matter.
http://www.counterpunch.org/avnery08192011.html
AT THE beginning of the week, Binyamin Netanyahu was desperately looking for a way out of an escalating internal crisis. The social protest movement was gathering momentum and posing a growing danger to his government.
The struggle was going on, but the protest had already made a huge difference. The whole content of the public discourse had changed beyond recognition.
Social ideas were taking over, pushing aside the hackneyed talk about “security”. TV talk show panels, previously full of used generals, were now packed with social workers and professors of economics. One of the consequences was that women were also much more prominent.
And then it happened. A small extremist Islamist group in the Gaza Strip sent a detachment into the Egyptian Sinai desert, from where it easily crossed the undefended Israeli border and created havoc. Several fighters (or terrorists, depends who is talking) succeeded in killing eight Israeli soldiers and civilians, before some of them were killed. Another four of their comrades were killed on the Egyptian side of the border. The aim seems to have been to capture another Israeli soldier, to strengthen the case for a prisoner exchange on their terms.
In a jiffy, the economics professors vanished from the TV screens, and their place was taken by the old gang of exes – ex-generals, ex-secret-service chiefs, ex-policemen, all male, of course, accompanied by their entourage of obsequious military correspondents and far-right politicians.
With a sigh of relief, Netanyahu returned to his usual stance. Here he was, surrounded by generals, the he-man, the resolute fighter, the Defender of Israel.
* * *
IT WAS, for him and his government, an incredible stroke of luck.
It happens too much, that Israel has a border dispute just when it needs evidence of unrest to oppose a Palestinian State. It’s getting just a little bit too convenient, just a little too hard to believe… I think Counterpunch, however, overdramatized how the civil protests have been overshadowed by the military events. The civil protests are definitely still on the front burner, IMO.
Off with the over-complicated conspiracy theories. Israel doesn't need to fabricate incidents, nor does it need to prove anything to any nitwits out there. As a matter of fact, if Israelis were as "civilized" as some of their degenerate neighbors, they would have settled Judea and Samaria a long time ago and kicked all the Arabs into Jordan and Syria. The fact that it didn't is not a sign of weakness but of a pluralistic society. Many an Arab gets confused over this.
Ron Paul is right in a sense that Israel has puchased insurance against loose opportunists such as Hitler was, or Ahmedinajad is. Iran will not want to commit suicide, nor will anyone else. It is also insured from any consequences of any toothless vitriol that it pouring upon it, for noone in this world can now conceivably kill Jews without having to face very dire consequences.
+1 for excellent hasbara. You guys can spin ANYTHING.
Lol
ALL RIGHT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=U4HPdWYwgyw Now let's go Rock the Casbah:
at Kruger: what a fucking moronic convolute piece of shit writing,
very popular post, f_c! here's uri's "bio" from the article you pasted: Uri Avnery is an Israeli writer and peace activist with Gush Shalom. He is a contributor to CounterPunch's book The Politics of Anti-Semitism.
here is the blurb on the book: The Politics of Anti-Semitism, edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, confronts how the slur of "anti-semite" has been used to intimidate critics of Israel's abuse of Palestinians. It includes essays by Uri Avnery, Edward Said, Michael Neumann and Bill and Kathy Christison and more.
we could write our own book about how "anti-semite" is used on zH to intimidate anyone who criticizes israel about almost anything! i've heard that in france, it is illegal to be "anti-semitic" in speech; a crime! i don't know if that is true or just a zH "rumor"
do you?
Denying the Hollow-cost is punishable with strict prison time, poor to no legal representation (due to the nature of evidence you MAY present in your defense of such a claim) in Germany/France and many other "Free" nations.
Eli was not a Weisel but a weasal and Anne Frank was a fantasy figment of some jewish propagandists imagination.
http://www.google.co.in/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=ersnt+zundel
Here is a good example. The british revisionist historian, portly fellow, I forget his name has been fighting this battle for over a decade at least (how long I've known about it), I think his name is David Irwing?
unnyways, yes. Bad news all around.
Vivek (ORI)
http://aadivaahan.wordpress.com
@slewie - I can confirm from personal experience that there is a crime in France (two actually) called 'negationnisme' and 'anti-semitisme'; I was investigated for both (they're a twofer if you say antyhing remotely doubting the Holocaust) following a post in which I said that it was tyrannical to have laws criminalising opinions of any sort and that if the political class promulgates a law declaring some or other field of inquiry off-limits, I will always be on the other side of the barricades.
Then my passport was 'lost', and I was put into the delightful concentration camp at Lyon (the 'centre de retention administrative') for visa infringement (not having a passport... lol).
I was there for two weeks and then flown back to Straya at the expense of the Frog taxpayer, with 4 Frog pigs accompanying me to Bangkok - total cost, roughly 1 year of their retirement income.
Funnily enough, if I wanted to turn around and go straight back the same day, I could have - there was no 'interdiction du territoire'.
And here's a link to the offending post (hint: don't mention Yakov Wilkomerski's false Holocaust narrative in France, unless you're defending it).
The bit that got me in trouble is the following few paras:
How dare you challenge the supremacy of French Cuisine !
You don't know what you're talking about. Eating MSM bullshit, selectively it seems, as it suits your biases.
Yes, governments never amplify foreign threats to distract from domestic failures (eye-roll).
A cross border tit for tat hardly equates with any real risk. What is Egypt really going to do? Nothing short of cutting Natural Gas.
Plus, Gaddafi being taken out probably reduces risk in the short-term. As long as the West controls the rebels and gets Libya's oil, then in the long-term it will also reduce risk.
I personally feel that going in Libya was ridiculous, and completely unconstitutional. But the rules don't apply, only power does.
I wouldn't be surprised if we decided to blow up Syria next.
Yes, and Saudi Arabia will be the last. Got oil?!
Don't bet on that outcome. The West has a great track record of wasting massive amounts of resources and people liberating third world deadbeats and getting nothing but grief in return. Case in point: Kuwait. What did that cost the USA and what did we get back? The so called rebels are Muslim fanatics, uncontrollable and unpredictable and in the pocket of Iran (See Egypt). So it's going to be a really big surprise when they give America and the EU the finger after they take over. Another loser.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams
As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change.
Al Gore
China gets their oil from Libya. Why isn't China involved? They're going out spending billions of dollars a day on trying to take over the world economically. And we're spending billions and billions and billions of dollars on policing the world. Why isn't China involved with Libya? That - we don't get oil from Libya, China does.
Donald Trump
Libya's oil exports by country:
Or put another way:
Or put another way:
Yet another reason that fucking retarded, multiply-bankrupt asshat with a bad toupee should STFU and stick to fondling stupid girls at Miss Dumbass USA "Pageants".
You would expect Donald Trump to be right?
The Douglas Adams quote is spot on though.
Agreed on Adams. No, I wouldn't expect anyone who refers to himself in the 3rd person to be right about much, but I wouldn't expect someone to quote such an assclown either.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world:
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'
George Bernard Shaw
Arms and the MAn...oH Raina!
The guy got a Nobel and an Oscar and founded the Fabians and the London school of Economics. Some cultural iconoclast. definitely leftist and ...to latch onto your theme of "why not?"... another trailblazer, antarctic navigator, called his boat 'Le Pourquoi-Pas'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pourquoi_Pas_%3F_IV
great minds...
I grimaced at the thought when I saw the headline, but that was funny!
Ahmadinejad is coming to New York next month? I doubt it.
Here's an idea... let's invite him to the US, then when he gets here..... we just arrest him and put him in GITMO.
Bush II better stay home from now one in that case.
Yeah, I don't think W is leaving Texas any time soon.
And to think all this happened just when Odumber went on vacation.
Oh, the humanity!
I actually love it when he goes on vacation, because it means he's not doing something that I probably vehemently disagree with.
Haven't you heard?
It's a "working vacation."
He is most definitely doing something that will piss you (and me) off.
Seems he never has and probably never will. Except that quick little trip to Toronto a while back. About three hours outside the US with an army of secret service. Wouldn't be the same in say,,,Belgium or France. Cheney too.
I'd assume he's coming for a UN function (in which case we'd have to let him in as you probably know.)
If he comes to New York, say on 9-11, what a perfect time for a false flag to be blamed on Iran just as the Japanese ambassador was in WDC at the time of TORA, TORA, TORA!
I heard he is going to rape a maid.
Add Syria to the list and Turkey is having a party in Northern Iraq ...
+1
I kept expecting the author to bring those up. Most notably, Syria - I mean, really, who cares about the Kurdish rebels? No oil, no power, not going to receive meaningful support of any kind, even though we still have troops occupying the country (actually, isn't that just a tad embarrassing? - huh). Both events further demonstrate the instability argument. Thank you for bringing them up.
Actually, Israel/Mossad is giving significant aid to the Kurds, which is one of the points of tension between Israel and Turkey. It is not simply the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara.
It is indeed a complex situation.
If you wanted to get to the bottom of Turkey / Israel's issues, you should pull up the UN data on water supplies, look at Turkey's dam building and the extent of pollution [high tech industry + waste] that goes from Israel into Syria. If you can't stomach large dry reports, there was a good documentary over the pollution made a few years ago - bottom line is that Palestine grabs are often about water access, not so much lebensraum.
Water is a serious security issue in MENA, and Turkey holds a large spigot - many sources list it as the highest chance of unfettered warfare in the region.
Hydraulic despotism: central control of an essential energy such as water, electricity, fuel, medicines, melange . . . Obey the central controlling power or the energy is shut off and you die!
MENA, MENA, MENA, MENA, MENA, MENA Bitchez
Let Darwin have his due in the hiker case. I couldn't care less.
Haha... I don't know what's dumber. Them out 'enjoying a nice day in Iraq on the border of Iran' or them being US assets and using that as their excuse.
Who wouldn't go on a hike in Iraq during a war? They are just innocent Americans being oppressed by imperialist Iran
Iraq can be quite magnificent in the summer, not too dissimilar from hiking on Mt Desert island in Maine, save for the proximity of great bars, seafood and of course the refreshing breezes from across Frenchman's bay. Hate to say but the dudes look like freshly minted spooks recruited from a good school with the promise of a life of glam and skin.
Maybe they saw this advert:
https://www.cia.gov/careers/games-information/commercials/arab-american.swf
(be sure to delete your LSOs after viewing)
and instead what they get is midnight express
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RbUdJcxhhg
Which leads back to the point of - who wouldn't want to take a hike in Iraq during a war? Especially if you're an American.
And accidently wander across the border.
Anyone got a strainer to sift some truth from the general disinformation?
I spent the first half of my life studying history and politics. With a 40 minute commute into Washington D.C. that turned into a 90 minute commute, I started to study the markets. I didn't know that this hobby would lead me full circle and conclusively prove that all politics is bullshit. So I don't really care if Iranian leaders are coming to the USA or if the Palestinian government is recognized. I don't care anymore. Worrying about politics is like an AIDS victim worrying about their complexion. It took a lot of hard work, study, and thought to realize that it's all about money, just money. And of course, there was ZeroHedge to guide me along the way.
I want to thank all the Tylers, yes I have a pretty good idea who you are, and we have added a few recently, haven't we ????? Thank you to all the Tylers for your hard work, insight, and patience with us as we try to piece together how things really work. I especially want to thank the readers who throw out the craziest thing they can think of and those who seriously consider that in the world of money, anything is possible, and we are blind unless we consider everything.
You were doing pretty good Smiddy and then you had to ruin it- "sipping chardonnay, as usual". Real conspiracy theorists drink chateaunuef du pape.
Real conspiracy theorists drink Meritage - as it is mixed stuff.
That or "Plavac Mali", that stingy Croatian grape that means "Little Blue". Catchy, eh? Or Grk and Prc as the mystery is Where Are the Vowels and how does one pronounce these wines?
real conspiracy theorists drink anything in the fucking cabinet at the time, but never forget to save the bottle of Absinthe for just the right moment.
You sure they don't drink Chateau Mouton Rothschilde?
You've mistaken the theorists for the conspiracists. Those outside the inner circle drink $2 Chuck.
chateauneuf du pape is Syrah...see above, my post.
that it's all about money, just money
Yes, for many it is about money. But for real evil it is about power. Money often begets power, but in the end power is the ultimate elixir. Hitler is the classic example, he cared little for money, power was what he craved.
Above all else, men desire power. Power gives man the ability to play God. When this type takes control, then look out.
sschu
hitler was a roth/zionist puppet, as are all western "leaders"
Overcoming the denial is very dificult. It's the energy that it takes to deny a belief system, to alter your mind set completely after the total brain washing and conditioning of 20, 30, 40 years. Once you get passed that point, the other side can be quite frightening. But there is no going back. When I had my epipheny I broke out into a cold sweat. Not just a litle moisture on the upper lip either. I was sweating scared. The world is a different place now and i am often sorry I didn't just keep my eyes closed.
Good Post macho and Smiddy too! The world indeed is a different place when you break through the farce and lossen the chains... It became depressing for me..mainly because see all those around me and those whom I love still buying into the lie walking around blindly. Those who have money often have power to go with it and those who have power often have money.. Peace
I've had a simlar awakenng.
That Chardonnay Sir, if you want to learn about its true origins, please read what is below. It will tell you how it grew initially in Holy Land and became the 'sacred wine of sacristy' during the Latran III papal conclave in 1179, before being imported into France by the descendants of the original vineyard owner. As did the Syrah vine from Cyprus, a mythical transfuge of vines from Shiraz many centuries earlier, brought also to France subsequently circa 1278 as was the Chardonnay.
Heady stuff, mixing history and legend!
http://www.falakpema.com/buythebook.html
L0L!!! Falakpema is an international traveller and business executive with multicultural roots. His personal experience has given him a vivid insight into the working mind of those who currently rule the world as harbingers of a new world order that transfers inordinate riches to a new global oligarchy at the expense of the silent majority of middle-class people, the very backbone of democratic society. A new form of feudalism, moving force of global, transnational, financial power-play, makes historic reference to that bygone age appear very relevant to understanding current times.
you put this up @ 6AM!!!
you certainly fooled me! i thought you were nuts! how could you be? you wrote a book! and pretty much "mainstream" zH thinking too. what a surprise!
now, is the stuff about the wine history, legend, or something you "mixed" to make it "heady"? or can't you tell, anymore? so, you have a 2011 website and people can e-mail you, too. if they wish...
the tale you tell will be recalled by "recurrent generations" and remembered everywhere by young and old alike of all origins, see: Recurrent generations will recall Pech Souleila, a tale that shall be remembered everywhere by young and old alike, of all origins. it says so, in plain english, right there on your website!
this is why you're here! to sell books and make sure everybody gets the correct myth. or else! hahahahahahahahaha! how orthodox of you!
i prefer samurai. that's "bad" right? i suuuure fukin hope so, shitforbrains! what about the iroquis? the sioux? what if someone has the wrong myth or (gasp) no myth at all? hopefully, you wouldn't feel compelled to destroy the fukers and call them "torquemada" due to the simple fact that they obviously could care less about the bullshit you "believe"~~~your orthodoxy, the only "true" myth! the torquemada projection, revealed! hahahaha!
oh! how threatening slewie must be to you, toy-boy! if people from zH send you e-mails you can maybe get them to help you "get slewie" 'cause you don't have a snowball's (sorry 777) chance in hell of doing it by yerself do, ya? huh?
you my BiCh, BiCh!
you think people reading from top to bottom can't see the fuking time stamps? hahahahahaha!
slewie out.
I finished writing the book after I joined ZH. Also 6 am your time is 12 md-day my time. Thanks for the free publicity. Writing and blogging are not incompatible. I do both.
Your obssessive mirror gazing has made you paranoid. Keep looking hard at yourself. You are your own worst enemy. But that takes a dose of wisdom to figure out
this is why you're here! to sell books and make sure everybody gets the correct myth.
Strange because I have never heard him try and sell his book. Is it wrong of him to offer his opinion or inform us his website, email, or even a book he has written? I think not unless he includes this info in most of his comments. Congratulations to him, and thanks to you for letting us know.
from Smiddy: "and we are blind unless we consider everything."
Could not help recalling this quick little perception test. Give it a try. Takes only a minute.
http://viscog.beckman.illinois.edu/grafs/demos/15.html
Here is a little wager. Most of you will fail.