http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/08/04/gore-we-need-an-american-spring/
ExcerptAl Gore thinks that whoel Arab Spring this is pretty swell. After all, what isn’t great about revolutions, violence, and rape? Gore likes it so much that he thinks we need to import some of that revolutionary spirit to America! But Tea Partiers – your peaceful protests against big government don’t count!
Gore said:
We need to have an American spring. You know the Arab spring, the nonviolent part of it isn’t finished yet, but we need to have an American spring, a kind of an American Tahrir Square where people from the grassroots get involved again.Shockingly, Glenn, Stu and Pat didn’t quite agree with Gore on any of his points! Let’s dissect his argument.
You know, they are people who are genuinely upset in the Tea Party, I understand that. But that movement was funded with seed money from rightwing billionaires the Koch Brothers and promoted on Fox News.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Egyptian_Bread_Riots
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The Egyptian 'Bread Riots' of 1977 affected most major cities in Egypt from January 18-19, 1977. The riots were a spontaneous uprising by hundreds of thousands of lower class people protesting World Bank and International Monetary Fund-mandated termination of state subsidies on basic foodstuffs.
As many as seventy-nine people were killed and 800 wounded in the protests, which were only ended with the deployment of the army and the re-institution of the subsidies.
Public use and demonstrations
Tahrir Square has been the traditional site for numerous major protests and demonstrations over the years, including the 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots, and the March 2003 protest against the War in Iraq.[3]
http://www.c40seoulsummit.com/eng/news/news_view.asp?bbs_idx=176&GP=
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, the founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation, will present a keynote speech. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has been invited to the summit also. The IPCC is a scientific intergovernmental organization to evaluate the risk of climate change caused by human activity
http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/10/13/george_soros_would_ve_gotten_away_with_it_too_if_it_wasn_t_for_y.html
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According to disclosure documents from 2007-2009, Soros' Open Society gave grants of $3.5 million to the Tides Center, a San Francisco-based group that acts almost like a clearing house for other donors, directing their contributions to liberal non-profit groups... disclosure documents also show Tides, which declined comment, gave Adbusters grants of $185,000 from 2001-2010, including nearly $26,000 between 2007-2009.
And that's the connection. Soros has given grants to Tides, which gave $26,000 to AdBusters in the same period. Some perspective: AdBusters has a reported circulation of 120,000 and a cover price of $7.95. If an issue of AdBusters sells 1,090 copies, the gross profit is equivilent to a year of funding from Tides. More perspective: Americans for Prosperity, the umbrella Tea Party group founded and partly funded by David Koch, had a 2010 budget of $40 million.
Hey, I'm glad I know about this incredibly tenuous connection. Hats off. But this may be the reductio ad absurdum of follow-the-money reporting on protests.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Quantum_Endowment
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In May 2007 "Mr. Malloch Brown was named vice president of the Quantum Fund, the hedge fund run by his billionaire friend George Soros." [2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Malloch_Brown,_Baron_Malloch-Brown
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Association with George Soros
Malloch Brown has been closely associated with billionaire speculator George Soros. Working for Refugees International, he was part of the Soros Advisory Committee on Bosnia in 1993-94, formed by George Soros. He has since kept cordial relations with Soros, and rented an apartment owned by Soros while working in New York on UN assignments.[4] In May 2007, Soros' Quantum Fund announced the appointment of Sir Mark as vice president.[5] In September 2007, The Observer revealed that he had resigned this position on becoming a government minister in the UK.[6] Also in May 2007, Malloch Brown was named vice chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute, two other important Soros organizations.[7]
Malloch Brown, briefing the Security Council, argued that, while the situation uncovered by the audit was "alarming", and that nearly $300 million out of a $1.6 billion budget was involved, it showed more that there was significant waste with only narrow instances of fraud. He noted that the UN Secretariat, based on the reservations expressed by the department being audited, did not entirely accept the auditor's conclusions.[10]
Lord Malloch-Brown: G20 London Summit Preparations (1/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz9QGh5wuIg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2zLNZyqFAc
http://www.envirowiki.info/G20_Protests,_2006
Excerpt:
Reasons for Protesting
the reasons for protesting ranged from MakePovertyHistory's stance of relieving third world debt, to the anarchist stance of demolishing the capitalism system completely.
mostly the protest occurred due to the general public opinion that the G20, like other neo-liberal organisations, basically have one goal: furthering the interests of the already-rich participants, usually at the expense of poor people or the environment. a good example of this is one of the outcomes at the 2006 summit being a push for cheaper petroleum oil[1], which would obviously come at the expense of the environment (global warming), but would probably also entail deposing a few (relatively) benign leaderships, starting (or continuing) a few oil wars, or implanting a ruthless puppet dictator or two.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Malloch_Brown
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Mark Malloch Brown "has served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations since April, 2006. Before his current appointment, he was the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet since January 2005. In that position, he worked closely with the Secretary-General and the Deputy-Secretary General on all aspects of UN work, including helping to set out an ambitious reform agenda for the United Nations, much of which was endorsed by world leaders at the World Summit in New York last September.
"Prior to becoming Chef de Cabinet, Mr. Malloch Brown served as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN's global development network, from July 1999 to August 2005. During that time, he was also the Chair of the United Nations Development Group, a committee consisting of the heads of all UN funds, programmes and departments working on development issues.
"During his tenure at the UNDP, Mr. Malloch Brown oversaw a comprehensive reform effort that was widely recognized as making the UNDP more focused, efficient and effective across the 166 countries where it works and doubled its annual resources to over $4 billion. His efforts included a major push to expand UN support to developing countries in areas such as democratic governance, a new advocacy dimension as reflected in pioneering publications, including the Arab Human Development Reports, and strengthened UNDP operational leadership in natural disasters and post-conflict situations.
"At the request of Secretary-General Annan, Mr. Malloch Brown also led the UN system’s efforts to help support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals -- eight, time-bound development targets with the overarching goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015 -- which were approved by world leaders at the UN Millennium Summit of September 2000.
"Prior to his appointment with the UNDP, Mark Malloch Brown served at the World Bank as Vice-President for External Affairs, and Vice-President for United Nations Affairs from 1996 to 1999. He joined the World Bank as Director of External Affairs in 1994. He is credited with having helped the Bank enhance its outreach and expand its partnership with the United Nations and non-governmental organizations. In 1997, he chaired the United Nations Secretary-General's task force on the reform of United Nations communications.
"Before joining the World Bank, Mr. Malloch Brown was the lead international partner from 1986 to 1994 in a strategic communications management firm, the Sawyer-Miller Group, where he worked with corporations and governments. He advised Corazon Aquino of the Philippines when she ran against Ferdinand Marcos, as well as other presidential and political candidates, particularly in Latin America.
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/03/george-soros-and-madeleine-albright.html
Excerpt:
http://uddebatt.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/climate-gate-%E2%80%93-all-the-manipulations-and-lies-revealed-229/
Excerpt:
But Polk’s main interest in life is his role as the managing partner of Soros Climate ”a new $1 billion initiative by George Soros to invest private equity in ways which accelerate the development and diffusion of climate change technologies and business models.” And it was Soros who created something of a stir at Copenhagen, suggesting the launch of a $150 billion financial plan.
Polk, however, has yet another interest in his busy life. He sits on the executive board of an outfit called the Carbon War Room, founded by Richard Branson, of Virgin fame, and Craig Cogut. The latter, of course, is founder and co-managing partner of Pegasus Capital Advisors, which claims as one of its ”strategic advisors” a certain Rajendra K Pachauri – for which post, he claims, he is paid nothing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajendra_K._Pachauri
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Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (born 20 August 1940) has served as the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002, during which his tenure has engendered controversy. He is also been director general of TERI, a research and policy organization in India, and chancellor of TERI University. He has also been the chairman of the governing council of the National Agro Foundation (NAF), as well as the chairman of the board of Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society. Pachauri has been outspoken about climate change. He is now serving as the head of Yale's Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI).
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change along with former Vice President Al Gore has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2007.[2][3]
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/14700
Excerpt:
“The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.”—George Soros
“George Soros is an evil man. He’s anti-God, anti-family, anti-American, and
anti-good.” —Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson
Is it possible to lay the global financial meltdown, the radicalizing of the Democratic Party, and America’s moral decline, at the feet of one man?
It is indeed possible.
If George Soros isn’t the world’s preeminent “malignant messianic narcissist,” he’ll do until the real thing comes along. Move over, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot. There’s a new kid on the block.
http://www.treehuggersofamerica.org/George_Soros_Fund_911.php
Excerpt:
http://www.freep.com/article/20111013/NEWS01/111013022/Occupy-Detroit-protesters-camp-out-Grand-Circus-Park
Excerpt:
The events are endorsed by some churches and unions, including the metro Detroit AFL-CIO.
"I'm bringing my tent," said Chris Michalakis, secretary-treasurer for metro Detroit AFL-CIO and legislative and political director in Detroit for the union United Food and Commercial Workers. "There is a lot of energy and enthusiasm."
Aside from the general concerns about income inequality, the protest will have some specifics, Bode said. One issue they will be protesting is recent cuts by Michigan to welfare benefits that recently went into effect. Michigan's high unemployment rate is also a concern.
Occupy Denver Protest March-Preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DaTyJ7DnmY&feature=related
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Quantum_Endowment
Excerpt:
In May 2007 "Mr. Malloch Brown was named vice president of the Quantum Fund, the hedge fund run by his billionaire friend George Soros." [2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Malloch_Brown,_Baron_Malloch-Brown
Excerpt:
Association with George Soros
Malloch Brown has been closely associated with billionaire speculator George Soros. Working for Refugees International, he was part of the Soros Advisory Committee on Bosnia in 1993-94, formed by George Soros. He has since kept cordial relations with Soros, and rented an apartment owned by Soros while working in New York on UN assignments.[4] In May 2007, Soros' Quantum Fund announced the appointment of Sir Mark as vice president.[5] In September 2007, The Observer revealed that he had resigned this position on becoming a government minister in the UK.[6] Also in May 2007, Malloch Brown was named vice chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute, two other important Soros organizations.[7]
[edit] Public speaking controversies
[edit] Oil for food
Malloch Brown publicly defended handling of the Oil-for-Food Programme by the UN in general, and Kofi Annan in particular. While he countered critics that "Not a penny was lost from the organization,"[8] an internal UN audit of the Oil-for-Food programme revealed that there had been overcompensation amounting to $557 million. [9] A separate audit of UN peacekeeping procurement concluded that at least $310 million from a budget of $1.6 billion could not be accounted for.[8]Malloch Brown, briefing the Security Council, argued that, while the situation uncovered by the audit was "alarming", and that nearly $300 million out of a $1.6 billion budget was involved, it showed more that there was significant waste with only narrow instances of fraud. He noted that the UN Secretariat, based on the reservations expressed by the department being audited, did not entirely accept the auditor's conclusions.[10]
Lord Malloch-Brown: G20 London Summit Preparations (1/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz9QGh5wuIg&feature=related
George Soros Claims G20 Was Gordon Brown's Finest Hour
http://www.envirowiki.info/G20_Protests,_2006
Excerpt:
Reasons for Protesting
the reasons for protesting ranged from MakePovertyHistory's stance of relieving third world debt, to the anarchist stance of demolishing the capitalism system completely.
mostly the protest occurred due to the general public opinion that the G20, like other neo-liberal organisations, basically have one goal: furthering the interests of the already-rich participants, usually at the expense of poor people or the environment. a good example of this is one of the outcomes at the 2006 summit being a push for cheaper petroleum oil[1], which would obviously come at the expense of the environment (global warming), but would probably also entail deposing a few (relatively) benign leaderships, starting (or continuing) a few oil wars, or implanting a ruthless puppet dictator or two.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Malloch_Brown
Excerpt:
Mark Malloch Brown "has served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations since April, 2006. Before his current appointment, he was the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet since January 2005. In that position, he worked closely with the Secretary-General and the Deputy-Secretary General on all aspects of UN work, including helping to set out an ambitious reform agenda for the United Nations, much of which was endorsed by world leaders at the World Summit in New York last September.
"Prior to becoming Chef de Cabinet, Mr. Malloch Brown served as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN's global development network, from July 1999 to August 2005. During that time, he was also the Chair of the United Nations Development Group, a committee consisting of the heads of all UN funds, programmes and departments working on development issues.
"During his tenure at the UNDP, Mr. Malloch Brown oversaw a comprehensive reform effort that was widely recognized as making the UNDP more focused, efficient and effective across the 166 countries where it works and doubled its annual resources to over $4 billion. His efforts included a major push to expand UN support to developing countries in areas such as democratic governance, a new advocacy dimension as reflected in pioneering publications, including the Arab Human Development Reports, and strengthened UNDP operational leadership in natural disasters and post-conflict situations.
"At the request of Secretary-General Annan, Mr. Malloch Brown also led the UN system’s efforts to help support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals -- eight, time-bound development targets with the overarching goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015 -- which were approved by world leaders at the UN Millennium Summit of September 2000.
"Prior to his appointment with the UNDP, Mark Malloch Brown served at the World Bank as Vice-President for External Affairs, and Vice-President for United Nations Affairs from 1996 to 1999. He joined the World Bank as Director of External Affairs in 1994. He is credited with having helped the Bank enhance its outreach and expand its partnership with the United Nations and non-governmental organizations. In 1997, he chaired the United Nations Secretary-General's task force on the reform of United Nations communications.
"Before joining the World Bank, Mr. Malloch Brown was the lead international partner from 1986 to 1994 in a strategic communications management firm, the Sawyer-Miller Group, where he worked with corporations and governments. He advised Corazon Aquino of the Philippines when she ran against Ferdinand Marcos, as well as other presidential and political candidates, particularly in Latin America.
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/03/george-soros-and-madeleine-albright.html
Excerpt:
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
George Soros and Madeleine Albright Join Forces to Buy Into a Power Generation Company
A fund affiliated with hedge fund billionaire George Soros and one linked to former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright are buying a controlling stake in APR Energy, a company that mainly supplies temporary power in developing countries, reports Reuters. The controlling stake will cost $250 million.
According to Reuters, APR Energy, dominates the market for international temporary power generation services along with larger listed rival Aggreko Plc.
Soros is, of course, well known to those monitoring the global political scene. For most, Albright is known for being Secretary of State during the Clinton Administration. Few realize that she has leveraged her role as Secretary of State into that of a junior oligarch. Her firm, Albright Capital Management LLC, is an advisory firm that manages private funds. She also controls Albright Group LLC, the international consulting business that Albright formed in Washington after leaving the government in 2001.
According to Reuters, APR Energy, dominates the market for international temporary power generation services along with larger listed rival Aggreko Plc.
Soros is, of course, well known to those monitoring the global political scene. For most, Albright is known for being Secretary of State during the Clinton Administration. Few realize that she has leveraged her role as Secretary of State into that of a junior oligarch. Her firm, Albright Capital Management LLC, is an advisory firm that manages private funds. She also controls Albright Group LLC, the international consulting business that Albright formed in Washington after leaving the government in 2001.
http://uddebatt.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/climate-gate-%E2%80%93-all-the-manipulations-and-lies-revealed-229/
Excerpt:
But Polk’s main interest in life is his role as the managing partner of Soros Climate ”a new $1 billion initiative by George Soros to invest private equity in ways which accelerate the development and diffusion of climate change technologies and business models.” And it was Soros who created something of a stir at Copenhagen, suggesting the launch of a $150 billion financial plan.
Polk, however, has yet another interest in his busy life. He sits on the executive board of an outfit called the Carbon War Room, founded by Richard Branson, of Virgin fame, and Craig Cogut. The latter, of course, is founder and co-managing partner of Pegasus Capital Advisors, which claims as one of its ”strategic advisors” a certain Rajendra K Pachauri – for which post, he claims, he is paid nothing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajendra_K._Pachauri
Excerpt:
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (born 20 August 1940) has served as the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002, during which his tenure has engendered controversy. He is also been director general of TERI, a research and policy organization in India, and chancellor of TERI University. He has also been the chairman of the governing council of the National Agro Foundation (NAF), as well as the chairman of the board of Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society. Pachauri has been outspoken about climate change. He is now serving as the head of Yale's Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI).
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change along with former Vice President Al Gore has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2007.[2][3]
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/14700
Excerpt:
“The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.”—George Soros
“George Soros is an evil man. He’s anti-God, anti-family, anti-American, and
anti-good.” —Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson
Is it possible to lay the global financial meltdown, the radicalizing of the Democratic Party, and America’s moral decline, at the feet of one man?
It is indeed possible.
If George Soros isn’t the world’s preeminent “malignant messianic narcissist,” he’ll do until the real thing comes along. Move over, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot. There’s a new kid on the block.
http://www.treehuggersofamerica.org/George_Soros_Fund_911.php
Excerpt:
Soros funds infiltration of 9/11 truth, election protection, and "independent" journalism
Special Reports - By Wayne Madsen - February 20, 2009
Online Journal Contributing Writer
WMR has learned from well-placed sources that international hedge fund mogul and financier of "progressive" causes George Soros has been, for a number of years, infiltrating 9/11 "truth" organizations, groups advocating election reform, and so-called "independent journalism" enterprises in order to hijack agendas and, eventually, cause the groups to collapse from within or be absorbed into larger organizations servile to Soros and his agenda.
By far, the largest group Soros and his allies has infiltrated and taken over is the Democratic Party of the United States. It now totally adheres to a corporatist line and has purged from its leadership Dr. Howard Dean and replaced him with Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, a Democratic Leadership Council adherent. The Soros faction and its allies has also seen to it that Bill Richardson, Caroline Kennedy, and others who represent the "Democratic wing of the Democratic Party" have been shut out of the Obama administration.
In many ways, Soros’ operation is strikingly similar to the FBI’s former Counter-Intelligence Program, also known as COINTELPRO. There is also ample evidence that Soros’ program is linked to Israeli intelligence operations in the United States and that some presidential campaigns in 2008 were infiltrated by the joint operation, including those of Democratic candidate and former Senator Mike Gravel, and Republican candidate Ron Paul.
Soros’ operations, according to our sources, involve his Open Society Institute, as well as Soros Fund Management LLC, in which his son, Jonathan Soros, plays a leading role.
Online Journal Contributing Writer
WMR has learned from well-placed sources that international hedge fund mogul and financier of "progressive" causes George Soros has been, for a number of years, infiltrating 9/11 "truth" organizations, groups advocating election reform, and so-called "independent journalism" enterprises in order to hijack agendas and, eventually, cause the groups to collapse from within or be absorbed into larger organizations servile to Soros and his agenda.
By far, the largest group Soros and his allies has infiltrated and taken over is the Democratic Party of the United States. It now totally adheres to a corporatist line and has purged from its leadership Dr. Howard Dean and replaced him with Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, a Democratic Leadership Council adherent. The Soros faction and its allies has also seen to it that Bill Richardson, Caroline Kennedy, and others who represent the "Democratic wing of the Democratic Party" have been shut out of the Obama administration.
In many ways, Soros’ operation is strikingly similar to the FBI’s former Counter-Intelligence Program, also known as COINTELPRO. There is also ample evidence that Soros’ program is linked to Israeli intelligence operations in the United States and that some presidential campaigns in 2008 were infiltrated by the joint operation, including those of Democratic candidate and former Senator Mike Gravel, and Republican candidate Ron Paul.
Soros’ operations, according to our sources, involve his Open Society Institute, as well as Soros Fund Management LLC, in which his son, Jonathan Soros, plays a leading role.
http://www.freep.com/article/20111013/NEWS01/111013022/Occupy-Detroit-protesters-camp-out-Grand-Circus-Park
Excerpt:
The events are endorsed by some churches and unions, including the metro Detroit AFL-CIO.
"I'm bringing my tent," said Chris Michalakis, secretary-treasurer for metro Detroit AFL-CIO and legislative and political director in Detroit for the union United Food and Commercial Workers. "There is a lot of energy and enthusiasm."
Aside from the general concerns about income inequality, the protest will have some specifics, Bode said. One issue they will be protesting is recent cuts by Michigan to welfare benefits that recently went into effect. Michigan's high unemployment rate is also a concern.
Occupy Denver Protest March-Preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DaTyJ7DnmY&feature=related
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