Daily Archives: 11. August 2017


11.08.2017 - 20:21 [ Radio Utopie ]

Aluminium-Connection: Goldman Sachs hortet ein Viertel der Weltproduktion

(2011) „Hunger nach Metall der Chinesen ist schuld!“ Wohl eher die unersättliche Gier der Grossbanken, die wie Glucken auf dem Nest sitzen und abwartend für sich goldene Eier legen.

Hand made by Bunker-Bankster: Finanzkrise – Wirtschaftskrise – galoppierende Rohstoffpreise – Investmentbank über Tochtergesellschaft Metro International Trade Services hält ein Viertel der Weltproduktion der Aluminiumbestände „legal“ in Detroit auf Lager zurück

11.08.2017 - 10:15 [ WRVO ]

Activists in Syracuse remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki anniversaries

„Churches, scientists, schools, community organizations, peace and justice organizations are coming together to say, what can we do?“ Kramer said. „What kind of pressure can we put on the Senate and the House that hopefully in turn will get to the president’s ears? This is not a matter of saving face, this is a matter of saving the earth.“

11.08.2017 - 10:04 [ Counter Punch ]

Ibuse’s Hiroshima

Shigematsu Shizuma, the protagonist of Masuji Ibuse’s novel, Black Rain, was on his way to work on the morning of August 6, 1945, when he entered Yokogawa Station to board the Kabe train. That morning’s radio broadcast had announced that “One B-29 is proceeding northward.” But he had paid it little attention, since they were so used to hearing similar announcements.

11.08.2017 - 08:10 [ Korea Broadcasting System ]

China verspricht Neutralität im Falle von Nordkoreas Angriff auf Guam

„Huanqiu Shibao“, die Tochterzeitung des Parteiorgans „Renmin Ribao“, schrieb am Freitag, man mache deutlich, dass China neutral bleiben werde, sollte Nordkorea Raketen auf US-Gebiet schießen und dadurch eine Vergeltung verursachen.

Zugleich hieß es jedoch, sollten die USA und Südkorea mit einem militärischen Schlag das nordkoreanische Regime zu stürzen und die politische Struktur auf der koreanischen Halbinsel zu verändern versuchen, werde China sie resolut daran hindern.

11.08.2017 - 08:01 [ Global Times (China) ]

Reckless game over the Korean Peninsula runs risk of real war

Beijing is not able to persuade Washington or Pyongyang to back down at this time. It needs to make clear its stance to all sides and make them understand that when their actions jeopardize China‘s interests, China will respond with a firm hand.

China should also make clear that if North Korea launches missiles that threaten US soil first and the US retaliates, China will stay neutral. If the US and South Korea carry out strikes and try to overthrow the North Korean regime and change the political pattern of the Korean Peninsula, China will prevent them from doing so.

11.08.2017 - 07:50 [ Time.com ]

Chinese State Media Says China Should be Neutral if North Korea Attacks the U.S.

„China should also make clear that if North Korea launches missiles that threaten U.S. soil first and the U.S. retaliates, China will stay neutral,“ the Global Times, which is widely read but does not represent government policy, said in an editorial.

„If the U.S. and South Korea carry out strikes and try to overthrow the North Korean regime and change the political pattern of the Korean Peninsula, China will prevent them from doing so,“ it said.

11.08.2017 - 07:45 [ New York Times ]

Trump Had a Lot to Say on Thursday. Here Are the Highlights.

Seven days into a 17-day “working vacation” in Bedminster, N.J., President Trump unburdened himself during two lengthy, impromptu news conferences on Thursday, eagerly ping-ponging through the litany of domestic and foreign policy issues that have consumed his administration for weeks.