CLOSING the gap between rich and poor boosts economic growth, according to new analysis from the OECD.
theaustralian.com.au
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Income inequality
Income
inequality hinders economic growth, but astonishingly, it is the
disparity at the lower end of the distribution that is the problem, not
high incomes. Hence, we need to do more to lift people out of absolute
poverty, instead of obsessing about relative poverty. Measures to
attack the super-rich (such as progressive taxation) not only fail and
are counter-productive, but divert attention from the real problem, not
comparative poverty but absolute destitution.
Friday, 21 November 2014
Ilrael's Incentive to Succeed.
Tel
Aviv dubbed ‘world’s smartest city’. Does the existential threat from
surrounding hatred reduce Israel's potential, or does it push Israel to
excel, and hence survive and succeed?
The White City's 'digital revolution' receives international recognition in annual Smart City Expo
timesofisrael.com
Sunday, 9 November 2014
Bob Carr - anti-Semite
“This
grandstanding by Bob Carr is all about him. It’s nothing more than an
obsession on Bob Carr’s part,” Mr Frydenberg, the government’s only
Jewish MP, said.
“He is a real opportunist. He’s been silent as we’ve seen ISIL or ISIS go ahead and engage in beheadings in Iraq and Syria and butchery and genocide but he’s just obsessed with the Israel-Palestinian issue and I just think it’s because he’s got relevance deprivation syndrome.”
“He is a real opportunist. He’s been silent as we’ve seen ISIL or ISIS go ahead and engage in beheadings in Iraq and Syria and butchery and genocide but he’s just obsessed with the Israel-Palestinian issue and I just think it’s because he’s got relevance deprivation syndrome.”
LIBERAL
MP Josh Frydenberg has savaged Bob Carr’s patronage of Labor Friends of
Palestine, branding the “lazy” former foreign minister an
“opportunist”…
theaustralian.com.au
Friday, 7 November 2014
Israel's "extraordinary lengths to limit collateral damage and civilian casualties."
Israel's "extraordinary lengths to limit collateral damage and civilian casualties."
Hamas, the militant organization, Dempsey said, "had become very nearly a subterranean society," burrowing underground and hiding amongst the civilian population.
Hamas, the militant organization, Dempsey said, "had become very nearly a subterranean society," burrowing underground and hiding amongst the civilian population.
Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says US military learning from Israel's
jpost.com
Thursday, 30 October 2014
Greater Gaza - the Palestinian Soution.
Hello,
after a long time.
For a while I have been thinking about re-starting to repost items that are important to me but which might be obscure and easily missed or misrepresented by opposing propaganda. I suppose Trolls must be tolerated!
The first issue is the future of the so called Palestinians, the descendants of the Biblical Philistines. Many are crowded into the tiny Gaza Strip. Many of them, and many more in Jordan and other surrounding countries genuinely believe that Israel will soon cease to exist, the Jews will all be gone, perhaps exterminated, and all these Refugess and descendants of refugees will be able to return to some mythical, ancestral lands. This is the true policy of genocide but with clever publicity for persuasive oratory many people are duped into believing that it is the Israelis who want to destroy the Palestinian Arabs. Another similar reversal is the charge of apartheid, even though Arabs who stayed or returned to Israel now enjoy full citizenship rights, in excess, particularly for women, over people in any other Arab or Moslem country, but Jews are forbidden to live in any Arab or Moslem country, including a putative future Palestinian State. The riots against a few Jews in an Arab neighbourhood of East Jerusalem is not seen as the apartheid that it is, but Israel is accused of the same thing, with no evidence, yet it is believed.
One solution is to extend Gaza into Sanai, which is huge and largely uninhabited. The Palestinians could have a country of significant size, perhaps retaining sovereignty over most of the West Bank. This suggestion was supported by Egypt's President al-Sisi but he dropped the whole idea when it was rejected by the Palestinian representatives, presumably because it recognised Israel's right to exist. The un-resettled refugees, now into their third or fourth generation, are testament to the policy that Israel is only temporary and will soon be gone.
It is also perpetuating the problem by continuing to let the Palestinians define their "two state solution" as including half Jerusalem. Israel has endlessly made it clear that Jerusalem is now never to be divided, and that the Palestinian exhortations are merely an ambit claim and that in private discussion it is agreed that Jerusalem will remain Jewish and undivided. However, publicly this claim for half Jerusalem still resonates, especially with extremist Islamists. If it is not going to happen, it should be dropped. The Australian Government should separate the claim for half Jerusalem from the claim for a State under the "Two State Solution" and agree to one but not the other. The Australian Government could make this clear by building an Australian Embassy in Jerusalem, perhaps from land bought at inflated price from departing Arabs in East Jerusalem, also perhaps coming with an offer of resettlement in Australia with a clear progression to full Citizenship.
Thank you for reading this. I don't know how many of the many hundreds of previous likers of this page will still receive messages. Perhaps it will lead to a flurry of unliking, but I hope everyone who has ever read my messages supports the existence of Israel as a Jewish State in the Biblical land that Jews have venerated daily since the expulsion by the Romans. I am attempting to add a link to an article about the issue, so you can see it is real.
Naum Tered
http://www.globalresearch.ca/is-there-a-plan-to-fo…/5404420…
For a while I have been thinking about re-starting to repost items that are important to me but which might be obscure and easily missed or misrepresented by opposing propaganda. I suppose Trolls must be tolerated!
The first issue is the future of the so called Palestinians, the descendants of the Biblical Philistines. Many are crowded into the tiny Gaza Strip. Many of them, and many more in Jordan and other surrounding countries genuinely believe that Israel will soon cease to exist, the Jews will all be gone, perhaps exterminated, and all these Refugess and descendants of refugees will be able to return to some mythical, ancestral lands. This is the true policy of genocide but with clever publicity for persuasive oratory many people are duped into believing that it is the Israelis who want to destroy the Palestinian Arabs. Another similar reversal is the charge of apartheid, even though Arabs who stayed or returned to Israel now enjoy full citizenship rights, in excess, particularly for women, over people in any other Arab or Moslem country, but Jews are forbidden to live in any Arab or Moslem country, including a putative future Palestinian State. The riots against a few Jews in an Arab neighbourhood of East Jerusalem is not seen as the apartheid that it is, but Israel is accused of the same thing, with no evidence, yet it is believed.
One solution is to extend Gaza into Sanai, which is huge and largely uninhabited. The Palestinians could have a country of significant size, perhaps retaining sovereignty over most of the West Bank. This suggestion was supported by Egypt's President al-Sisi but he dropped the whole idea when it was rejected by the Palestinian representatives, presumably because it recognised Israel's right to exist. The un-resettled refugees, now into their third or fourth generation, are testament to the policy that Israel is only temporary and will soon be gone.
It is also perpetuating the problem by continuing to let the Palestinians define their "two state solution" as including half Jerusalem. Israel has endlessly made it clear that Jerusalem is now never to be divided, and that the Palestinian exhortations are merely an ambit claim and that in private discussion it is agreed that Jerusalem will remain Jewish and undivided. However, publicly this claim for half Jerusalem still resonates, especially with extremist Islamists. If it is not going to happen, it should be dropped. The Australian Government should separate the claim for half Jerusalem from the claim for a State under the "Two State Solution" and agree to one but not the other. The Australian Government could make this clear by building an Australian Embassy in Jerusalem, perhaps from land bought at inflated price from departing Arabs in East Jerusalem, also perhaps coming with an offer of resettlement in Australia with a clear progression to full Citizenship.
Thank you for reading this. I don't know how many of the many hundreds of previous likers of this page will still receive messages. Perhaps it will lead to a flurry of unliking, but I hope everyone who has ever read my messages supports the existence of Israel as a Jewish State in the Biblical land that Jews have venerated daily since the expulsion by the Romans. I am attempting to add a link to an article about the issue, so you can see it is real.
Naum Tered
http://www.globalresearch.ca/is-there-a-plan-to-fo…/5404420…
What
is Israel’s endgame in Gaza? It is a question that has been puzzling
analysts and observers for some time. But belatedly, there are
indications of…
globalresearch.ca
Sunday, 6 July 2014
Wowsers, very naughty Conservative.
The
wowsers only have themselves to blame. In past decades, comparatively
harmless drugs were used by a minority. The "war" supported terrorists
and boosted the Criminal Justice System but made recreational drugs ever
more popular. It has now got out of control. Our world is run by
idealistic fools whose naive attempt to outlaw synthetic happiness is,
perhaps, destroying civilisation as well as lives. The recent
concession to sanity of legalising marijuana in a few places has come
too late to regulate drug use.
The psyco-cyber dystopia of science fiction has arrived.
The psyco-cyber dystopia of science fiction has arrived.
THEY call themselves "psychonauts" and synthetic drugs are their newest fixation.
theaustralian.com.au
Saturday, 5 July 2014
Money Wasted on Global Financial Crisis Recovery.
It
is curious that the Coroner's Report has just now been released, in
time for maximum effect before the election. One might ask if
Queensland Coroner Michael Barnes is a Liberal Party member.
Australia did survive the Global Financial Crisis better than most countries, but the massive government expenditure might not deserve total credit as the time lag meant much of its effect was after the recovery. However, the first Rudd Government deserves praise for effort, even if it was knee-jerk, badly planned and had some disastrous consequences including deaths. The media are playing up this issue and resurrecting all the negative propaganda they can find, but by now many people will regard it as history and their timing could be premature as the issue will run its course before the election is finally called, probably in October after the Football finals, or even in November, by which time the Rudd Government may have established their credentials.
Australia did survive the Global Financial Crisis better than most countries, but the massive government expenditure might not deserve total credit as the time lag meant much of its effect was after the recovery. However, the first Rudd Government deserves praise for effort, even if it was knee-jerk, badly planned and had some disastrous consequences including deaths. The media are playing up this issue and resurrecting all the negative propaganda they can find, but by now many people will regard it as history and their timing could be premature as the issue will run its course before the election is finally called, probably in October after the Football finals, or even in November, by which time the Rudd Government may have established their credentials.
(PS: sorry for the photo, I spelt pink bat wrongly while searching : -)
KEVIN
Rudd's home insulation scheme put the need for economic stimulus ahead
of human life, with the pace of the rollout and a disregard for safety
warnings major factors in the deaths of three young men.
theaustralian.com.au
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Full support for recognition.
The
referendum to recognise the first Australians in the constitution
deserves our full support. It will be an important step in righting
past wrongs, give aboriginal people, particularly the young, the
self-confidence to overcome present hardships, and fill this
foundational gap in our otherwise excellent constitution.
AFL
legend Michael Long will kick-off a nationwide relay in Melbourne to
raise awareness about constitutional recognition of indigenous
Australians.
news.com.au
New Whig Aboriginal people themselves want this, Ben. Please support them. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/.../story-fnihym2m...
ALMOST a half-century after Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders won the right to be counted as…
theaustralian.com.au
Ben Reeson Why do you think it will do those things?
Is it not a bit patronising to just label all Indigenous as the same? Does it not separate them from the rest of us? And lastly, is it not just a bit of a bandaid over white guilt?...See More
Is it not a bit patronising to just label all Indigenous as the same? Does it not separate them from the rest of us? And lastly, is it not just a bit of a bandaid over white guilt?...See More
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Ben Reeson You didn't answer my question though - why do you think it will do any of those things? How does it actually help Indigenous who die years younger than the rest of us, etc?
Sure, a nice move, but what if anything will it actually change? Like the Apol...See More
Sure, a nice move, but what if anything will it actually change? Like the Apol...See More
New Whig I posted two answers, one official and one by Aboriginal people. It is not what I think but the desire by Aboriginal people themselves.
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Early Monarchist post with comments.
Now
Geoff Gallop, former premier of Western Australia is having a go. He
puts forward the same, tired arguments, but there is a poll at the end
and anyone can respond, please do.
The
annoying thing for monarchists in Australia is that despite the
referendum, Queen Elizabeth and the attractiveness of the younger
Royals, the…
watoday.com.au
James Perkins I agree, what to do about the reserve powers is problematic. Even nothing might not turn out to be 'nothing', if electoral mandates are involved.
I certainly don't want Australia to lose its Parliamentary character to a US style-presidency.
I certainly don't want Australia to lose its Parliamentary character to a US style-presidency.
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James Perkins Shouldn't we have a head of state that is a citizen of this nation?
Our institutions are not British, they are Australian! Straight out of the gate we were a more democratic nation than the UK. How many women could vote over there in 1901?...See More
Our institutions are not British, they are Australian! Straight out of the gate we were a more democratic nation than the UK. How many women could vote over there in 1901?...See More
James Perkins Calling the Monarchy 'Australian' doesn't make it so. And I understand what a governor general does. I also understand that Common Law certainly is important for law-making and human rights in Australia. Becoming a republic won't change that; British C...See More
New Whig Better than the car analogy is our shared language. We still speak English, though we have an Australian accent and a lot of our own words. However, it is the same language and no one can deny its origin. In answer to your other point, it is the Crown that is separate and now uniquely Australian, not the Monarch who wears it.
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