D Angelo Barksdale Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 When you just trying to chill and watch the international weekend and these mf's start doing a coup on you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/15/australia-nuclear-powered-submarines-us-uk-security-partnership-aukus I'm sure that an exclusive alliance of white, colonial racist countries is bound to win the hearts and minds of east Asia! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Waldo Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 10 hours ago, virginton said: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/15/australia-nuclear-powered-submarines-us-uk-security-partnership-aukus I'm sure that an exclusive alliance of white, colonial racist countries is bound to win the hearts and minds of east Asia! Yes. The likes of Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and a multitude of smaller island nations will be supportive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 The Australian Liberal Party seem to be a bunch of guys determined to make Mad Max happen. New Zealand obviously aren't part of the alliance because that's where all the Reptiles plan to shelter post nuclear holocaust. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Anyone here concerned about the ramifications of the Evergrande situation? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: Anyone here concerned about the ramifications of the Evergrande situation? With $300 billion debts they're probably too big for China to allow to fail. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 If I was Evergrande I would just simply vist the citizen's advice bureau and agree a repayment plan of £10 a month. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Adam Tooze has a nice summary of the Evergrande situation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 On 20/09/2021 at 13:34, yoda said: Adam Tooze has a nice summary of the Evergrande situation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 And another decent read on the situation from Adam Tooze: click Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Here the financial system controls the state. In China the state/CCP control the financial system. Xi's has named his next economic project 'Common Prosperity' and has targets to reduce inequality. To do that they will need to crack down on speculators and financial capital. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 On 22/09/2021 at 15:00, yoda said: And another decent read on the situation from Adam Tooze: click Reveal hidden contents Tooze underplays the superiority of Caixin as a source. https://www.caixinglobal.com/ Way better coverage of the Chinese economy than anything you'll find in the West. Michael Pettis is always a good read, but that's because he's in Beijing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) I'm sure this will work. The faith in the sanctity of IP is quasi religious. Edited September 30, 2021 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 It's a year since the Second Karabakh War and the Pandora papers that have been published overnight make very clear the dependency of the Azeribijan regime on the UK. Aliyev has been found to have bought a £33m London office block via an off shore firm and transfered it to the ownership of his 11 year old son. The Aliyevs also made £30mprofit selling property to the Crown Estate. It's long been known that the ALiyev family and regime use the UK to launder the money they have stolen from the oil boom in Azerbijan, the Pandora papers make it even clearer. The big cover for the looting and corruption is the war - Aliyev can always claim he won back the territory retaken in Karabakh. It completely insulates him for any sort of consequences domestically - even the Azeri opposition and democratic activists are all in on the Karabakh War. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Border tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan grow. https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-shuts-iran-mosque-tensions/31494553.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 hours ago, ICTChris said: Border tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan grow. https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-shuts-iran-mosque-tensions/31494553.html I don't doubt the accuracy but I'd be a bit wary of the source. Originally funded by the CIA, it is still funded by the US Government, with orders to act in accordance with the "broad foreign policy objectives of the United States". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Agency_for_Global_Media 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 GB News for me from now on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, ICTChris said: GB News for me from now on. Nothing wrong with any news source so long as you're aware of the potential bias and/or agenda. GB News might be pushing it. P.S. Iran seem to be confirming the story. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/465724/In-less-than-48-hours-troops-equipment-transferred-to-drill And Turkey for some more background with an agenda. https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/complex-neighborhood-relationship-of-azerbaijan-and-iran Don't think war is imminent though, bit of righteous sabre rattling imo. Edited October 5, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Huge if true. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Not sure what to make of a media landscape in which: (i) the finally difficult to hide crisis in the global supply of cheap easily exploitable fossil fuels with high EROEI now fracking is understood on Wall St to be a financial bust, (ii) grid parity for renewables achieved so that most new electricity generation capacity is based on that globally with several grid scale storage solutions at an advanced stage of development, (iii) EV sales based on Li ion battery technology possibly entering S-curve growth over the next decade, do not lead media commentators to ask some serious questions about whether Greta & Co maybe need to calm down a wee bit and move out of a pre-2007 credit crunch Al Gore vs Dubya era timewarp in which (i)-(iii) were not even close to being applicable yet. If you dumb down complex problems to a level understandable to people with an IQ of 90 and a faith rather than reason based way of looking at the world you wind up with a narrative that is tunnel-visioned and siloed away from reality. Edited October 11, 2021 by LongTimeLurker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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