During a recent speech in Poland, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski warned fellow elitists that a worldwide “resistance” movement to “external control” driven by “populist activism” is threatening to derail the move towards a new world order.
UN to launch new round of talks on global warming
As nearly 200 countries meet in oil-and-gas-rich Qatar for annual talks starting Monday on slowing global warming, one of the main challenges will be raising climate aid for poor countries at a time when budgets are strained by financial turmoil. Rich countries have delivered nearly $30 billion in grants and loans promised in 2009, but those commitments expire this year.
In a bid to thwart a rising tide of euroscepticism in the country, Mr Blair will deliver a speech to the lobby group Business in New Europe on Wednesd
If Earth is struck by a large solar flare, some in the scientific community believe: •The planet will be hit with a widespread loss of power. •Air travel would be grounded. •Nuclear plants would be crippled and without sufficient back-up power, dozens could meltdown. •Satellites would be disabled, causing a serious loss of communication in all areas (military and civilian). •Food and medicine would be in short supply, setting up the potential for food riots within days of an outage.
If Earth is struck by a large solar flare, some in the scientific community believe: •The planet will be hit with a widespread loss of power. •Air travel would be grounded. •Nuclear plants would be crippled and without sufficient back-up power, dozens could meltdown. •Satellites would be disabled, causing a serious loss of communication in all areas (military and civilian). •Food and medicine would be in short supply, setting up the potential for food riots within days of an outage.
Some in Britain say EU is bringing a new 'Marxist revolution
Looking at Europe from this side of the English Channel, Peter Reeve doesn't see a "cuddly" continent of biscotti, Burgundy and BMWs. He sees the evil specter of Soviet Russia. Only this time, it's Brussels, not Moscow, at the center of an expanding, metastasizing super-government bent on turning independent nations like France and Germany into vassal states. Instead of the Soviet Union, it's the European Union that scares him.
Looking at Europe from this side of the English Channel, Peter Reeve doesn't see a "cuddly" continent of biscotti, Burgundy and BMWs. He sees the evil specter of Soviet Russia. Only this time, it's Brussels, not Moscow, at the center of an expanding, metastasizing super-government bent on turning independent nations like France and Germany into vassal states. Instead of the Soviet Union, it's the European Union that scares him.
It's Time for the Direct Election of a European President
Put simply, there can't be the integration of large areas of economic policy -- banking union, fiscal union, even the prospect of an EU Treasury -- without a commensurate political union. So, inevitably now, along with the resolution of the immediate crisis, comes the investigation of what such a union would look like. We should conduct this investigation with the lessons of previous efforts at integration in mind. There are two crucial strategic objectives which any negotiation for such a political union should strive to achieve.
Put simply, there can't be the integration of large areas of economic policy -- banking union, fiscal union, even the prospect of an EU Treasury -- without a commensurate political union. So, inevitably now, along with the resolution of the immediate crisis, comes the investigation of what such a union would look like. We should conduct this investigation with the lessons of previous efforts at integration in mind. There are two crucial strategic objectives which any negotiation for such a political union should strive to achieve.
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