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The
drivel the German mainstream press fabricates is really hard to
swallow.
I
think it is worthwhile to compare the reporting about MH17 and the
recently downed Russian airliner.
In
the case of MH17 it was difficult and took days to get to the hard
facts on the ground. But the press could (and did) not wait to roll
out a prefabricated media campaign, that without any doubt concluded
that Russian backed separatists had shot down the airliner with a
Russian made missile.
Bild
cover 19.07.2014: “Is Putin responsible for these victims (lit.
dead people)? – Grave accusations from Merkel and Obama”
Bild
cover 21.07.2015: “When will the world finally stop Putin? – The
death rocket came from Russia – Putin controls the separatists …
”
Spiegel
titles with “STOP PUTIN NOW!!” and portraits of victims on
28.07.2015:
No
group claimed responsibility for the incident. And the alleged
perpetrators had no apparent motive to shoot down the plane.
The
story did not make sense at all.
Why
did the “Russian backed separatists” shoot down the airliner?
What could they hope to gain from doing so? Might they have done it
by accident? By order of Putin?
At
least thinking about the motive must be a no-brainer for any
self-respecting journalist; but nothing like that was to be found in
mainstream reporting.
The
only two halfway plausible scenarios if the Russians are somehow
behind this would be:
It
was an accident of some sort, but the political implications of
admitting the mistake are seen as so problematic, that the Russians
decided to cover it up.
It
was a deliberate show of force and a threat by the Russians to NATO,
that they have the means, and more importantly the will, to
indiscriminately kill civilians just to make a point.
(Sort
of similar to the use of the atomic weapons against Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, which, I think, was first of all important for the USA to
send a message to the Soviet Union, rather than to win the war
against the Japanese, who were willing to surrender anyway.)
But
in the German media it was just: “It was Putin! He eats Ukrainian
children for breakfast!”
No
questions asked or answered…
Now
a Russian plane has crashed.
And
a terror organization that is almost undeniably funded by “the West
and/or it’s allies” (what is referred here usually as “the
empire”) has claimed responsibility.
But
the German press is very careful about not pointing fingers.
Saying
that they have to wait for the evaluation of the black boxes and do
not want to fuel irresponsible speculations.
The
press reports that they think it is unlikely that the IS terrorists
have anti-aircraft counter measures that could shoot down a jetliner
close to cruising altitude.
I
would not be so sure, but be that as it may, I think it is probably
easier to smuggle a bomb aboard a plane.
But
this time the story of the actually confessing terrorists at least
makes some sort of sense.
I
think the reporting of the German press regarding the downing of the
Russian aircraft and the stark contrast to the reporting of the MH17
tragedy is notable, because it shows that the mainstream media in
Germany is not at all interested in telling the truth. And not even
in selling papers. If that were so they would at least sensationalize
everything equally.
But
they do not.
There
is no neutral reporting, everything is interpreted through an
ideological filter. They are invested in selling a narrative.
If
the facts do not fit the narrative they will be omitted,
underreported, distorted or lied about.
Other
“convenient facts” might be made up on the spot.
Sources
who fit the narrative will be reported as fact, while sources
conflicting with the narrative will be dismissed as lunatic fringe
opinions if they cannot be suppressed completely.
Anyone
who can look at the reporting about these two incidents and not see
that the mainstream media in Germany is totally corrupt, biased and
dishonest must be blind on both eyes.
The
refugee situation also
continues to get more and more ridiculous.
The
CSU had put some pressure on the government regarding this question,
including threatening to sue the government in the highest court of
the county (as reported in my last sitrep) and culminating in the
threat to leave the governing coalition if an ultimatum deadline for
last weekend was not met.
The
article is very interesting and cites a lot of the facts regarding
the situation that I would otherwise mention anyway. I strongly
recommend reading it, but I think the author is dead wrong in his
conclusion.
It
is highly unlikely that Merkel is going to survive this politically.
And I am sure she knows it.
The
negative social impact of the sustained and uncontrolled influx of
migrants to Germany in violation of European and German law will be
so severe and painful that sooner or later enough people will demand
a change of policy.
The
political establishment just wants to put the sacrifice off for as
long as possible to keep their game going for as long as possible.
When
fear and anger in Germany begin to reach a tipping point Merkel might
just step down on her own, or appear to be overthrown, whatever works
best to install a successor who can keep on doing the same thing for
as long as possible.
The
cohesion of the German government was demonstrated once more this
week when German minister of the interior Thomas de Maiziere declared
that Syrian refugees would no longer have certain privileges over
other migrants:
The
SPD immediately disagreed and assured everyone that this was not the
German governments position.
(Merkel
had earlier installed Altmaier as a Coordinator for the refugee
crisis, in effect demoting de Maiziere by openly not trusting him
with one of his core responsibilities.)
The
German chancellory had government speaker Mr. Seibert announce that
the official policy had not changed and that de Maiziere was wrong,
but still has the full faith of Merkel.
Meanwhile
Wolfgang Schäuble, the “Schattenkanzler” (shadow chancellor)
openly sided with de Maiziere
(Interessting
reading on
Schäuble: http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2015-10/wolfgang-schaeuble-chancellor-candidate-angela-merkel/komplettansicht)
This
really does not look like a stable, coherent government to me.
This
is a complete travesty of a government and actually tyranny.
Which
can be demonstrated by the simple fact that the political elite is
still debating possible new laws or policies, but the executive is no
longer enforcing existing laws and regulations.
In
effect the government has declared that laws will be respected as and
if their experts see fit.
As
a person you are of course subject to the law. The state can hold you
accountable for rules that you might not even agree with and have
voted against.
But
the state cannot be held accountable even by its own laws and
standards?!
People
in Germany are afraid to speak their minds because they are afraid of
being labeled Nazis, while the next fascist takeover has already
started.
It
bears repeating:
GG
Art 16:
Article
16a
[Right of asylum]
(2)
Paragraph (1) of this Article may not be invoked by a person who
enters the federal territory from a member state of the European
Communities or from another third state in which application of the
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and of the Convention
for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is
assured. The states outside the European Communities to which the
criteria of the first sentence of this paragraph apply shall be
specified by a law requiring the consent of the Bundesrat. In the
cases specified in the first sentence of this paragraph, measures to
terminate an applicant’s stay may be implemented without regard to
any legal challenge that may have been instituted against them.
But
who would want to uphold the law if that meant starting a war?
Other
News:
Beate
Zschäpe,
only surviving member of alleged right-wing terror cell NSU
(national-socialist underground) has announced that she will testify
on Wednesday.
She
has refused to talk for the last two and a half years.
Some
Background on the NSU:
There
have been a lot of theories about the involvement of the German
intelligence agency “Verfassungsschutz” in the whole NSU issue
and talk about connections to the predecessor network of “NATO stay
behind armies” (Gladio).
Lets
see what she has to say and what is reported of it, if anything.
Big
news from Catalonia: Catalonia’s
parliament has voted to start the process of seceding from Spain.
Madrid
is not pleased:
David
Cameron has
spoken about the reforms he thinks are necessary to keep the UK in
the EU
The
key issue as reported by the BBC are:
Protection
of the single market for Britain and other non-euro countries
Boosting
competitiveness by setting a target for the reduction of the “burden”
of red tape
Exempting
Britain from “ever-closer union” and bolstering national
parliaments
Restricting
EU migrants’ access to in-work benefits such as tax credits
This video made me extremely uncomfortable because of a progressive, left-wing background. I had to recognise that it does give one side of a complex story.
Objectively, Europe, like everywhere else on the planet is in meltdown. No solutions to be seen anywhere in the horizon.
[Right of asylum]
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