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Hans
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Folentser, retired ad man former banker.
Interests: 4% over inflation.
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Posted Nov 30, 2023 at Hans Suter
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Die FAZ beim Leichenfleddern, holt einen toten, vertriebenen Juden heim ins Reich. Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2023 at Hans Suter
Hans has shared their blog Massimo di Rigore
Nov 22, 2023
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How the prudent wording of a Russian victory in Ukraine reads, FTFirst: Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2023 at Hans Suter
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Under the cover of a misleading headline the journalist does his daily work, concluding: “A lot of stuff in the E.U. is not about Russia, the war or defense, and for these issues the balance of power hasn’t changed so much,” he said. “France and Germany are still pretty central... Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2023 at Hans Suter
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Chomsky says: "If Europe strikes out on its own, it will come as a radical reorientation of the world system." So, what's holding up this “radical reorientation”? Listening to Adam Tooze on the Eurotrash podcast, you get a first answer. Talking about the cultural/professional background of the European elite, Tooze... Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2022 at Hans Suter
Could there have been a more foolish intent? Buying time for Ukraine to be slaughtered. But the unintended consequences a far worse: Europe’s condition downgraded from ally to vassal, a vassal without energy, raw materials and export markets; Russia with a strengthened sense of nation and Asia closer to Russia. Continue reading
Posted Dec 15, 2022 at Hans Suter
The Syrian government source told The Cradle there is growing conviction that Washington’s intentions are to continue using Kurdish divisions and separatist goals to maintain political instability in Syria for many years to come, and to keep the country hostage to international and regional ambitions and to post-war chaos. Continue reading
Posted Dec 14, 2022 at Hans Suter
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"I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself. Not that Nature manifests any such thing as selfish isolation. In the making of every animal the presence of... Continue reading
Posted Dec 10, 2022 at contingency and human agency
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/05/magazine/martha-nussbaum-interview.html?campaign_id=52&emc=edit_ma_20221209&instance_id=79671&nl=the-new-york-times-magazine&regi_id=4493560&segment_id=115460&te=1&user_id=65a9caf1add490fa2c7cae38f4ef5426 Says Nussbaum:"With the elk, there are things that have been tried: shooting them in cold blood; some kind of population control, meaning, in this case, contraception, as opposed to hunting or predation by animals. Introducing wolves to tear the elks limb from limb. People say that’s better because it’s... Continue reading
Posted Dec 9, 2022 at contingency and human agency
Money and the climate crisis, Panel with Adam Tooze | Columbia University Avinash Persaud | High Level Expert Group on Climate Finance, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister of Barbados Anna Gelpern | Georgetown University Brad Setser | Council on Foreign Relations Mona Ali | SUNY New Paltz Rishikesh Ram... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2022 at Hans Suter
"This is where the most concerning element of degrowthism and any other form of apocalyptic environmentalism comes in: by constantly engaging in “doomerism” — the idea that either we fix everything or we’re all screwed — they’re effectively saying that anything is justified in order to “save the planet”, including... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2022 at contingency and human agency
"Data for the 474 corporations included in the S&P 500 Index in January 2022 and publicly traded from 2012 through 2021 reveal that these corporations distributed $5.7 trillion as share repurchases during the 2012-2021 fiscal years, representing 55 percent of net income, and $4.2 trillion as dividends, an additional 41... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2022 at Hans Suter
Glenn Greenwald on why MSM fails us. https://greenwald.locals.com/upost/3173605/system-update-join-us-tonight-12-7-at-7pm-et Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2022 at Hans Suter
"As Stone explains in his book, he realized that he could be persuasive to a domestic audience only if he “utilized material which could not be challenged by those who accept the official American government point of view”.2 Consequently, Stone limited his sources to official US and UN documents and... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2022 at Hans Suter
We will be transparent. Everybody will know everything about anybody. Problem: we're not transparent to ourselves. "https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/12/ai-is-going-to-break-a-lot-of-norms-and-institutions.html ndeed, within a decade, ordinary people will have more capabilities than a CIA agent does today. You’ll be able to listen in on a conversation in an apartment across the street using the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2022 at contingency and human agency
Astra Taylor interviews William Hogeland on "The Dig" podcast about his new book, Founding Finance. How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns made the US a nation. Here's an appetizer: “On the first day of the meeting that would become known as the United States Constitutional Convention, Edmund Randolph of... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2022 at contingency and human agency
"On one hand, there was no practice in Israel more clearly apartheid-like than the ethnic-based residential exclusion enforced by the admissions committees. It was simply not something Barak [the Supreme Court Judge] could afford to be seen upholding. After all, he was a regular lecturer at Yale and Harvard law... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2022 at Hans Suter
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https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/12/06/ukraine-hits-targets-deep-inside-russia-in-break-with-biden-administration/ Continue reading
Posted Dec 6, 2022 at Hans Suter
https://airwars.org/conflict/us-forces-in-somalia/ Nick Turse tweeted. Continue reading
Posted Dec 6, 2022 at Hans Suter
The reaction of MSM to Taibbi for doing journalism. Continue reading
Posted Dec 6, 2022 at Hans Suter
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-ben-gvir-occupation-security-blows-apart-how Continue reading
Posted Dec 6, 2022 at Hans Suter