Moveable Feast Cafe 2020/10/21 … Open Thread

Today {20th Oct} on Russian.people, the Chinese news site for Russia, this very encouraging and interesting article, on current moves by the members of the SCO to fight Global Poverty.

Whilst it does quote certain statements made by the UN on this issue [a body which, as far as I can see, has made not one significant move to actually solving this issue], the details of how China has solved, and is still tackling this issue are the main thrust. It’s clear that this is how the SCO proposes to fight Global poverty in the coming decades.

I remember a speech given by Vladimir Putin stating that violence, people like the ISIS terrorists, arise from poverty, and poverty arises from destroyed homelands, lack of access to work, education, income.

The difference between the Anglo Empire and the growing North and Orient is shown again. Oh, we have talk in the Empire about poverty, meetings, committees, but apart from throwing a few bucks at the odd Government department or charity, what really gets done? Nothing, because the PTB don’t care; indeed, I’d go so far as to say – they like it. They enjoy seeing heaps of people in poverty, partly because it makes their sick mind feel that they are great in comparison, but also because they see people in poverty as weak, unable to fight back against vassalage, forced to be obedient slaves to the 0.1% obscenely, greedily wealthy.

China show exactly how it means what it says about combating poverty, by undertaking the work needed to be done to analyse the causes, because without understanding nothing can be achieved. Russia has joined in via SCO to act in concert.

What I think also contributes to the lack of care in the West though, comes from a universal mind-set. It stems from long ago and can be found in Matthew “for the poor are always with you”.

It’s the assumption that “there’s nothing that can be done – there will always be poor” as though poverty is a visitation from on high, not the result of actual activity by humans.

A travel document of a visitor – not an Anglo – to India from before the Empire invaded documented the huge amounts of food available to all people, the richness of dishes and cloths, the happy and easeful lives all the people lived.
Compare that to India after the English invaded – the mass poverty and malnutrition and famine!! Yet it was written off as the “Indians are ignorant, and don’t care about the poor”. !!

The attitude of China and others of the Oriental and Northern nations is that there is nothing that cannot be done, there is no life that doesn’t merit help to live with dignity, and the problem is a solvable one.

It’s probably too long to be included as a comment, so I’ve selected two good early passages and a link to the entire.

[ I think you’ll need a translator. Yandex does this well for me].

SCO Secretary General Vladimir Norov

The history of the international day for the eradication of poverty is inextricably linked with the date of October 17, 1987. On that day, more than a hundred thousand people gathered at the Trocadero square in Paris, where the universal Declaration of human rights was signed in 1948, to pay tribute to the victims of extreme poverty, violence and hunger.

In 2000, at the Millennium Summit, representatives of 189 countries, including 147 heads of state and government, adopted an ambitious UN program called the Millennium development Goals (MDGs) to address global human problems. Among the eight key goals, the goal of eliminating poverty and hunger was put forward as a top priority.

On September 25, 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the development Agenda, which identified 17 goals and targets designed until 2030 to stimulate development in areas of primary importance to humanity and the planet. Hunger and poverty eradication, related water and sanitation, low-cost and clean energy, and education were identified as priorities.

There are several causes of poverty, the main of which are economic – unemployment or low wages, the growing impact of the environment on people’s lives and food security, as well as medical and social-age, diseases, low level of social guarantees, limited ability to work. An international holiday is dedicated to people who are fighting for the eradication of poverty on a daily basis, and those who provide any assistance to this category of population.

Every year, the events held within the framework of the Day are dedicated to a specific theme, among which in different years were: “together to end poverty”, “human Rights and dignity of people living in poverty”, “Children and families speak out against poverty”, “From poverty to decent work: bridging the gap”, “leaving no one behind: think, solve and act together against extreme poverty”, “Building a sustainable future: together to end poverty and discrimination”, etc.

The theme of the International day for the eradication of poverty, which is celebrated on October 17 this year, is related to the task of achieving social and environmental justice for all. The growing recognition of the multidimensional nature of poverty means that the two issues are inextricably linked.

Poverty is not just a lack of income and resources to sustain a sustainable livelihood. It manifests itself in hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion, and the inability to participate in decision – making,” the UN documents state.

According to UN Food and agriculture organization (FAO) estimates, 820 million people did not have access to sufficient food in 2018, compared with 811 million in the previous year. The world’s population is growing rapidly, and food production is not able to meet all their needs as a result of wasteful use, degradation and desertification of land resources, environmental degradation and climate change.

According to the UN, the new climate conditions will cause changes in crop productivity, which will cause mass poverty on the planet. By 2030, more than 120 million people will be below the poverty line and will lose access to health services, quality products and other social benefits. This will especially affect those who already live in poor regions.
Most of the world’s poorest people (about 75 per cent) live in rural areas, and their livelihoods and food security depend directly on agriculture. However, they often lack adequate access to resources, services, technologies, markets and economic opportunities.

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It is also important to note that China, which is one of the SCO’s founding States, has an impressive track record in fighting poverty. China, the most populous country in the world, is close to solving the problem of total poverty eradication. In many ways, this is a direct result of the policy of reform and openness, which was launched in 1978. At that time, over 95% of China’s population was in the grip of extreme poverty.
The overall strategy of providing targeted assistance to those in need, outlined by the country’s leadership, was aimed at fulfilling six primary tasks: the need to guarantee the accuracy of the actors to whom support is provided, the purposefulness of project planning, the targeted use of financial resources, the targeting of measures to poor families, targeted assistance to rural areas, and achieving concrete results on poverty eradication.

Since 2014, all over China, work has started on creating archives and establishing personal cards for every poor family. Thus, 29,48 million poor families were registered, the number of poor people amounted to about 90 million people, at the same time, 128 thousand poor villages were established throughout the country. The state collected information on the distribution of the poor, the causes of their poverty, and the need for assistance. Based on the data obtained, the relevant programs were implemented.

The experience of fighting poverty in China shows how important it is to focus on identifying the root causes of poverty and creating conditions for the population to solve this difficult task independently.

Entire article is at : http://russian.people.com.cn/n3/2020/1019/c95181-9770419.html

Certainly share amarynths’ feelings of needing to disconnect from Empire “News” {ha.ha. } from the Anglosphere Empire. It’s something I’ve been doing a lot lately.

I mean, anything out of the Empire HQ in USA sounds like a daily report from the dementia ward {Mr. Smith is still pooping his pants in the day room and throwing his faeces at Mrs Blogs; Mr. Screwtape is still telling outrageous lies about everything – his diagnosis of extreme chronic Schizophrenia remains confirmed and untreatable. And so forth}.

So, from todays “Putin-Today” I bring 3 delightfully positive and interesting pieces of real news, for the happy and optimistic of heart :-)

1. De-offshoration really works: a good article which goes into the details of exactly how Russian firms and shareholders were dodging tax, how the tax system works and the changes Putin has made so that it is now disadvantageous to companies to keep up the practice. The writer has been able to find details of a list of companies who have “gone home”.

https://www.putin-today.ru/archives/110564

2. Putin just signed into law a very important reversal.

The history of the introduction of a reverse excise tax on the processing of ethane and LPG has come to an end. Vladimir Putin signed the relevant law, thanks to which the Russian gas and chemical industry will make a real breakthrough in the coming years.

This initiative could have been adopted a year or a year and a half ago, but under the previous government, the position of first Deputy Prime Minister was held by Anton Siluanov, the law was constantly delayed and delayed.

Fortunately, Yuri Borisov, who received additional powers in the Mishustin-Belousov government, was able to push through the initiative in just a few months. The article gives the details, and huge returns due to Russia starting now, from tax and other income generating initiatives. Interestingly, although it doesn’t say anything specific about the rather “sus” Siluanov [thought by many to be too pro-US], it makes it clear that he stalled and stalled, and yet Yuri Borisov got it through in a matter months. Yet again, I point out, there’s that name again – Borisov – as a man who gets things done in a short space of time. A man to watch, I’d suggest.

3.Finally, something amarynth has mentioned: I though I’d include the biggest part of the statement made by the head of the FSB:

“Well, how else to interpret another rare appearance with a public statement of the head of Russian foreign intelligence — this time on Moldova (?)

Quoting TASS, highlighting some of the places:

“Naryshkin said that the United States is preparing a “color” revolution after the presidential election in Moldova.

The Director of the foreign intelligence Service said that the United States continues to interfere in the internal Affairs of States friendly to Russia.

Director of the Russian foreign intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin said that the United States is preparing a “color” revolution in the country if Igor Dodon wins the Moldovan presidential election. The text of his statement on Tuesday was distributed by the SVR press Bureau.

“Now we clearly see that the Americans are preparing a “revolutionary” scenario (after the events in Belarus and Kyrgyzstan) and for Moldova, which will elect a President in November, ” he said. According to Naryshkin, the us is not satisfied with the current head of state, who maintains constructive relations with the CIS countries, including the Russian Federation.
“Assessing I. Dodon’s chances of winning as preferable,” Naryshkin said. — The US state Department ordered its Embassy in Chisinau to set up the opposition in advance to organize mass protest actions in case of his re-election with the demand to cancel the voteresults.” According to him, the American-affiliated media and NGOs are already “throwing” fakes into the information space about the authorities ‘ plans to resort to falsifications.
He stressed that the Moldovan security forces are being persuaded by diplomats from the US Embassy not to hinder the likely street protests and to switch to the” side of the people ” immediately.

The head of the SVR also stated that there is information about the preparation of a group of American specialists on “color revolutions” to leave for Moldova “with clear tasks”».

He stressed that Washington continues to interfere unceremoniously in the internal Affairs of States friendly to Moscow along the perimeter of the Russian borders. He also added that Belarus and Kyrgyzstan are making crude attempts to influence the post-election situation.

“We regret to note that the United States, which so loudly declares the unacceptability of any external interference in the internal American election campaign, quickly forgets this postulate when it comes to the need to ensure Washington’s opportunistic interests abroad. In this case, such a concept as the sovereignty of a foreign state clearly falls into the background. Truly, America is above all, ” Naryshkin said.”

Source of information: https://tass.ru/politika/9766401

It only remains to remember that in fact, the” color scenario of the United States ” in Belarus firmly tied Lukashenko to the opinion of the Russian leadership, and in Kyrgyzstan-Zhaparov, who came to the post of acting President, has already declared the priority of strategic partnership with Russia over any other…

So if everything goes according to the Belarusian scenario in Moldova as well»…

But the blame for this, of course, will be the state Department and Brussels.

LJ: hippy-end”

https://www.putin-today.ru/archives/110575

This latter leaves me only one question: “Given that the US is now being utterly blatant in it’s manipulation of sovereign nations to bow to it’s demands, and install the puppet wealth draining spigot they want – why is it that any nation wanting to be independent still has US embassy’s.?? These damn “colour revolutions” cost money, loss of businesses, often injuries, and even lives.
When are they going to be able to say “the US Embassy is closed, all diplomats are ordered to leave, only US visitors will those with Visa Approval, for work, study, marriage, business, tourism.” Any American proven in a court of law to be spying for US will receive a mandatory 20 yr prison sentence. “

Surely the world has had enough and has the “whatchamaycallums” to kick them out, calling them out for why.

More Quibbling over the names vs the realities of things.

I. Civil War

Civil War as a means towards the Intended Dissolution of Nations …whether that nation be Untied States in the 1860’s or today…..Russia 1917 -1920 and in the 1990s …….. Ukraine (before ever properly formed, I am told) 2014 til the present the United States 2016 through to the present day.

Note that I do not deny the reality of civil war.

What I deny is:

a) The idea that such a civil war is only kinetic and the Second US Civil War will start right after Nov 3, 2020

I offer for general consideration that, much to the contrary, it is primarily a war of ideas and identity simmering for a century + and broke to the surface, in terms of determined resistance to save the republic…….ONLY when people ignored the pollsters in 2016 ….Fake News ……and “they” (their blue opposition) & their witch Hillary LOST.
In fact, it is possible, though not guaranteed, that the war of ideas is won in as little as a few weeks….and the kinetic part is avoided, except for some more of the sort of looting and burning tantrums we have seen the last 5 months.
Which only woke up millions of liberals…..and made them start to walk or slink away.

I also deny

b) The idea that “The Rest of the World Will Be Safer” if the United States, as an idea of a sovereign republic loses the current Civil War of Ideas and Identity (including gender….lol) that it is in…………and disintegrates.

The fallacy of composition in that piece of nonsense………..is that such an outcome is not precisely the goal of George Soros and his globalist ilk.

Because IT IS. Full Stop.

I also deny

c) The Idea that the United States IS The Essence and Totality of the Empire and that a majority of its citizens on both main sides of the Ideological Divide are genetically, organically pre-programmed for World Conquest.

Unlike Ken Leslie, I argue that such is NOT the Collective Guilt of the majority of Germans, either in the 1930s and early 1940s….or today.

We have a regular here, who is German and lives in Germany and who several years ago related how he had asked his father (a young adult during the Third Reich…..now no doubt deceased……) “What happened?”

The answer he reported here that his father gave was more or less: “Almost none of us knew. We could not see. We were in a fog.”

Not as any excuse…but just as a plain fact of the matter.

The difference between Germany then and the US today…….is that scores of millions of Americans do now finally see enough…(the signs of trouble were there before many were born…) not of everything in detail…..but enough to be on much higher alert…with some sanguine sense of their actual situation…..than they have ever seen…..before…at least …..in the last century.

And they…..unlike the “good Germans” of the 1930s…..have a fighting chance to actually restore their republic and its better potential…..and flush most of the Empire shit …out of the house…and into the sewer.

And any of you want to write that imperfect but rising consciousness off……see them lose….and descend into bloody homicidal chaos at home…….because they were (before 2016, in the majority) too lazy or stupid to see that that (homocidal chaos) is what their government was sowing abroad???

No redemption allowed??

Such an idea falls right into Soros’ (as a mere Empire representative we can SEE….many others we cannot see…… but that may soon change……) idea of his role for you if you cling to such an unfortunate and harmful …..Pro-Empire of the Mind ….Bad Idea.

Ever wondered how the PTB are going to bring in digital currency?

They’re using crypto-currencies to attract the early-adopters of technology (esp. on alternative media sites and electronic payment methods – to bring digital currency in (at the same time theyre diminishing the importance of the $US and even availability of notes and coin – India and Australia having abandoned the issue of larger denomination notes – as the US did years ago abandoning the issue of $10000, $1000 and $500 notes

‘Bitcoin surged to almost $13,000 for the first time since July 2019 after PayPal Holdings announced it will allow customers to use cryptocurrencies.’
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-21/bitcoin-on-the-brink-of-fresh-year-high-following-paypal-embrace

You see its being done by stealth

Regards

Society collapse, financial collapse, and environmental collapse will hit the Wall of Extinction at about the same time in the very near future.

And the Globalists have big plans for this event.

https://www.clearnewswire.com/467590.html

Reported today: Ghislaine Maxwell has made a deposition claiming that she never procured girls to be groomed for sex by Epstein – only sourced “massage therapists” for him

These are cunningly contrived *weasel words* to make it difficult / impossible for the prosecution to *establish a case against her – beyond *reasonable doubt

I’m not so interested in the kabuki theater of US politics – as Ive said many a time, much to Bro93’s grief – that it makes no difference – the US is a kleptocracy and the obscene greed of the parasitic class and subsequent gross inequality will be what buries the US branch of the Empire

However – its the timing!!!

On the same day as the last Presidential Candidate’s debate – info on Maxwell has been released in the hope that it gets ‘buried’ in the 24/7 news cycle

If so, its a strong indication that she’s being protected (backstory: UK media baron & agent for the Israeli Secret Intelligence Service – check out the acronym, haha!) Robert Maxwell was her Daddy)

The thot plickens ….

Following on from Taras77’s link in Newsfeed:
“Articles difference between psychopath and politician: none! Psychopaths and politicians both have a tendency to be ….”
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/10/john-w-whitehead/dont-vote-for-a-psychopath-tyranny-at-the-hands-of-a-psychopathic-government/

If you’ve got the time I *strongly recommend this incredible i/view (forgive Russell Brand’s accent) on *Addiction – but also includes a discussion on the psychopathy of ‘leaders’ like Obama and Trump

Russell Brand & Gabor Mate | Damaged Leaders Rule The World (1:32: 38)
https://youtu.be/C-mJnYmdVmQ

Regards

The world is not black and white but a series of greys between the two. Two vassal states, Australia and Canada have upped the vitriol against China in recent times (anti-Russianism is a continuum), a stance that would appear gratuitous and economically unsound. Like good soldiers they are likely following orders and scripts.

What to make of this though, from the Canadian state broadcaster? Is there any truth (the best lies contain a grain of truth), any smidgin of truth at all here? Genocide is an inflammatory word and could of course be used against Canada’s Trudeau and Freeland for killing by sanctions an estimated 30,000+ in Venezuela.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/parliamentary-committee-uighur-genocide-1.5772757

There has to be a larger story.

Everything’s going according to the plan …

October 23, 2020 ‘A Chasm Deepens in America’s Credit Markets, Swallowing Smaller Firms’

“Existing disparities in access to capital have widened as a result of responses to the crisis by the Fed and the U.S. government.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-23/a-chasm-deepens-in-america-s-credit-markets-swallowing-smaller-firms

The problem here is SME (Small-to-Medium business Enterprises) employ the vast majority of the US workforce

No need to read the article just note that the process of holders of wealth buying up assets at basement bargain prices – further concentrating wealth in fewer and fewer hands and creating even more inequality – the *real ticking time-bomb in the US economy – is well underway

This video has been removed for violating YouTube’s Terms of Service.
/moveable-feast-cafe-2020-10-14/#comment-861633 …
posted by Babuška
https://youtu.be/_MWZP4B86rY

Some accuse Gerhard Schroeder of participating in the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. And then suddenly he became a friend of Russia. What happened between the 1990s and the 2000s – did Schroeder turn over a new leaf? Does he regret his actions in Serbia?