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Washington’s hypocrisy over Iraqi "war crimes"

By Bill Vann
28 March 2003

The Bush administration and the Pentagon have seized on Iraq’s treatment of captured US soldiers in an attempt to counter flagging support for a war that has failed to live up to Washington’s promises of a speedy campaign of “liberation.”

Speaking at Macdill Air Force Base in Florida on Wednesday, Bush condemned Iraqis as “war criminals,” even as US bombs and missiles rained down on Baghdad, killing 36 civilians and wounding another 215 on that day alone.

Bush appeared untroubled by the mounting civilian death toll, or for that matter, the casualties suffered by young US soldiers. Half of his speech was taken up with the kind of political backslapping and one-line jokes normally reserved for campaign fundraisers. The rest consisted of a warning to the American people that the war is shaping up to be a long one, and denunciations of Iraqi resistance.

“In the early stages of this war, the world is getting a clearer view of the Iraqi regime and the evil at its heart,” he said. “In the ranks of that regime are men whose idea of courage is to brutalize unarmed prisoners. They wage attacks while posing as civilians. They use real civilians as human shields. They pretend to surrender, then fire upon those who show them mercy.”

These remarks echoed similar statements by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in a Pentagon press briefing the day before: “The regime has committed acts of treachery on the battlefield, dressing their forces as liberated civilians and sending soldiers out waving white flags and feigning surrender, with the goal of drawing coalition forces into ambushes; using Red Cross vehicles to courier military instructions. These are serious violations of the laws of war.”

The Pentagon’s spokeswoman condemned Iraqi fighters for “perfidy or treachery.” She added, “Some liken these actions to terrorism.”

That the US should open up a public relations campaign that centers on denouncing the Iraqis for violating “the laws of war” is truly staggering, even by the perverse standards of the Washington lie machine. The principal law regarding warfare is that no nation has the right to wage an unprovoked war of aggression against another. It was a law that emerged out of two world wars, was codified at the Nuremberg trials of leading Nazis, and enshrined in the founding Charter of the United Nations.

It is this law that the Bush administration has violated, failing even to obtain the fig leaf of a United Nations resolution authorizing the use of force before sending an invading army into Iraq and bombarding its cities with cruise missiles, satellite-guided munitions and cluster bombs.

At Nuremberg, the first charge in the indictment against the surviving leaders of the Third Reich was conspiracy to wage aggressive war. The prosecutors reasoned that all of the other monstrous crimes carried out by the Nazi regime flowed from this essential one.

So too in Iraq. Whatever acts of brutality occur against the Iraqi people, and whatever the retaliation inflicted on American soldiers—they flow from the Bush administration’s illegal war of plunder. American troops would not be ambushed, killed or captured if they had not been sent to invade a country that had carried out no attack whatsoever on the US. The criminal responsibility rests with Washington, which conspired to launch this war and used the technique of the Big Lie to justify it.

Claims that Iraq represented a grave threat because of its supposed “weapons of mass destruction” were backed up with documents that US officials knew to be forgeries. Allegations that the Iraqi regime was somehow tied to those who carried out the terrorist attacks of September 11 were continuously repeated long after they were exposed as lies.

Perhaps the most obscene lie of all was told to American soldiers, who were assured that they were being sent to “liberate” Iraq and would be greeted by its people with ovations and flowers.

Instead, even as US and British commanders have attempted to skirt population centers, the invading forces have confronted relentless armed opposition from not only Iraqi soldiers and militiamen, but also from armed civilians. Lightly armed Iraqis have confronted heavily armored columns backed by helicopter gunships and fighter planes, and have suffered horrendous casualties. Reporters accompanying the US and British units report the roadsides to be littered with Iraqi bodies. Some acknowledge there is widespread popular hatred for the invaders.

US soldiers complain they are unable to distinguish friend from foe and, in many cases, have responded by firing on anything that moves in areas where they encounter resistance. As a result, Iraqi hospitals are overflowing with casualties, most of them women, children and old men.

The invaders too have suffered losses, though in far smaller numbers. The fear that a greater toll of US and British dead and wounded will turn the American public against this military adventure underlies the outrage expressed by Bush and the Pentagon over Iraqi tactics and, in particular, the filming of American POWs.

As many have pointed out, Washington taking umbrage over violations of the Geneva Conventions is the height of hypocrisy. US forces have freely allowed the filming of surrendering Iraqi troops who are forced to their knees, searched and herded behind barbed wire.

In Afghanistan, the US openly flouted the Geneva Conventions. It is holding Taliban forces incommunicado and brutalizing and humiliating them to the point that suicide attempts have reached epidemic proportions at the Guantanamo prison camp. Two prisoners have reportedly died from torture. There is also damning evidence that US forces participated in the massacre of some 3,000 Taliban supporters who surrendered to US-backed forces following the battle of Mazar-i-Sharif, not to mention the US bombing of the prison fortress itself, which resulted in the slaughter of some 800 captured Taliban troops.

The Geneva Conventions also bar the deliberate targeting of civilian installations, a proscription that the Pentagon acknowledges violating with its missile attacks directed against Iraqi television.

No doubt the Iraqis would prefer to wage the kind of “civilized” war being carried out by the US, but they lack cruise missiles and aircraft carriers that make it possible to kill large quantities of people from hundreds of miles away. Instead they have attempted to answer the US “shock and awe” campaign and demonstrate to the world that the US military is not all-powerful by airing film of the bodies of American troops and wounded and trembling American soldiers being questioned by their Iraqi captors.

“A violation of international law,” the US protests, threatening war crimes trials for those responsible. It will not, however, undertake such proceedings in the newly formed International Criminal Court. Washington has refused to recognize the institution for fear that it could find itself in the dock.

The fact that the US has illegally invaded Iraq with overwhelming military force is of no matter, the administration’s legal experts explain. “Who is right and who is wrong in a war, including who started it, does not matter,” said Ruth Wedgwood, a professor of international law at the Johns Hopkins University. “Even if you think the war is illegal, the rules of war still apply.” Often quoted for her legal expertise on why the US war of aggression is permissible, Ms. Wedgwood is a member of both the “Committee to Liberate Iraq” and the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board. Her statements only confirm that defenders of US atrocities, prepared to offer up any sophistry or lie, can be readily found in the halls of academia.

The claim that the invaders and the invaded, the oppressor and the oppressed, must all be held to the same abstract legal and moral code is worthy only of contempt.

The complaints of armed Iraqis using ruses—including fake surrenders—to ambush American troops echo US denunciations of the National Liberation Front guerrillas during the Vietnam War. In that war too US officials claimed they were carrying out carefully targeted military strikes while working to win the “hearts and minds” of the people. The end result was a million Vietnamese dead, the killing of 55,000 American soldiers and a US debacle.

The same kinds of accusations were leveled by the French against the FLN rebels in Algeria and by the British against rebellious subjects in India, Africa and Iraq itself some 80 years ago, when Britain was attempting to colonize the area.

Enjoying overwhelming superiority of arms—in the Iraq of the 1920s the British army would call in strikes by warplanes equipped with mustard gas bombs—the invading, oppressor nations have always denounced the oppressed for failing to observe the norms of “civilized” warfare.

What they have condemned as “savage” and a “war crime” is their opponents’ use of their only advantage—that it is their country and their people and that they are more willing to die to defend it than the invader is to conquer it. Experience has shown that this advantage ultimately weighs more on the scales of history than superior military technology.

Even if the US-British invasion force succeeds in occupying Baghdad, Basra and all the other population centers in this country of 23 million—and at the moment this is by no means certain—they will face a protracted occupation and clashes that will claim the lives of American soldiers for years to come. Sooner rather than later, the combination of Iraqi resistance and the outrage of working people in America and around the world over this illegal war will force an ignominious end to the attempt to revive colonialism in the Middle East.


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Australian Greens assume balance of power in the Senate

By Patrick O’Connor
8 July 2011

The Australian Greens’ leadership this week marked the formal installation of four new senators—giving the party the balance of the power in the upper house of parliament—by again stressing its loyalty to the Labor government and commitment to “parliamentary stability.” The ceremony underscored the minor party’s function as a key prop for the political establishment, and as an eager facilitator of the right-wing, pro-business agenda advanced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Four Greens members were among the 12 new senators—elected at last August’s federal poll, but only now commencing their duties—sworn in on Monday. The five previously installed Greens’ senators have been joined by Penny Wright (from South Australia), Lee Rhiannon (New South Wales), Larissa Waters (Queensland) and Richard di Natale (Victoria). The Labor Party has only 31 of the 76 seats in the Senate, so in order to pass legislation the government must secure the support either of the Greens’ nine senators or the opposition Liberal-National coalition, which has 34 seats.

The Greens have buttressed the minority Gillard government ever since last year’s election delivered the first hung federal parliament in seven decades, amid unprecedented hostility toward the major parties. Party leader Bob Brown quickly signed an agreement with the Labor Party, pledging to vote for Gillard’s budgets, irrespective of any spending cuts or other regressive measures included, and block parliamentary no-confidence motions. In return, Brown and other Greens’ members, including the party’s sole lower house representative Adam Bandt, secured regular confidential meetings with Gillard, Treasurer Wayne Swan, and other senior Labor cabinet members.

The de facto coalition deal exposed the Greens’ posturing as some form of “progressive” alternative to the major parties. The environmentally-based party is thoroughly committed to the profit system and to Australian imperialism. While still attempting to appeal to young people and others opposed to the right-wing policies of the Labor Party, the Greens’ function is to provide certain political camouflage for Gillard’s regressive agenda. On every issue, from the Afghanistan war to refugees and asylum seekers, its nominal policies are marked by rank hypocrisy and opportunism.

Brown greeted the Greens’ control of the balance of power in the Senate with further pledges of “responsibility”. He told the National Press Club on June 29: “We will continue to serve Australia on our current responsible course. We will contribute sensible ideas to solve policy and political problems and we will continue to work to provide stability for the duly constituted Gillard government. The Greens will be a secure rock of stability in the Senate... To that end, we will not be supporting any Coalition move in the Senate, whether by legislation or amendments, that threaten instability. The Coalition may move such a motion, but we will not be supporting it.”

The Greens’ pledge to serve as a “rock of stability” comes as the government comes under mounting pressure from the ruling elite to introduce the kind of vicious austerity measures seen in Europe and the US. The last budget, containing $22 billion of cuts and savings, was regarded as grossly inadequate. Business groups and the media, in the name of maintaining the international competitiveness of Australian capitalism, are demanding unprecedented spending cuts, targeting key welfare programs, social infrastructure, and public sector jobs and wages.

Brown has clearly signalled his advance support for such measures.

According to the Associated Press, the Greens’ leader told reporters on July 1 that “he would use his experience of power-sharing state governments in Tasmania to guide the party” as it assumed control of the senate balance of power. Brown explained: “I led the Greens here in Hobart in the Tasmanian parliament from ’89 to ’92, we got good outcomes, including giving Tasmania greater financial wherewithal. We also had other gains and I’m looking forward to this very big responsibility in the federal parliament.”

The experience to which Brown referred is the Labor-Greens Accord government in Tasmania, which between 1989 and 1992 implemented savage attacks on working people in order to deliver business what the Greens’ leader now describes as “greater financial wherewithal.” The 1990 state budget was described by the Hobart Mercury at the time as “the worst since the 1930s Depression.” About 8 percent of the public sector workforce was sacked, and a series of regressive taxes were imposed, along with increased TAFE fees, higher public transport charges, and new charges for school bus services in rural areas. The measures sparked widespread protests and strikes, but Brown and his colleagues refused to back down.

This experience is now to guide the Greens MPs in Canberra.

Brown emphasised the message cabled to ruling circles by pointing to recent developments in Tasmania, where a Labor-Greens coalition government is in office and last month unveiled an austerity budget. Overall public spending has been gutted by 10 percent in real terms over the next four years. Twenty schools in the state were slated for closure—a measure enforced by Nick McKim, the Tasmanian Greens leader and education minister. McKim declared that the closure of public schools in rural and working class areas provided an opportunity for the Greens “to show that we’re prepared to roll up our sleeves and make decisions that aren’t necessarily going to be popular.”

Following widespread protest action by parents, teachers, and other working people in Tasmania, the government announced earlier this week that it was postponing the school closures.

Prior to this, however, Brown had weighed in to defend McKim and the education cuts. Calling for adequate “consultation” with affected communities—as a means of defusing opposition to the school closures—on July 1 the Greens’ federal leader denied an earlier media report that he intended to “counsel” McKim over the matter. Brown told ABC Radio: “This is a Labor inherited policy. It’s come out of mismanagement of the budget by the [former Labor] Lennon and Bacon governments, and it’s one that the Greens have I think quite courageously taken on. I would remind people here that it’s a very difficult ... there is a budgetary limit, it’s a very tough decision.”

The Greens’ assumption of the balance of the power will in no way serve as an obstacle to the Gillard government’s right-wing agenda—as has been previously suggested by the trade unions, online lobby group GetUp!, and various pseudo-left protest organisations. On the contrary, as has been the case in Germany, Ireland and other countries, the rising parliamentary power of the Greens in Australia will only facilitate the assault on workers’ living standards and conditions.

The situation underscores the extraordinary gulf between the political establishment, of which the Greens are a critical part, and the vast majority of the population. The urgent task is for the working class to develop its own independent political movement, through the development of a revolutionary party based on a socialist and internationalist program. The Socialist Equality Party is convening weekend conferences in Melbourne and Sydney at the end of August on “The Failure of Capitalism and the Fight for Socialism Today” to discuss these political tasks posed by the new situation internationally and in Australia. We urge readers of the World Socialist Web Site, members and supporters of the International Students for Social Equality, and supporters of the Socialist Equality Party to register here.

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AUSTRALIAN UPDATE: Changes to Australia’s Foreign Investment Regime

  • A new foreign investment regulatory regime applies from 1 December 2015.
  • The ‘substantial interest’ threshold above foreign investors must notify Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB), has increased from 15% to 20%.
  • Specific rules now apply to foreign investments in the agricultural sector, following the introduction of the concepts of ‘agribusiness’ and ‘agricultural land’.
  • The rules applicable to investments by foreign governments, and real estate investments, have been clarified.
  • Tougher criminal penalties and a new set of civil penalties have been introduced for contraventions of the regime.
  • Foreign investors are now required to pay fees in relation to any FIRB application they make.

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From the 1 December 2015, a new foreign investment regime came into force, marking a significant reform of Australia’s foreign investment legislative framework.

The new regime comprises of the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cth), a new set of regulations, and the Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Act 2015 (Cth).

The changes seek to ensure Australia’s national interest is maintained while also strengthening foreign investment in Australia.

Substantial interest threshold

Foreign persons who intend on acquiring a ‘substantial interest’ in an Australian entity (generally above $252 million) must notify the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and obtain approval for the acquisition.

Under the new regime, the substantial interest threshold has increased from 15% to 20%. This means that certain acquisitions which previously attracted the notification requirement may no longer do so.

Agricultural land and business

Regulatory scrutiny of foreign investment in the agricultural sector has increased under the new regime.

Direct private investments in an agribusiness attract a $55 million threshold (indexed annually). A higher threshold ($1094 million) applies for investors from countries who have free trade agreements with Australia, which comprises of the US, New Zealand and Chile.

An agribusiness is defined to include Australian entities or businesses which carry on certain primary production and downstream manufacturing businesses contained in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification Codes. These include meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, fruit and vegetable processing and sugar, grain and oil and fat manufacturing. At least 25% of the business’ revenue or assets must come from the carrying on of the prescribed businesses in order to meet the statutory definition.

Agricultural land

Agricultural land is defined as any land in Australia that is used, or could reasonably be used, for a primary production business.

Agricultural land is subject to a $15 million notification threshold and is assessed on a cumulative basis. Certain exceptions apply: investors from countries in free trade agreements with Australia (US, NZ and Chile) attract the $1094 million threshold, and investors from Singapore and Thailand are subject to a $50 million threshold only in relation to land used wholly or exclusively for a primary production business.

The new regime also establishes an agricultural land register which contains all information about foreign interests held in Australian agricultural land. While the register will not be publicly accessible, certain information will be made available to the public on a regular basis. Foreign investors with interests in Australian land must notify the register of their interest or any changes within 30 days.

Commercial land

Regulation of foreign investments in commercial land depends on whether the land is vacant or developed, and whether it constitutes sensitive commercial land.

All private foreign acquisitions of vacant commercial land require notification, regardless of the value of the investment. Acquisitions of $252 million or more in developed commercial land require notification, unless the interest relates to certain sensitive land, in which case a $55 million notification threshold applies.

Sensitive land is defined broadly, and may include land leased to the Commonwealth, land used for military or security purposes and land on which public infrastructure is located, such as an airport, or electricity networks or telecommunications.

A threshold of $1094 million for agreement country investors applies in relation to developed land regardless of whether it constitutes sensitive land. The relevant country investors includes Chilean, Chinese, Japanese, New Zealand, South Korean and United States investors.

Foreign government investors

Consistent with the previous regime, approval must be sought for most direct interests acquired in Australian land or business by a foreign government investor.

Under the new regime, a foreign government investor includes a foreign or separate government entity, as well as private entities in which a foreign or separate government entity holds a substantial interest (20%).

The regime also provides that all foreign government investors from the same country will be considered as associates, and their interests aggregated.

The new regime introduces tougher criminal penalties and new civil penalties for both individuals and companies. Now, criminal penalties for individuals have increased to $135 000 (or 3 years imprisonment). The new civil penalties include fines of up to $45 000 for individuals. For both criminal and civil contraventions the penalty for corporations is 5 times that for an individual.

Penalties are in addition to other powers, including divestiture orders.

The new regime imposes a set of fees onto foreign investors for all foreign investment applications. These fees are indexed and are determined by the value and type of investment. The fee must be paid before the Treasurer will take any action in regards to the application.

Some examples of common application fees include:

  • Vacant commercial land – $10,000,
  • Non-vacant commercial land – $25,000,
  • Private acquisition of an interest in a mining or production tenement – $25,000,
  • Foreign government investor to acquire an interest in a mining, production or exploration tenement, or a 10% interest in a mining, production or exploration entity – $10,000,
  • Acquiring an interest in an Australian entity, including an agribusiness, where the consideration does not exceed $1 billion – $25,000,

Acquiring an interest in an Australian entity or business, including an agribusiness, where the consideration exceeds $1 billion – $100,000.


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Selah wrestlers rolling through the CWAC, ranked fourth in state

The Selah High wrestling team is off to a 6-1 start in CWAC dual meets, most recently defeating Ellensburg on Jan. 21 and losing to No. 1 ranked Toppenish on Jan. 23.

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Against Wapato on Jan. 9, the No. 5-ranked Vikings won eight straight matches between 126 and 182 pounds to win the match 50-21. Coming out on top were Evan Anderson (126), Jesse Salinas (132), Judah Yates (138), Jerry Schmidt (145), Ethan Garza (152), Alonzo Lopez (160) and Mo Singh (195). Winning by forfeit were Marcos Gonzales (106), Jackson Yates (182), Franky Ceja (170) and Amadeo Flores Pimentel (220).

Defending state champion Toppenish is ranked No.1, ahead of Selah and another CWAC stalwart, Othello (fifth). The Vikings defeated the Huskies, 43-33, earlier this season. Other CWAC teams among the top 20 are Prosser (14th), Ephrata (17th) and Wapato (20th).

As of Jan. 15, Selah wrestlers ranked in Class 2A include Gonzales (fourth, 106), Anderson (eighth, 126), Salinas (second, 132), Garza (eighth, 145), Lopez (eighth, 152), Jackson Yates (sixth, 170), Donny Schmidt (fourth, 182), Flores Pimentel (first, 220) and Michael Ray (eighth, 285).

Flores Pimentel, a senior, is a two-time defending state champion at 220 pounds. Salinas, a sophomore, placed third at 126 pounds at state last season.


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YP – Governor Tate Reeves Extends Executive Order Fighting COVID-19

Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced that he has extended his “Safe Recovery” executive order through December 11. It had been set to expire today.

The governor also reset his county-specific orders, using the applicable data. The counties that now qualify for additional measures including mask requirements are Benton, Carroll, Covington, DeSoto, Forrest, Harrison, Humphreys, Jackson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Leflore, Lee, Marshall, Rankin, and Yalobusha.

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MSDH offers warning over hospitalizations

YP – Veto case between Reeves, Gunn heard at MS Supreme Court

The lawsuit over Governor Tate Reeves’ vetoes was heard by the Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday. At issue is whether the Governor has the authority to partially veto legislative budget bills.

Speaker Philip Gunn and Pro Tem Jason White filed the suit in late summer after the Governor issued a round of vetoes. Hinds County Chancellor Tiffany Grove ruled Reeves’ partial vetoes were unconstitutional and based on the findings, the request for the claim to be dismissed was denied. Reeves then appealed that ruling to the state Supreme Court.

The main difference between the two sides centers around some $2 million that was appropriated by the Legislature to the North Oak Regional Medical Center and $6 million given to the MAGnet Community Health Center. The money came out of appropriations from CARES Act funds.

Ag Commissioner Gipson takes issue with potential new shut downs

YP – State Rep. Jeramey Anderson (D) announces run for Mayor of Moss Point

State Representative Jeramey Anderson, a Democrat from House District 110, announced on Tuesday that he will run for Mayor of Moss Point in 2021. Anderson made the announcement as part of his ‘State of the District’ event.

“I stand before you today as your candidate for Mayor,” Anderson said, “proud of what we have accomplished and looking forward to restoring hope in our city as we work towards the endless possibilities of progress because together there’s nothing we can’t do.”

The current Mayor of Moss Point, Mayor King, and his wife were indicted this summer on 13 charges of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud. The case is still pending.

Presley ends terms as President of NARUC

WLOX – Mississippi Power donates $825K in technology grants to four local HBCUs

Mississippi Power donates $825K in technology grants to four local HBCUs

Mississippi Power, in partnership with the Southern Company Charitable Foundation, announced that $825,000 in technology grants will be awarded to four local historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Rust College and Tougaloo College will receive grants to provide students with scholarships, internships, leadership development and access to technology and innovation to support career readiness.

“Investing in Mississippi’s HBCU students is an investment in the future workforce of our state,” Mississippi Power President and CEO Anthony Wilson said. “We believe engaging these graduates will help ensure a thriving economy for Mississippi for years to come.”

WDAM – Rogers, Saul head to justice court judge runoff in Jones County

Rogers, Saul head to justice court judge runoff in Jones County

On Nov. 24, Jones County will be holding a runoff between Noel Rogers and Sonny Saul to determine who will be the next justice court judge for District 2.

“I’m just overwhelmed by the amount of support that the voters of Jones County gave me and happy to make the runoff. I knew there would be a runoff with four people running,” Rogers said.

On Election Day, Rogers received almost 30% of the vote, with Saul leading at 34%.


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JSU foundation audit shows thousands in undocumented expenses

Jackson State University’s development foundation canceled all of its credit cards amid an independent accountants’ report that found administrators made thousands of dollars in questionable, unapproved or undocumented purchases using the cards.

JSU’s former Vice President of Institutional Advancement David Hoard spent almost $24,000 from the university’s development foundation at casinos and on personal items, including cigarettes, meals, movie tickets, travel and utilities, according to the report, obtained by The Clarion-Ledger.

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6 breathtaking photos of Pascaline Edwards as she turns 50

6 breathtaking photos of Pascaline Edwards as she turns 50

Age they say is just a number and looking at Pascaline Edwards reaffirms what a lot of people have been saying.

Our manifesto: This is what YEN.com.gh believes in

The one-time screen actress is known to be one who really is young at heart and quite an amazing personality.

As she turns a year older today, YEN.com.gh takes a sneak-peek into her gallery to show it's readers how beautiful this woman is.

Fifty definitely looks good on her.

READ ALSO: Sarkodie and wife Tracy celebrate daughter Titi’s 4 birthday (Photos)

1. Yellow brings out the smile in anyone who dons it. Pretty Woman.

2. Miss Blondie..... Looking like Amber rose here.

3. Even without makeup Pascalaline looks beautiful.

4. Slay Mama looking like a bag of dollars

5. Sitting pretty in her white pant-suit. She is definitely looking 25.

6. Not only does she look ravishing in short blonde hair. She definitely looks prettier even in ling hair.

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In other news, Ghana’s highest rapper Sarkodie and his wife Tracy Sarkcess have wished their daughter well on her 4th birthday.

They both shared photos of the beautiful angel with beautiful wishes.

Sarkodie, for instance, wrote that words cannot explain how much he loves Titi.

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We should be so grateful for the bounty available to us. But instead of gratitude and practicing moderation our oceans and lakes suffer for our convenience and greed.

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4 Bean Salad

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4 Bean Salad

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Once again, drawing inspiration from the ALCAT 4-Day Rotation Meal Plan, I designed this 4 Bean Salad to suit me and my kids acceptable foods (for the time being). Our lists will be changing over time as we gradually re-introduce foods to our systems.

I find it a very fun, creative and rewarding process to experiment with this food list. At first it seemed daunting – “how will I ever figure this out” to now realizing that I might have otherwise never considered combining a lot of these foods together.

Food never tasted so good!

The goal is to forever be able to eat a wide variety of wholesome foods but to never eat them too often, ideally keeping 36-48 hours in between each consumption.

The finely diced cauliflower gives the bean salad the appearance of a goat or feta cheese, which is an interesting visual experience for me since I don’t eat any dairy anymore!

4 Bean Salad

Quantities to your liking…make a lot or a little.

  • Green string beans, blanched, stem end removed and cut into inch long pieces
  • Mung beans, pre-soaked and ready for use
  • Pinto beans, pre-soaked and ready for use
  • Black beans, pre-soaked and ready for use
  • Fresh fennel, cut finely to preference
  • Raw cauliflower, cut finely or to preference
  • Raw red pepper cubed
  • Raw red cabbage, sliced finely or to preference
  • Fresh baby arugula

  • Fresh watermelon, cut into small cubes

Combine following ingredients in a small glass jar with tight fitting lid. Shake well.

  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Tamari
  • Himalayan Sea Salt
  • Rice Wine Vinegar

  1. Combine all 4 Beans, fennel and cauliflower ingredients together. Toss well.
  2. Pour dressing over bean salad. Toss well. Refrigerate for 3 hours or longer.
  3. Before serving, add baby arugula.
  4. Serve with cut up watermelon cubes on top, or leave in a side dish for topping. (Not everyone likes fruit in their salads).

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Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner and Professor Andrew Metrick survey the causes, events, policy responses, and aftermath of the recent global financial crisis....

Apr 8, 2017

Great course indeed. I was following the materials and videos of the crisis for a long time and this course perfectly summarized everthing back by data analysis. Highly recommended to all enthusiasts.

Mar 15, 2018

Excellent course on the GFC, I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to learn more about the crisis. The instructors were very good and took a complex subject and made it very understandable.

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创建者 Dinesh R

May 22, 2016

a) There clearly was a huge amount of criminal behavior that contributed to the crisis. The presenters appear to approach the subject half-heartedly, and focus their energies on disproving the possibility without sufficiently examining it.

b) A lot of the review questions focus on remembering facts rather than on understanding the causes and effects. For example, what is the relevance of being able to remember that job losses at the height of the crisis were of the order of 880k a month or 200k a month??

c) It is obvious to anyone with even trivial financial expertise that the financial system today is weaker than it was before the crisis. The too big to fail are bigger today (by a large margin) and interest rates are too low (remember the search for yield was the motivation for the creation of the exotic securities which blew up the system). Secy Geithner's focus in week 8 comes across as a personal defence of his actions rather an objective analysis of what was done and should have been done.

创建者 Akshay U H

Mar 4, 2019

A well-paced primer on various terminology in banking and finance. But while considering the various causes - understates the risk in various financial assets, does not consider into account various factors such as human error and shady machinations in the investment banking industry(Conflict of interest, resistance to regulations), predatory lending. And does not talk about the Behind The Scenes of most of the major falls - just touches on the topics at face value which raises more questions than it answers.

创建者 Maria S

Apr 13, 2020

The material is meticulously explained in a calm , experienced manner. Readings add depth and further support graphs and lecture. What an interesting time to be learning about the crisis of 08-09

创建者 Fahad S

Dec 10, 2018

Just completed this course in a 2-week whirlwind. The structure is very conducive to watching a couple of hours to finish half a week in one sitting, or also (if you prefer) more bite-sized portions of learning.

Andrew Metrick and Tim Geithner are highly knowledgeable and engaging teachers with a lightness of touch that conceals a masterful grasp of their subject. They use apt analogies to break down what are, in some cases, quite complex financial constructions to make them comprehensible to a lay audience (while my education was in the sciences, I consider myself a novice in economics and finance - though perhaps not any more). I found myself looking up the occasional phrase or acronym but almost every specialist term was fully defined in the lectures.

One of the highlights of the course was having a direct insight from someone who was, not just there on the ground in '07-'09, but in many ways the conductor of the US response to the crisis. Having Secretary Geithner as a lecturer initially sold me on this course, and I was not disappointed. There is a messiness to the GFC that can be overwhelming in some of the deep dives, as you might expect with such a complex historical event, but in the final lectures he brings it together with some simple (and reassuring) rules about how a government might proceed in the future, in the knowledge that crises do occur and cannot be predicted. Geithner has the bearing of a financial Confucian; quiet and thoughtful, yet exacting; emphasising fiscal and financial prudence for governments and bank-like institutions, while showing compassion and concern for those citizens that bore the brunt of the crisis. I hope and expect that some of these important teachings are enshrined and elevated to the high status that they deserve.

创建者 Philip N

Aug 28, 2016

A strong overview of the crisis that balances the depth and breadth of the material well.

Balance of narrative and data.

Logical sequencing gives a nice structure and a more digestible package.

Excellent level of detail, neither missing the forest for the trees nor ignoring the trees altogether.

Does not address alternative theories or interpretations of the crisis, even to shoot them down.

Several quizzes were poorly-constructed, featuring obvious typos or nonsensical statements.

Additional module to update the material (stale since mid-2015) was promised, but not delivered.

创建者 Bamiro

Aug 22, 2020

My country, Nigeria is taking on a lot of debt from China and I feel almost every citizen should learn about how greed and bubble thinking can lead to Financial Crisis exercebated by short-sighted Government approach to Economics and slow-walking by Congress . I might not agree with the Secetary Of treasury under President Obama on many things but it was such a great course to analyze what went wrong from his perspective leading up to the Great Financial crisis. The Lead Professor was quite simply world class in his delivery.

创建者 Mike K

Jan 16, 2019

A little long and repetitive, but very in depth. Yale is by far the best at the videos and getting guest speakers that are interesting. Definitely feel well informed about the global financial crisis and the origins of financial crises in general.

创建者 Sriram R

Dec 21, 2016

Extremely insightful course. Financial crisis analysed really well and explained in very simple terms. Something that has been missing in various book, movies,etc ( on the crisis ).

Must course for every individual.

创建者 Rashi K A

Sep 1, 2018

This course was excellent. The short yet crisp lectures have given me a fair perspective of what came before, during and to an extent after the GFC. I feel I will greatly benefit from this knowledge.

创建者 Abdurrahman

May 26, 2020

The course gives us a comprehensive perspective on what happened during the GFC 2008-2009 both in the US and the Eurozone, the lessons learned will be very fundamental for Central Bankers like me.

创建者 Atheek A

May 17, 2020

Interesting course. Would have been better if it was not based on data from 4 years ago.

On the technical side, please fix Mr. Geithner's mike. His perpetually audible deep exhalation is mildly distracting.

Thank you!

创建者 Henrik G

Nov 6, 2016

My selves being in the middle of the financial crisis and working for a sovereign financial institution without having a major stake on the line is like being at war without a license to kill or die for.

I think both T. Geithner and A Metrick gave us a very realistic and honest picture of the current affairs of the Global Economic Crisis from 2007 and on wards.

Considering Geithners special position as Secretary of the Treasury at the time it is therefore very firsthand and insightful information however there is always the risk of contamination from what was done as opposed to what could have been done.

Great Course - a must for economists!

Best – Henrik Gjerning, Data Scientist and Economist

创建者 Mike Y W

Mar 21, 2018

The breadth and width of topics covered in this course met my high expectations (it is Yale after all), but it would be nice if the course could be updated (I wouldn't mind paying more) with extra materials added in (or perhaps a new course or courses, "The GFC, Part II/III") for the past few years as I get the feeling this course was created in 2014. In addition, it would be nice if Secretary Geithner could have taught an extra week or two, and go more into the years leading to the GFC and the years immediately after it from his point of view. As a final suggestion, if there was a Yale specialization for market stress (or similar), including this course, I'd be all over it.

创建者 Abhinav A

Jul 23, 2016

Best material I could ever find related to Global Financial Crisis. As a student of Economics, this course was very helpful it is must for someone who just wants to know what happened in an easy to understand and practical manner.

Both the faculties are of very high stature and have closely observed the crisis. Professor Andrew is a financial economist and explains beautifully the events and timeline of GFC and Professor Geithner was himself involved in all policy reactions and his role has been highly appreciated worldwide as President of New York Fed. Awesome experience really. Thanks Coursera. It's like a dream come true to be taught by such eminent personalities.

创建者 Matthew

Oct 19, 2016

A topic that you've heard pieces of, read headlines about, and heard plenty of opinions on... but to truly dig into the mathematics and behavior behind a generation defining event was incredible. The content was delivered logically, and in a way that leads the student to think on their own. Students are pushed to think why certain events had the consequences that they did. Historical behavior, market reaction, and the impact on the future are all evaluated and discussed. It's a behavioral macroeconomic course that uses the financial crisis as it's exhibit A. I recommend this course to anyone participating the financial or labor markets today.

创建者 Ruslan K

Dec 1, 2016

This is the greatest course I've ever attend. The knowledge and expertise of the Prof. Metrick and Mr.Geithner is over expectations. The course is very complex, well delivered (with simple and understandable language, reasoning and supporting materials), information is extremely concentrated, and huge knowledge of the authors is felt behind the scenes. The only think I lack is off-line (real life) attendance to the discussion with authors on questions that arise during the course. Hope, once I'll have an opportunity to attend Mr. Geithner and Mr. Metrics lectures and seminars and/or Yale university other real life courses

Apr 16, 2016

This course is highly insightful and does a holistic evaluation of the financial catastrophe. I personally searched various parts of the internet to learn about the Global Financial Crisis, but none was as informative and EVIDENCE BASED as this course. One example of this was: while several online portals criticized the US government for being too lenient during the housing boom, the course says (rightly) that there is little evidence to support this claim.

To top it off, the course is quite affordable, costing 29 $, thereby giving a compelling reason to buy.

创建者 Eugene

Aug 14, 2016

Put simply, this course is well put together. Professor Andrew Metrick is an engaging lecturer and the materials assigned are very helpful in understanding the topic.

If i have any recommendations i would suggest for a break down of abbreviations and concepts as i especially struggled given my non-financial background. Also, i still haven't figured out the discussion forum as in my opinion isn't as engaging.

In all, thank you for a brilliant work...still redo and redo this course. :)

创建者 Lam A T

Jun 10, 2020

The course is interesting , but need to update data into more previous event (the current data is fine but a little outdated) ,the professor presentation are short ,straight to the point and easy to understand ,the reading material are helpful ,overall it's a great course ,it only need to update the data to somewhat newer event ,and i gain a new insight from this course and many thanks to the professor and his team for their contribution on providing such great experience for us.

创建者 alex h

Nov 23, 2016

This is an excellent history class on the recent housing collapse and financial crisis, but it also does a masterful job of succinctly and clearly explaining/illustrating the underlying causes of the entire global financial crisis, as well as to the individual events throughout the multi year ordeal. Slides are very well put together with some very informative data. I'd suggest this class to anyone who wants an updated understanding of global finance and modern day banking.

创建者 Gregorio T

Jul 14, 2017

This course was excellent!!! In a structured way it helped me gain the understanding I was looking for. Andrew Metrick combines the knowledge and teaching skills that really made the difference. I also found a lot of value from the interactions with the course mentor, Guenter Leonhardt. The presence of Tim Geithner provided valuable direct testimony. This was my first course at Coursera and really encourages to take more. I only hope I can find Andrew's likes as teachers.

创建者 Carlos H d S

Jun 15, 2019

This is a very interesting subject that was covered in a well structured course. Gives a significant background information to understand these type of crisis (from past events) and provides the lessons to be learned. I liked especially the comparison between the crisis in the US with Europe (lasting much longer) and with the Great Depression of the 30's. I feel now that I am much more knowleadgeable in this matter and in economics/finance in general.

创建者 Kalyani P

Mar 30, 2018

This course is a must for every finance student to understand the dynamics of the crisis. It would help you to understand the various indicators better and that how various events would affect you personally. It breaks down the complex and some what messy financial crisis into small link able events which enhances your understanding dramatically. The faculty is engaging and the insights from Timothy Geithner are valuable and first hand.

创建者 Zain N

Jan 28, 2016

I would highly recommend this course for anyone who wishes to understand the events that happened during the GFC. Both, Prof Andrew Materick and Secretary Geitner provide excellent "insights & data"; and have made the course very interesting.

Looking forward for other coursers on Finance from Yale University.

P.S: The assignments are not easy as they seem to be. One has to carefully listen to the lessons and make proper notes.

创建者 Steven Y

Sep 6, 2018

This course covers in depth topics regarding The Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009. The collapse of the global financial system led to a severe downtown of global economies. This course helps to understand the several key reasons as to what caused the crisis. From over-leverage in the investment banks to currency devaluation within the Euro, this course has an excellent presentation in covering these events.


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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa  —  Officials say an armed Nebraska inmate who escaped in a government vehicle transporting him has been captured in western Iowa.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says deputies found 37-year-old Eric Scott walking near the sheriff’s department in Council Bluffs around noon Thursday and arrested him without incident.
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Investigators say Scott was being transferred by a Dodge County deputy Wednesday when Scott commandeered the car south of Wahoo, pushing the deputy out of the vehicle.

The deputy suffered minor injuries.  Scott was serving two to four years for fifth-offense drunken driving conviction when he escaped.

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When did the Dark Ages actually begin? Who was to blame?

by 1389 on August 13, 2012

in Gates of Vienna (colleagues), history, Islam, North Africa

Then as now, Islam terminates civilization.

Gates of Vienna: Who really killed Pax Romana?

Click the link and read the entire essay. We are under exactly the same threats now.

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1 Hesperado August 13, 2012 at 11:54 pm

Excellent review of an important restoration of historiography before the revisionism about “Andalus” we continue to have to endure.

The reviewer mentions that the book is built on the thesis of Belgian historian Pirenne and his book “Mohammed and Charlemagne”.

The reveiwer writes:

“Islamic piracy and predation brought sea trade in the Mediterranean to a virtual standstill. This was not only devastating to the economies of Europe, but it also halted the export of papyrus from Egypt to the rest of the region. The use of papyrus for written material was the major engine of widespread literacy in the Mediterranean. …

Thanks to Islam, the Mediterranean basin was transformed from a peaceful, literate, civilized culture into a violent, illiterate, and backward one — all in the space of a generation or so.”

This reminds me of a powerful image Pirenne himself used to describe this assault on the Mediterranean by Muslims. Essentially, the Muslim invasions took what had been for millennia a conduit — economically and culturally — of different cultures, and in the span of less than a century transformed it into a hostile wall.

This became one major reason for Marco Polo’s adventures, for circumnavigation around Africa to literally circumvent the Muslim hostage-taking of the Mediterranean, and later for Columbus’ discovery of America.

Indeed, almost every major event and proess of Western history has some kind of crucial Islamic factor to it — always a negative factor, to be sure. Some day, Western historians will restore the story of the West in the light of its perennial enemy; probably at about the same time we finally deal with it rationally.

2 kerry heseltine August 15, 2012 at 7:42 pm

i am so sorry i had not researched the truth behind nato and other nations especially here in canada, who too without proper researched would have realized islam and it’s awful bent to once again try to take over civilization (Christanity) !
but we must all go to Scripture to find our strength- for our Lord and Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ said in John 16:33 “These things l have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. in the world ye shall have tribulation: but of good cheer; l have overcome the world. !!!
We must remember He desires Holiness to live here and Forgiveness to those who have hurt us.
if you have a problem please go to the web site http://www.DivineRevelations.info/BRENES
and find the caption ‘Christian that wound up in Hell’
by Carmelo Brenes
yours lovingly in 🙂 Christ
Brother kerry H.

3 CzechRebel August 15, 2012 at 10:05 pm

It is hard to see through all the government propaganda. Seems like we get these nice stories in grade school about this nice “religion” called “Islam.” It seems so benign. Almost like Judaism or Christianity.

However, the fact is Mohammad certainly fills the role of the False Prophet and sure seems to qualify as an Anti-Christ. Allah seems to be the old pagan Moon God; just look at the top of any Mosque. As the Scripture says those old pagan gods are nothing more than demons.

Know the truth and the truth shall set you free. Too bad it took so many of us–me included–so long to learn about Islam!

NATO lied! They spoke of “Serbs” and “Albanians.” It was Muslim terrorists vs. Orthodox Christians. Got any counties in NATO with many Orthodox Christians? No!

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Monday, February 13, 2017

SR: FELDA Super-Scandal Emerges As The New 1MDB Times Ten..

FELDA Super-Scandal Emerges As The New 1MDB Times Ten..

FELDA Super-Scandal Emerges As The New 1MDB Times Ten..

The new Chairman of FELDA, Shahrir Abdul Samad, was one of the people exposed for having received a big fat million ringgit cheque from Najib’s slush fund accounts, for which he has yet to give an explanation.
Najib has moved quickly therefore to bring this UMNO backbencher Chairman to heel when he appeared to stray this weekend, after he’d appointed the veteran politician to head the plantation fund last month (instead of an objective business leader, which was plainly needed).
To begin with, Samad had clearly decided that he did not want to end up the figurehead of the next 1MDB scandal (times ten on the Richter Scale). Therefore, unlike Arul Kanda, he decided to cry foul rather than start covering up from day one.
On Saturday he went public with his concerns that RM4.3 billion of FELDA famers’ money cannot be properly accounted for.
It didn’t last long. One assumes it took a far larger cheque to get Samad to change his tune, but by Sunday evening the party stalwart had denied his earlier reported statement, rattling out a list of unbelievably expensive global investments to apparently explain where all the money went.
These inflated purchases consisted mostly of hotels, which have nothing to do with FELDA’s core plantation business and many of which the fund is now desperately trying to off-load, doubtless at a loss, in order to finance borrowing and debts… and looming election costs:
Shahrir was commenting on reports that ..RM6 billion received by Felda after the FGVH listing has not been accounted for.
He said RM1.438 billion was invested in property, namely in Bukit Katil, Malacca for RM304 million, Grand Borneo Hotel in Sabah (RM86 million), Grand Plaza Service Apartment in London (RM500 million), Institut Penilaian Negara (INSPEN) building (RM225 million) and Iris Corporation Berhad shares (RM110 million).
Shahrir said the RM1.438 billion invested in the service sector, especially property involving hotels, was to ensure long-term investments that can be beneficial in the future.
He said Felda had also purchased Felda Technoplant Sdn Bhd worth RM38 million while total accumulated loses for Felda amounted to RM108 million, involving the Transnovasi Project…
Shahrir, who took over the post from Isa Samad, said Felda had also decided to sell a hotel bought by the agency in London at a cost of RM548 million in 2012.
So, why did FELDA spend hundreds of millions on these hotels, when much of its plantation stock was already in need of regeneration and the business needed to upgrade and improve its productivity on behalf of the long-term interest of Malaysia and its farmers?
Sharir must know that whilst 1MDB has moved the nation to righteous fury, that anger will measure nothing compared to the outrage and disgust of the hundreds of thousands of FELDA families, who have started to realise how all their savings and their patrimony have  disappeared with the sinking fund.

FELDA Super Scandal

Back in 2012 the FELDA Global Ventures sell off was another of the new Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ‘economic master-strokes’.  Reuters reported that it was the 2nd biggest ever IPO after the Facebook stockmarket launch – it put Malaysia on the global map.
However, it also disposed of a hugely valuable industry that had been originally founded and nurtured in the interests of the working families, whose lands and livelihoods were tied up in the plantation lands.
Reuters recorded how at that time many of those farmers were therefore rightly worried and reluctant. They knew they could never buy back their heritage, which had so grown in value in recent years.  However, Najib, also Finance Minister, knew how to tempt their worries all away:
Felda’s listing plans were initially met with resistance from the farmers who partly owned the firm and feared the loss of control of an asset they had invested in for generations.
The government, a key shareholder in the firm via state-linked funds, sweetened the deal with windfall payments totaling nearly $5,000 each generated from the a fifth of the IPO proceeds.
To keep the farmers happy, government-linked funds and the domestic pension fund, which accounted for part of the institutional tranche, made a rush for the stock during the book-building process.
“This Felda IPO is an embarrassment,” said an official with a Malaysian bank-backed fund management firm. “About 23 percent of the book was allocated to ‘friends and family’, all at the expense of legitimate investors with potential synergies.” [Reuters 2012]
So, for around RM15,000 a family (a fifth of the money raised) Najib bought the resisters round and also directed a mass of government linked companies to join the rush to build up the stock market share price to astonishing levels.
At their height at the time of the launch shares in the new FELDA Global Ventures traded at up to RM5.46 (ringgit), whereas now after years of plunder and mismanagement they are trading at a miserable RM1.9.
It represents a horrifying loss for investors. Those include government-controlled funds entrusted with the money of ordinary savers like Tabung Haji, which was encouraged for political reasons bump up the original share price. Opposition MP Rafizi Ramli has pointed out that the pilgrimage fund has lost a billion ringgit owing to the plummeting share value.
That represents a billion ringgit of savers’ pilgrimage money lost thanks to politically driven bad decisions to pay far too much money for those shares.
And the situation went from bad to worse. Under Najib’s original toady Chairman, Isa Samad, the money that had been made from that original IPO has by all accounts been disappearing. As one insider has told Sarawak Report:
“an excess of RM2 Billion is being furiously padded on projects being approved to be siphoned off my PM & his wife”
Such projects would appear to have included the ludicrous decision to buy a 37% stake in the Indonesian plantation business of Najib’s personal friend Peter Sondakh for $700 million, which was at least double its market valuation, last year.
Following that scandal the Employee Provident Fund, which has also clearly lost huge sums of ordinary Malaysians’ pension money owing to FELDA Global Ventures, pulled out of it investment in the fund. Yet, Najib has persisted in trying to force FELDA itself to invest in Peter’s projects. The reason seems blatantly obvious.

Where did the money GO?!

So, with all those developments the question facing Shahrir Abdul Samad, as the new incoming Chairman, was what has happened to the original $3 billion (RM15 bn) windfall made by FELDA back at the time of that original IPO in 2012 (just before the election)?
Just four years later, after all, the fund is in difficulty and having to borrow money!
One fifth of the money went on that up-front RM15,000 bribe to the farming families, in order to persuade them to support the public offering, according to coverage at the time.
This is what Najib Razak told FELDA farmers as the 1MDB scandal broke in 2015:
”We must.. not blindly believe what is in social media. What is true is true, what is false is false,” he told some 500 Felda settlers.
He also stressed since he had Felda under his watch, he had spearheaded many “changes” that were “unseen before”, including ensuring better living conditions for Felda settlers.
Najib labelled the interest free loan given to Felda settlers to upgrade their homes as the “best loan in the world”.
”Which other country has a loan this good? I look at the settlers’ homes and they are quite well-built,” he said.
Under the scheme, each settler was allowed a loan to a maximum of RM40,000 to upgrade their homes, without interest.
Now those farmers are starting to realise how they were short-changed, just as the Sarawak Native Landowners were short-changed after they were forced to place their money in the now empty ASSAR fund.
FELDA’s farmers will have to settle on Najib getting a good price for the none too glamerous Kensington Hotel, because he is without doubt planning on using it for their next election bribe.
Grand Plaza Kensington - bought for £100 million (RM500m)
Grand Plaza Kensington – bought for £100 million (RM500m) – guests complain of poky rooms


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Call Me (Chris Montez)

6 MARCH 1966

Chris Montez’s single ‘Call Me’ peaked at #22 on the US Billboard charts in March 1966. It also reached #2 on the US Easy Listening charts, but failed to chart in the UK.

This was considered a something of a comeback for Chris (real name Ezekiel Christopher Montanez), who had a big hit with 'Let's Dance' in 1962 but then basically dropped out of the music business. He was persuaded to record again by the great Herb Alpert. It was Herb who suggested that Chris adopt his high tenor voice for an 'easy listening' approach, as opposed to his earlier 'Chicano Rock' style. It worked a treat as Chris went on to have four decent hits in 1966.

This song had been written by Tony Hatch and originally recorded as an album and EP track by Petula Clark in 1965. Another version was released in the UK in 1966 by Lulu, which also failed to chart.

'If you're feelin' sad and lonely
There's a service I can render
Tell the one who loves you only
I can be so warm and tender

Call me, don't be afraid, you can call me
Maybe it's late but just call me
Tell me and I'll be around

When it seems your friends desert you
There's somebody thinking of you
I'm the one who never hurt you
Maybe that's because I love you

Now don't forget me 'cause if you let me
I will always stay by you
You've got to trust me, that's how it must be
There's so much that I can do

If you call I'll be right with you
You and I should be together
Take this love I long to give you
I'll be at your side forever'