08/25/14

Open Letter IMF, ECB and EU

IMF, ECB en EU

Ms. Christine Lagarde
Mario Draghi
Mr. Herman van Rompuy

8 august 2014,

Topics: “8-step rescue plan Euro” and “Reindexing European stock exchanges”

Dear MsLagarde, dear Mr Draghianddear MrVan Rompuy,

Now that the welfare of many citizens in Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy and France threatens to sink beneath the critical point, it is important that there will be a solution for these citizens in the short term.History has taught that the collapse of the pillar of prosperity in a society always leads to revolution. Signals have reached me through the media, that revolution in these countries is rattlingat the gate.Governments of these countries, regardless of their political persuasion, see this with sorrow, but have their backs to the wall.

I therefore suggest that, prior to January 1, 2015, the “8-step rescue plan Euro” (see appendix) that I have prepared for database administrators of banks in these countries is implemented. After executing this plan, citizens in these countries will have sufficient funds to live in a dignified manner in 2015.Your organizations can thus present itself as Robin Hood. A Robin Hood, who also takes care of the wealthy individuals in the society. The rescue plan namely also prevents chaos in the financial markets which arises due to revolutions.The stock market crash in 1929 has demonstrated the disastrous consequences this may have for societies.

For additional background information, I refer you to my paper “Current problems associated with the end of the third industrial revolution” which was presented at an International Symposium in Valencia, The Economic Crisis: Time for a paradigm shift, Towards a systems approach.

I also request you to consider my proposal, to reindex, in consultation with the stock exchange owners, all European stock exchanges at 100 points. For additional background information on this proposal, I refer you to my articles The Dow Jones Industrial Average: a Fata Morgana and Will Obama manipulate the Dow Divisor? From fiction to reality

Your invitation for a discussion on the topic “8-step rescue plan Euro” or the topic “Reindexing European stock exchanges” would be welcomed.

Sincerely,

Wim Grommen
A concerned European citizen

Appendix

8-STEP RESCUE PLAN EURO

Database administrators of European banks can contribute to solving the euro crisis.

The following 8 steps they need to perform on December 31, 2014, to give citizens in their countries which are living under the subsistence, a dignified existence in 2015 again.

Step 1: Log in as the table owner of the table “current_account_citizens” on the

production database

Step 2: Disable all triggers on the table “current_account_citizens”

Step 3: Disable all check-constraints on the table “current_account_citizens”

Step 4: Run thefollowing updatestatementon the table “current_account_citizens”:

update current_account_citizens
set balance = balance + ecb_ donation_to_citizen
where identification_number in (select identification_number
from citizen_tax_administration
where  annual_income < norm_annual_income)

The coming months there will be consultations between the IMF, ECB, EU and the Governments on the values ​​of the variables ecb_ donation_to_citizen and norm_annual_income. The values ​​of these variables can be determined per country.

Step 5: Makethis update statementpermanentby acommit

Step 6: Enable again all check-constraints on the table “current_account_citizens”

Step 7: Enable again all triggers on the table “current_account_citizens”

Step 8: Logoff theproduction database

If there is no approval eligible for this plan, then database administrators can take their own moral responsibility. Depending on their Robin Hood feeling they decide who of their compatriots are eligible for a gift and also how high it will be.

08/25/14

The Climate Change Broken Record

By: T F Stern
T F Stern’s Rantings

The younger generation may need to be brought up to speed on the term Broken Record; all they’ve ever known comes via digital.  In the old days of vinyl recordings music was stored on tiny grooves of plastic and a stylus rode these grooves to pick up the music and transfer it to the stereo so we could hear it.  If there was a scratch on the face of the recording the stylus would jump over the scratch and end up playing the same groove over and over until somebody pushed it past the scratch.  That’s how we got the term Broken Record.

There’s a headline story at the Yahoo site by Becky Oskin, Hundreds of Methane Plumes Erupting Along East Coast, that caught my attention while eating my morning bowl of oatmeal (Kroger brand instant Maple with Brown Sugar with a pat of real butter if you’re interested).

Scientists were blind sided by the discovery of methane plumes along the Atlantic coast even though they had not tested the gas; but were quite certain it was methane.  I was waiting for the old standby, “It must have something to do with Global Warming”.

“Without more exploring, the researchers can’t say for sure why there are so many methane plumes along the Atlantic coastline.”

You’d have thought at least one scientist would have gathered a sample, put a match to it and said, “Hummm, smells like methane, tastes like methane; sure glad I didn’t step in it”, or something that would have justified calling the gas methane.  Perhaps another scientist could ask if the other scientist had farted under water, pointing and laughing.  Hey, I know…let’s blame this all on Whale flatulence; there are still some pretty fat Global Warming research grants to be had from the government.

A bit further into the article the Broken Record skip began.  You know, the part where mankind is guilty of destroying the planet; drilling for oil, driving big SUVs to the restaurant for a juicy steak with mashed potatoes, wanting to live in air conditioned houses instead of toughing it out in caves like our noble ancestors; these methane plumes must be our fault.

“Methane is a greenhouse gas that disappears more quickly than carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but has more warming power than carbon dioxide. Millions of tons of methane are frozen in Arctic permafrost, both on land and in the seafloor. Recently, several studies have warned that rapid warming in the Arctic could upset these deposits, melting them and freeing the gas. This would boost the planet’s greenhouse gas levels and could accelerate climate change.”

I’ll have to find a picture of Al Gore pointing to flames hovering over Arctic Ice, a Polar Bear floating off on the ever shrinking chunk of ice or maybe that old Indian Chief letting a single tear drop fall off his cheek as man destroys the planet.  I know, we can blame this all on fracking and Big Oil or filthy Coal.

“Most of the methane gas dissolves in the ocean before reaching the surface, Ruppel said. The total amount of gas is also much smaller than sources on land, such as cows or gas drilling. “It’s probably on the order of a feedlot of methane,” Valentine said. However, some shallow-water seeps could vent methane to the surface, and researchers expect that future surveys will uncover even more shallow seeps. These regions only received a cursory look during the survey.”

I love the scientific measurements used to assess the threat, “It’s probably on the order of a feedlot of methane,”…  Is that a Kansas feedlot of methane or a Texas feedlot of methane; be specific as the United Nation’s IPCC report will need exact scientific measurements prior to creating a new Hockey Stick that proves mankind is destroying the planet.

Never mind studies which have proven that there’s more Arctic Ice than ever before, never mind the fact that an active volcano spews out more greenhouse gas in one day than the accumulated greenhouse gasses contributed by the human race.  Man made global warming studies get federal tax dollars to scientists, lots and lots of tax dollars to scientists  who’ve signed on to the generally accepted consensus, which just happens to match the policies for handing out federal grants.

Facts?… the facts they’ll find later; nobody pays attention to facts, at least not anyone pushing the climate change agenda.

Haven’t we heard this all before?  It must be a broken record.

This article has been cross posted to The Moral Liberal, a publication whose banner reads, “Defending The Judeo-Christian Ethic, Limited Government, & The American Constitution”.

08/25/14

Forum: What Do You Think The Grand Jury Will Decide In The Michael Brown Shooting? Why?

The Watcher’s Council

Every week on Monday morning, the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum with short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture or daily living. This week’s question: What Do You Think The Grand Jury Will Decide In The Michael Brown Shooting? Why?

Simply Jews: I can’t weigh in with an informed opinion, but, judging by the previous cases, the Grand Jury may very well pass the whole to a trial. This, if Frontpage is to be believed (and sometimes it does go overboard, unfortunately) is not a good sign.

But let the justice (or, rather, law) do its thing…

Bookworm Room: I hate to say this, but I think it depends on the jury’s racial composition. I can’t say what a majority white jury would do, because I don’t have the evidence before me. However, sadly, I have no doubt whatsoever that a majority black grand jury would issue an indictment for first degree murder.

This leads me to a different issue. Back in 1939, when Hattie McDaniel was the first black woman to win an Oscar for best supporting actress as Mammy in Gone With The Wind, she made a brief speech:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, fellow members of the motion picture industry and honored guests: This is one of the happiest moments of my life, and I want to thank each one of you who had a part in selecting me for one of their awards, for your kindness. It has made me feel very, very humble; and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything that I may be able to do in the future. I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry. My heart is too full to tell you just how I feel, and may I say thank you and God bless you.

It later turned out that the studio wrote those words for McDaniel, especially the bit about her sincere “hope I shall always be a credit to my race,” a line that deeply humiliated her.

I can understand McDaniel’s humiliation about having any words put in her mouth, especially words that emphasized her race, but I’ve never found the notion of being a credit to ones race distasteful. Perhaps that’s because I’m Jewish, and we Jews, like the blacks, have always been the “other” race.

What one Jew does always has the potential to be a negative stereotype applied to all people. Thus, I found Bernie Madoff’s frauds disgusting, because they destroyed people’s livelihoods, but I also found them embarrassing because, as a Jew, I hate it when a fellow Jew feeds into a negative Jewish stereotype.

One of the things I find so incomprehensible about modern American blacks is that they do not impose standards on their fellow blacks. There is no expectation of a self-correcting mechanism. If you’re a black who does bad things, you’re not someone who brings shame on the black community. You are, instead, just another victim, along with the black teens you’ve killed, the Korean or Indian store owners you robbed and pistol whipped, and the whites you injured or murdered in a “knock out” game. The black community, rather than denouncing a drugged out, weaponed up, murderous black teen as a disgrace to the race is embraced and has his image printed on t-shirts.

Thinking about it, what I’ve just said isn’t a different issue at all. It explains why I’m certain that a majority- or all-black grand jury would indict the Ferguson police officer in the blink of an eye. As far as they’re concerned, blacks are always the victims no matter how degraded or violent their behavior. And if it’s always someone else’s fault, an indictment against whichever “someone else” happens to be available is a no-brainer. Racial pride, rather than bringing with it high standards, means no standards whatsoever.

The Right Planet: I don’t have a real great track record concerning predictions on the outcomes of judicial matters, nor am I much of an authority on such matters. With that being said, I’ve read numerous articles that seem to focus solely on the racial makeup of the grand jury. I would hope the focus would be on getting at the truth on just what happened during the confrontation between Officer Darren Wilson and Michael Brown. But, that’s just “hope.” I’m not holding my breath, especially considering the top law enforcement official in the land, Attorney General Eric Holder, has been quoted as saying “change is coming.” What does that mean?

My biggest beef in this whole Ferguson affair is hearing people like Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, et al., say they will pursue a “vigorous prosecution” of Darren Wilson, as opposed to a vigorous investigation. It amazes me how many on the left-side of the political spectrum demand we read Miranda rights and provide due process to known and suspected terrorists, yet the officer involved in the Michael Brown case has already been tried in the court of public opinion, and has essentially been given a “death sentence.” No due process for Officer Wilson. He’s been found guilty until proven innocent. And even if Darren Wilson was cleared of any wrongdoing in the Michael Brown shooting, I doubt it would make any difference to those who believe that Wilson is a “racist white pig” who ruthlessly “executed” a young black man walking in the street.

So, what’s my prediction? Based on the facts as they stand now, or lack thereof, I would predict Darren Wilson would be cleared of any charges of “police brutality” that was solely fueled by “racial animus.” But I tend to be a bit on the logical side, which means I’ll probably be wrong concerning the ultimate decision and findings by the grand jury.

The Independent Sentinel: If the lynch mob has anything to say, Officer Wilson will go to jail for life without any further evidence. There will be a trial for political reasons regardless of what the evidence shows. There is too little information right now to guess either way, but I have faith in the criminal justice system and in the jury. Most will do the right thing.

JoshuaPundit: In a sense, it doesn’t matter what the Grand Jury decides. There’s an old, sorta silly  ’70′s movie called Billy Jack in which the heroine, a young school teacher, gets gang raped by some local thugs. One of her students who sees  the end of her ordeal and comes down to untie the teacher urges her to report it, telling her ‘you can’t let them get away with this.’ The teacher’s response? ‘They already have.’

No matter what the Grand Jury decides, unless he’s an extraordinarily strong person Darren Wilson’s life is crap from now on..just like George Zimmerman’s, Bernie Goetz,  Steven Pagones and a number of other people who have, shall we say, had life changing interactions on the wrong side of political correctness. The quest for the Great White Defendant never ends.

The Grand Jury? I’m not sure, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them take the path of least resistance and come up with something to take this to trial. Remember, it’s other  people’s money they’re spending, not theirs. Ironically enough, I think the fact that reportedly only three of the jurors are black increases the chances, since none of the non-black jurors, the politicians or the prosecutor will want to be labeled ra-aaa-a-cists.

The big problem here when  it’s trial time  for the prosecution  is that The ‘Gentle Giant’, Michael Brown  clearly assaulted a police officer fairly forcefully. That gives the defense a  large amount of leeway.

Another point worth  considering is that the game that’s being played here really has nothing to do with Michael Brown, or ‘murder’, or civil rights, or the police. It’s not even about convicting Darren Wilson of anything, really. It’s about something very, very different.

Laura Rambeau Lee, Right Reason: On August 9th,2014, 18 year old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Two weeks later, despite unrelenting media coverage, this is still the only fact we know.

The tension in this community between its predominantly black population and the predominantly white Ferguson police department appears to have been simmering for a longtime. The usual race baiters arrived on the scene expressing outrage at the “execution” of this gentle giant by the police officer and demanding justice. While they say they want peace and justice, the only justice that will satisfy them is the conviction of police officer Darren Wilson.

The entire country, in fact the entire world, looks on as America’s ongoing struggles with racism take the forefront in the tragic shooting death of a young black man by a white police officer.

Not only have the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton inserted themselves and their divisive rhetoric into this volatile environment. President Obama actually took time from his vacation to make a statement, expressing his and Michelle’s condolences to Brown’s family over the heartbreaking death of their son. Attorney General Eric Holder and his very selective Department of Justice determined this to be a case worthy of investigation, conducting a dual investigation along with local officials. His words to the black community expressing his personal experiences with racism and racial profiling tip the scales of justice towards a bias that should cause great concern to every American. The FBI launched a civil rights investigation, putting more than 40 agents on the ground in Ferguson.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon called for a complete and fair investigation, justice for the Brown family, and also vigorous prosecution of the case.

Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal called for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorne yBob McCulloch to be replaced by a special prosecutor believing he cannot possibly be impartial because of his ties to law enforcement and the fact tha this police officer father was killed by a black man. She has also said if there is not a conviction, to “be prepared for the entire city to have looting.”

Governor Nixon(D), Attorney General Eric Holder (D), and Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D),along with the Revs. Jackson and Sharpton, have pre-determined the guilt of police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown.

The decision to prosecute the police officer will be political, because when it comes to issues of race, Eric Holder is right. We are a nation of cowards. As long as insisting that justice be based on facts and evidence alone is deemed racist,as long as we allow the race baiters to continue to pick at old wounds and not allow for healing, as long as people continue to threaten violence if “justice”does not go their way, America will continue to be divided by the progressive politics of race.

Ask Marion: I would like to believe that our legal system works and that both Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson involved and Michael Brown will get a an impartial fair shot at justice based on the facts heard by 12-impaneled Grand Jurors , who are all U.S. citizens and residents of St. Louis County, are all at least 21-years-old and who have not served on a grand jury in the past 10 years.

Such a grand jury began hearing evidence in St. Louis County on Wednesday August 20th in the death of Michael Brown, who was shot August 9th by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson.

Grand juries decide “whether a crime was committed and whether there is probable cause to believe the defendant committed it.” If so, the grand jury can issue an indictment, which is a formal charging document.

In this case, the grand jury will decide whether or not to indict Officer Wilson, who fatally shot Brown. They will consider a range of charges, from first-degree murder to involuntary manslaughter To issue an indictment, at least nine members of the 12-person panel must agree to do so.

With the pressure from the White House through Eric Holder who visited Ferguson in person as well as from the community, and considering the amount of media spin, all of whom seem less than focused on the facts, it will take a lot of courage and integrity on the part of the jury to weigh the evidence and make a decision based on that evidence alone. The Progressives who back or are part of the media and the Obama administration are already laying the groundwork for the next round of riots in Ferguson, Missouri, now that a grand jury has been convened.

But I am putting my belief in the American judicial system and the 12-Americans who are serving on that Grand Jury and praying that I’m right; for if we can’t believe in that we really are doomed.

Well, there you have it.

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