Trust in government in Ireland hits new lows at only 20%

RTE

Trust in government in Ireland is lowest among people in 23 countries surveyed by an international public relations company.

Trust in government in Ireland is lowest among people in 23 countries surveyed by an international public relations company.

The Edelman Trust Barometer, a survey of over 5,000 people, also found that trust in the media was low in Ireland, but on par with other European countries.

In Ireland trust in the system of government is at 20% – the lowest of 23 countries surveyed. This is down 11% from last year. Globally, trust in government increased by five points to 52% over the past year.

Ireland also has a low trust in the media at 38%, however this is on a par with most other EU countries.

Read more at: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0127/trust.html

Global “elite” use twitter and youtube to stay on message at Davos

You can now follow the meeting in Davos, Switzerland, of the political and financial elite that is responsible for the current economic meltdown of the USA and Europe on twitter and youtube. Risk management and risk networks seem to be a key theme this year – perhaps as the elite wonder how to escape revolutions if false flag terrorist operations and wars don’t distract people this time?

http://twitter.com/Davos

http://www.youtube.com/Davos

Read more at:

http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/26/davos-forum-faces-joblessness-revolutions/

German economist wars that eurozone could implode soon under debt burden

German economist Hans Werner Sinn has said that introducing more economic coordination in the euorzone wouldn’t lead to stability but to a transfer union by the back door.

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/oekonom-hans-werner-sinn-dann-gaebe-es-einen-grossen-knall-1.1050774-2

He said in an interview in Der Sueddeutsche Zeitung that the financial crisis had become a political crisis after governments had equated bank debt with souvereign debt and that the eurozone could soon implode.

He said the only way to end this crisis was for a debt moratorium or default and by liability for this debt being limited to individual countries and not expanded to the whole eurozone as is currently occuring under the the euro stablity fund, eurobonds, and also plans for more economic coordination.

SINN FEIN CORRECTLY SAYS IRELAND NEEDS NO ENFORCED EU/IMF LOAN, ONLY FOR THE BANKS

Sinn Fein Deputy Doherty: No ‘grubby little deal’ as Dail voted today to pass financial bill.

Published Date: 25 January 2011

By Carolyn Farrar @donegaldemocrat.com

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“I think it’s absolutely scandalous what’s happening here,” Deputy Doherty said. He said the opposition parties should have “the government on the ropes” but are instead “offering to allow them to stay on and give legal effect to the harshest budget in the history of the state.”

Instead, he said, Sinn Féin has argued that “this government has no mandate to introduce the measures that it has done.” But Labour and Fine Gael “are allowing them to push it through. It’s absolutely incredible and has exposed Labour and Fine Gael for what they are.”

Committee told Ireland should seek to renegotiate 6% debt death spiral interest rates for loans

 The Irish Times – Wednesday, January 26, 2011

COLM KEENA, Public Affairs Correspondent

AN OIREACHTAS committee has been told Ireland should seek to renegotiate the interest rate it is paying on its emergency funding from Europe.

Economics professor Karl Whelan told the Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs that the conditions associated with the loans might be changed as Ireland was the only country using the funds. “We are the guinea pig.”

Irish keep flame of freedom alive under imminent EU/IMF financial dictatorship

Tom O Donovan and lots of musicians and dancers celebrated Ireland’s hard won sovereignty on Friday 21-1 2010 in The Mansion House and on the steps of theGPO in O Connell St.

TOm has also set up a fund to help Irish victims of the corrupt “elite.”

“Every one who values freedom is

welcome,This is a non political party event.I have a picture of

members of The First Dail  on my website:www.isf.me [1st Dail member Patrick McGoldrick from Donegal?]  .I got the idea

to start this Irish Sovereign Fund to try to help the victims and the

most vulnerable as an antidote to incompetent politicians and selfish

bankers-local and international.They put a you tube clip of our

concert in Circus krone-circus krone tom o donovan, matt walklate and

a host of great musicians and dancers! Tom.”

Germany’s military ombudsman says big changes in training and leadership needed

Military ombudsman Hellmut Königshaus has said the German army needs to make big changes in training and leadership, citing inappropriate behavior. The comments come as the military deals with a string of scandals.

Deutsche Welle 

The parliamentary ombudsman for the German military, the Bundeswehr, has said there are massive weaknesses in the military’s leadership in an annual report released Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters in Berlin, Hellmut Königshaus said young rank-and-file service members and supervisors with little experience “sometimes lack the wisdom and intuition for seeing when boundaries of breach of duty and criminal offense are crossed.”

Austrian general fired for daring to give his opinion on army’s future

[Note: Under the Lisbon Treaty compulsory conscription can be introduced in the event of a war being declared by the EU: a clause states that individual states must support an EU war. So, Austrians and others in the EU could soon have the worst of both worlds: conscription and service in an offensive army abroad]

Austrian defence minister sacks top general over army reform (Roundup)

Jan 24, 2011, 20:40 GMT

Vienna – Austrian Defence Minister Norbert Darabos relieved his top general Monday in a bid to reestablish his authority among officers who have been opposing plans for ending compulsory military duty.

Facebook and Twitter Both Blocked in Egypt amind unprecedented protests

Facebook and Twitter Both Blocked in Egypt

 by Sarah Kessler 8#

As security forces in Egypt attempted to break up protests on the street using water cannons and tear gas Wednesday morning, it appears that Egypt also took further efforts to quell opposition online. The government has now apparently blocked Facebook, in addition to Twitter.

Several reports on Tuesday indicated that Twitter had been blocked in order to prevent videos, photos and other details from the protests from being broadcast. Twitter confirmed Tuesday evening that the site had been blocked in Egypt starting at about 8 a.m. PST.

Bank of England chief Mervyn King: standard of living to plunge at fastest rate since 1920s as banks confiscate wealth

Households face the most dramatic squeeze in living standards since the 1920s, the Governor of the Bank of England warned, as he reacted to the shock disclosure that the economy was shrinking again.

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By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor 9:41PM GMT 25 Jan 2011

Families will see their disposable income eaten up as they “pay the inevitable price” for the financial crisis, Mervyn King warned.

With wages failing to keep pace with rising inflation, workers’ take- home pay will end the year worth the same as in 2005 — the most prolonged fall in living standards for more than 80 years, he claimed.