the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

globinfo freexchange Όταν λέγονται τα παρακάτω από έναν αντιπρύτανη και μάλιστα προέδρο Φιλοσοφικής σχολής, δεν υπάρχει καμία αμφιβολία πλέον για το που οδηγούνται τα πράγματα: " Πρέπει να φασιστοποιηθούμε όσοι είμαστε σε θέση εξουσίας. Γιατί δεν βλέπω να αλλάζει αλλιώς ο Έλληνας. Αν παραφέρεσαι να τρως μια σφαλιάρα για να συμμαζεύεσαι όπως γίνεται στη Γερμανία, στον Καναδά, στην Αυστραλία και σε όλες τις σοβαρές χώρες του κόσμου. Δεν μπορούμε να ψηφίζουμε νόμους και να μην τους τηρούμε. " http://www.thepressproject.gr/article/69574/Antiprutanis-APTh-Prepei-na-fasistopoiithoume-Na-tros-mia-sfaliara-gia-na-summazeuesai “ Την παραίτησή του υπέβαλε λίγο πριν τις 14:30 την Τρίτη ο αντιπρύτανης του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, Γιάννης Τζιφόπουλος, στον απόηχο των σφοδρών αντιδράσεων που προκάλεσε τηλεοπτική δήλωσή του για 'φασιστοποίηση όσων βρίσκονται σε θέσεις εξουσίας'.” http://tvxs.gr/news/ellada/antiprytanis-apth-pr

Shots Fired, Police Car Destroyed, Tear-Gas Deployed, Looting; NYC Brooklyn & Triborough Bridge & LA Freeways Blocked   http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-24/ferguson-grand-jury-decision-live-feed   Violence flares in Ferguson, Missouri, after a grand jury decides not to indict police officer Darren Wilson over the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in August. Thousands of protesters take to the streets, which are under a heavy police presence. Cars and buildings in the city are set alight and shops are looted while police use tear gas to try to disperse the demonstrators. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2014/nov/25/ferguson-protests-turn-violent-after-grand-jury-verdict-live-updates Update: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-25/fergsuon-fatality-black-male-20s-found-burned-shot-dead-trunk-car   http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-25/2200-national-guard-troops-be-deployed-ferguson-tonight Update: http://rt.com/usa/20889

The Struggle Against Dystopia by Henry A. Giroux (Part I) The shadow of Orwell’s nightmarish vision of a totalitarian society with its all-embracing reach of surveillance and repression now works its way through American politics like a lethal virus. Orwell’s dystopian apparition of a totalitarian society with its all-embracing reach of surveillance and repression has come to fruition, reshaping the American body politic in the guise of a poorly orchestrated Reality TV show. As Orwell rightly predicted, one of the more significant characteristics of an authoritarian society is its willingness to distort the truth while simultaneously suppressing dissent. But Orwell was only partly right. Today, rather than just agressively instill a sense of fear, dread and isolation, contemporary totalitarian commitment also wins over large number of individuals through appeals to our most debased instincts projected on to hapless others. Our lurid fascination with others’ humiliati

“ Ενώ τα προβλήματα είναι πιο έντονα στο Ιράκ και τη Συρία, ανάγκες επίσης υπάρχουν και σε άλλα μέρη της ευρύτερης περιοχής. Αυτός θα είναι ο τέταρτος χειμώνας τον οποίο θα περάσουν μακριά από τα σπίτια τους πολλοί πρόσφυγες από τη Συρία και ο πρώτος για το 1,9 εκατ. Ιρακινούς που έχουν εκτοπιστεί εσωτερικά τη φετινή χρονιά.” “ Στο Ιράκ, οι ανάγκες είναι τεράστιες, αλλά η χρηματοδότηση δεν συμβαδίζει με το νέο εκτοπισμό. Με 1,9 εκατ. εσωτερικά εκτοπισμένους και 225.000 πρόσφυγες (καθώς 300-500 επιπλέον πρόσφυγες καταφθάνουν καθημερινά στο βόρειο Ιράκ από την πόλη Κομπάνι που βρίσκεται στα σύνορα της Συρίας), η Υ.Α. ανησυχεί βαθύτατα για την ικανότητα της διεθνούς κοινότητας να αντιμετωπίσει τις επείγουσες ανάγκες του χειμώνα.” “ Περίπου 800.000 άνθρωποι χρήζουν βοήθειας ως προς τη στέγαση, ενώ 940.000 στερούνται βασικών οικιακών ειδών διαχείμασης. Με την τρέχουσα χρηματοδότηση, η Υ.Α. αναμένεται να προσφέρει βοήθεια διαχείμασης μόνο σε 240.000 εκτοπισμένους

The desperation of Syrian refugees “ The refugees held large banners in Arabic, Greek, and English during their protest in the Greek capital Athens on Sunday, calling on the Greek government to improve their living condition and gave them asylum. They have been sleeping on the streets of Athens since Wednesday.” “ According to the European immigration policy, the Syrians cannot migrate to other EU member states unless on a tourist visa. Moreover, they can only stay for a maximum of three months every six months. The Syrian protesters said that EU immigration laws make it impossible for them to leave Greece or gain full legal status there.” “ Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since 2011. Millions of Syrians have fled their homes as a result of the conflict. Syria’s neighbors, including Lebanon and Jordan, have warned that they have reached their threshold for accommodating the displaced Syrians.” “ UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Περισσότεροι από 3 εκατομμύρια (3.178.399) είναι σήμερα οι πρόσφυγες από τη Συρία, δηλαδή ένας στους οκτώ Σύρους έχει καταφύγει εκτός συνόρων. Επιπλέον, 6.5 εκατομμύρια άνθρωποι έχουν εκτοπιστεί στο εσωτερικό της Συρίας. Πάνω από το ήμισυ των ξεριζωμένων είναι παιδιά. Η συντριπτική πλειοψηφία παραμένει στις γειτονικές χώρες της Συρίας. Λίβανος: 1.151.057 Τουρκία: 1.029.500 Ιορδανία: 619.163 Ιράκ: 215.382 Αίγυπτος: 139.929 Λιγότερο από το 4% των Σύρων προσφύγων έχουν αναζητήσει καταφύγιο στην Ευρώπη. Το πρόγραμμα παροχής βοήθειας για τη Συρία είναι το μεγαλύτερο στα 64 χρόνια της ιστορίας της Ύπατης Αρμοστείας. «Η Συρία έχει καταστεί η μεγαλύτερη ανθρωπιστική κρίση έκτακτης ανάγκης της εποχής μας» Αντόνιο Γκουτέρες, Ύπατος Αρμοστής ΟΗΕ για τους Πρόσφυγες http://www.unhcr.gr/no_cache/ypati-armosteia-toy-oie-gia-toys-prosfyges/synenteyxi-typoy

globinfo freexchange A closer look on the chart of the US debt held by the Federal Reserve, could allow one to derive even more interesting conclusions. Using chartIV , the one where the US debt held by the Fed is expressed as percentage of GDP, it would be safer to compare different time periods. Therefore, for example, the US debt held by the Fed in the fourth quarter of 1971 was 5.88% of GDP, while the corresponding figure drops continuously (with only negligible rises between) at its lowest point after 10 years, 3.79% of GDP in the second quarter of 1981. The decline over this 10-year period is 35.5%. From this point until 2007 the line goes quite smooth with ups and downs. In the first quarter of 2007, just before the burst of the big financial crisis, the US debt held by the Fed was 5.48% of GDP. Only one year later and in the midst of the crisis storm, in the third quarter of 2008, this figure drops dramatically to 3,21% of GDP. The decline over just o

by Paul Craig Roberts According to news reports, Washington has decided to arm Ukraine for renewed military assault on Russian ethnics in Donetsk and Luhansk. A Russian foreign ministry official condemned Washington’s reckless decision to supply weapons to Kiev as a violation of agreements that would make a political resolution of the conflict less likely. This statement is perplexing. It implies that the Russian government has not yet figured out that Washington has no interest in resolving the conflict. Washington’s purpose is to use the hapless Ukrainians against Russia. The worse the conflict becomes, the happier Washington is. The Russian government made a bet that Europe would come to its senses and the conflict would be peacefully resolved. The Russian government has lost that bet and must immediately move to preempt a worsening crisis by uniting the separatists provinces with Russia or by reading the riot act to Europe. It would be a costly hu

“ 2000 British extremists have joined the rnaks of ISIL militants in Syria and Iraq so far, that’s according to a UK Muslim MP. The estimate by Birmingham Labour MP Khalid Mahmood questions the official British government reports which have put the number at around 500. Mahmood has also revealed that there are radical groups in the UK being paid to invite young people to join the insurgent group.” “ London-based political analyst Issa Chaer says 'it’s of the interest of the British government to release as low figures as they could because if they release the realistic number of the 2000, which I think they are about that figure, it undermines the British foreign policy, undermines their ability to control the borders and to allow the Jihadists to enter Syria and Iraq and leave the borders undetected. Currently this number of foreign Jihadists is increasing more and more,' Chaer added in his interview with Press TV.” “ The Muslim Council of Britai

Kostas Vaxevanis, Greek investigative journalist, HOT DOC, and 2013 Index award winner: Impunity generates corruption and its enemy is the one thing that exposes and threatens it: the freedom of the press. The HOT DOC is currently facing 40 lawsuits mainly from ministers and politicians in an attempt to shut us down as journalists. We reveal scandals like one with the minister of justice, a former judge who committed an “error” that granted amnesty to officials who had abused public funds, and instead of answering in public as required as politicians, we are being sued. We pester the courts and despite winning lawsuits, we need more than 80,000 euro per year for court expenses. http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/11/impunity-attacks-free-expression/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostas_Vaxevanis http://hotdoc.gr/article/3271/to-elliniko-kratos-sistimatikos-pelatis-tou-maestrou-tis-foroapofigis/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/11/gree