from Jeff Hendrickson - https://membercentre.cbc.ca/ViewMember.aspx?u=7650633
January 12, 2012 cbc comment
Upstate NY Writer Here: From the "Democracy Now Website": "In 1953, the CIA and British intelligence orchestrated a coup d'etat that toppled the democratically elected government of Iran. The government of Mohammad Mossadegh. The aftershocks of the coup are still being felt.
In 1951 Prime Minister Mossadegh roused Britain's ire when he nationalized the oil industry. Mossadegh argued that Iran should begin profiting from its vast oil reserves which had been exclusively controlled by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The company later became known as British Petroleum (BP).
After considering military action, Britain opted for a coup d'état. President Harry Truman rejected the idea, but when Dwight Eisenhower took over the White House, he ordered the CIA to embark on one of its first covert operations against a foreign government."
And here we are now, not many talk about 1951-1953 and what happened after we installed the Shah as Dictator of Iran but in a way the Iranians have grievance against us that has led, most likely, to today's problems. The U.S. just can't resist intefering with others and on and on and on it goes without true redress.
Merge this commment from another CBC reader:
The "Anglo - Soviet Invasion of Iran ( 1941 )"
Goal: steal Iranian oil, seize Iranian sovereignty in an illegal suprise attack to force it to kick out the German Embassy and force it out of Neutrality and into servicing Britain and the USSR.
"Operation AJAX" ( 1953 )"
Goal: steal Iranian oil again, because a pro-western, western educated, progressive anti-communist named Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq wants more of Iran's own oil wealth ( Iran's property ) going to --- Iranians !
Tactical Project AJAX was hatched by Kermit Rooseveldt, the CIA and MI-6...
they bombed popular religious leaders homes, etc and
handed out notices saying that Mossadeq had done it-
paid people to stage fake street protests-
This is called a " False Flag operation.
Result: Mossadeq imprisoned, the Shah gave the west what they wanted---until the 1979 Revolution.
Under the Shah, The Gestapo-esque SAVAK terrorized the people---trained by Israel and the CIA.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Bob MacDonald's Take on the Mayan Calender Hysteria
excerpt from this CBC article Bob MacDonald
The Maya civilization did not disappear. There are about six million Mayans living in Central America today. But they did experience a collapse of giant city states such as Tikal, which thrived during their classic period from AD 200-900.
Some of these cities were the size of Manhattan, adorned with huge pyramids, monuments to power and large populations. Trade routes ran up and down the coastlines, prosperity blossomed.
But as cities grew, resources in the surrounding land were depleted, forcing further travel for fuel and food, battles with other cities, and a long chain of events that lead to their demise.
Those who survived were the farmers living in the high country.
Sound familiar?
What will our civilization look like by that time if we continue on the current trend of gobbling up resources, depleting fisheries, turning food into biofuel for vehicles, battling for oil abroad, contaminating water to get oil and gas out of the ground at home, and placing short-term economic gains over long-term environmental protection?
The Maya civilization did not disappear. There are about six million Mayans living in Central America today. But they did experience a collapse of giant city states such as Tikal, which thrived during their classic period from AD 200-900.
Some of these cities were the size of Manhattan, adorned with huge pyramids, monuments to power and large populations. Trade routes ran up and down the coastlines, prosperity blossomed.
But as cities grew, resources in the surrounding land were depleted, forcing further travel for fuel and food, battles with other cities, and a long chain of events that lead to their demise.
Those who survived were the farmers living in the high country.
Sound familiar?
What will our civilization look like by that time if we continue on the current trend of gobbling up resources, depleting fisheries, turning food into biofuel for vehicles, battling for oil abroad, contaminating water to get oil and gas out of the ground at home, and placing short-term economic gains over long-term environmental protection?
Whats the Rush ?
(photo from CBC) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/01/10/bc-northern-gateway-enbridge-kitimat.html
According to Jamie Keen of MiningWatch:
"without pipelines to move bitumen out of Alberta for processing, there will be no need to ramp up further production in the tar sands. The creation of pipelines is essential for the oil industry to expand its production before stricter environmental standards can be imposed on it by a new government which might adopt a “go slow” approach. This is why there has been such a rush on to move forward with pipeline construction."
So do the AVAAZ Poll please...
If enough people click the link below and answer the question:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/january_poll_2012/?vl
Are there any other major issue areas Avaaz should be prioritizing in 2012?
they might do it?
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Dear Avaazers,
Happy New Year!! It's going to be a big one.
Democracy is on the march across the world, and our community is at the heart of the struggle, but to win we're going to need to choose our course wisely. Click below to take the annual Avaaz all-member poll, and let's decide together where to focus our energies in 2012.
The poll takes a few minutes to complete, but the more of us take it, the wiser our course will be:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/january_poll_2012/?vl
And if you don't have time to take the poll right now, we can all see the results as they come in here:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/january_poll_2012_people_power/?bv11891
Monday, January 9, 2012
Concentrated Solar Power in the Desert thwarted by Dust and Haze
from CSP today
CSP Today: Are we likely to see more CSP plants built in the region, or does the poor DNI due to dust and haze make this unlikely? If so would future projects include thermal storage?
Dr Olaf Goebel: We think there will be more CSP projects in the region. All CSP projects shall be built with thermal energy storage in order to meet the demand profile. CSP without storage cannot compete against PV.
CSP Today: Are we likely to see more CSP plants built in the region, or does the poor DNI due to dust and haze make this unlikely? If so would future projects include thermal storage?
Dr Olaf Goebel: We think there will be more CSP projects in the region. All CSP projects shall be built with thermal energy storage in order to meet the demand profile. CSP without storage cannot compete against PV.
Energy Minister Lobs a Curvy Ball of BS.
The Minister's Own Words
"Unfortunately, there are environmental and other radical groups that would seek to block this opportunity to diversify our trade. Their goal is to stop any major project no matter what the cost to Canadian families in lost jobs and economic growth. No forestry. No mining. No oil. No gas. No more hydro-electric dams.
These groups threaten to hijack our regulatory system to achieve their radical ideological agenda. They seek to exploit any loophole they can find, stacking public hearings with bodies to ensure that delays kill good projects. They use funding from foreign special interest groups to undermine Canada’s national economic interest. They attract jet-setting celebrities with some of the largest personal carbon footprints in the world to lecture Canadians not to develop our natural resources. Finally, if all other avenues have failed, they will take a quintessential American approach: sue everyone and anyone to delay the project even further. They do this because they know it can work. It works because it helps them to achieve their ultimate objective: delay a project to the point it becomes economically unviable. "
Comment:
I wonder what color the sky is in this man's world? .. STOP HARPER!
"Unfortunately, there are environmental and other radical groups that would seek to block this opportunity to diversify our trade. Their goal is to stop any major project no matter what the cost to Canadian families in lost jobs and economic growth. No forestry. No mining. No oil. No gas. No more hydro-electric dams.
These groups threaten to hijack our regulatory system to achieve their radical ideological agenda. They seek to exploit any loophole they can find, stacking public hearings with bodies to ensure that delays kill good projects. They use funding from foreign special interest groups to undermine Canada’s national economic interest. They attract jet-setting celebrities with some of the largest personal carbon footprints in the world to lecture Canadians not to develop our natural resources. Finally, if all other avenues have failed, they will take a quintessential American approach: sue everyone and anyone to delay the project even further. They do this because they know it can work. It works because it helps them to achieve their ultimate objective: delay a project to the point it becomes economically unviable. "
Comment:
I wonder what color the sky is in this man's world? .. STOP HARPER!
Neil MacDonald Describes American Democracy: - brilliant
"people yelling from one side that Obama is a Kenyan/Muslim/socialist, and people jeering from the other that Republicans are fascists/troglodytes/religious nutcases.
It is the voting public that drives this level of discussion: they elect people to Congress based upon it, then tell pollsters of their disgust and contempt for Congress. Fire them all again, they say. That'll fix things"
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It is the voting public that drives this level of discussion: they elect people to Congress based upon it, then tell pollsters of their disgust and contempt for Congress. Fire them all again, they say. That'll fix things"
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