< Where Are The New Jobs? —Not In The USA, Forecasts Glum

Where Are The New Jobs? —Not In The USA, Forecasts Glum

December 29th, 2010 - by: danny

Where Are The New Jobs? —Not In The USA, Forecasts Glum



Dissector In The Media: Discussing the START treaty on Press TV with a Russian editor and British arms control expert

As we count down to the end of the year, I keep looking for stories that will help us more deeply understand the times we are in and what we are up against. They come from many sources, some in major media, many not. I hope you find this effort of some value.

Today marks the 120th anniversary of the Wounded Knee massacre. “I will always be what is called wasichu, and wasichu is a Lakota word that means non-Indian, but another version of this word means “the one who takes the best meat for himself.” And that’s what I want to focus on — the one who takes the best part of the meat. It means greedy.” ~ Aaron Huey

Aaron Huey’s effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people — appalling, and largely ignored — compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shocking history lesson in this bold, courageous talk presentation at TED: America’s native prisoners of war [Open interactive transcript »]

HEADLINES:

Where Are the Jobs? For Many Companies, Overseas

US Changes How It Measures Long-Term Unemployment

Helpthe99ers.com: Radio host Nicole Sandler started this website, Helpthe99ers, to put “the haves” who want to help in touch with “the have nots” who really need help right now.”There’s a growing group of people in this country who seem to have been forgotten by our government.   Collectively known as “the 99ers,” these are the people who’ve exhausted all of their unemployment benefits, and have nowhere else to turn. At this site, I hope that those most in need can connect with those who can help.” [More here →] RELATED: Nicole Sanders at Crooks and Liars

Financial Times: Non-US Banks Gain from Fed Crisis Fund

William Black, Helping Control Frauds

U.S. Government Can’t Account For Billions Spent In Corruptistan

2010-12 $5 Gas To Be Here By 2012? No Grasshopper, Much Sooner

Blasting Jesse Jackson For “Being Out Of His Depth”

Rory O’Connor sent this to me with this comment: Look what the dicks at Mediaite say about Jesse:

“Jackson seems out of his depth, since even though the growing gap between the richest and poorest Americans is a legitimate and worrisome issue, dismissing the wealthiest and their success as not productive doesn’t do much to advance his cause.” See article below:

Jesse Jackson: Obama Should Advocate For A “Radical Reordering Of The Economy” by Matt Schneider

Jesse Jackson appeared on MSNBC yesterday and let it be known that President Obama better enjoy his vacation now, because come January, Jackson expects a lot from the President. Not only does he want a renewed commitment to the war on poverty, but he also wants the President to go right to Congress and to stick up for the women and children Jackson meets in homeless shelters who apparently are working every day and still can’t afford the rent. [More here →]

[Rev. Jackson appears at the 7 minute mark:]

Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald: WikiLeaks: How U.S. tried to stop Spain’s torture probe

MIAMI — It was three months into Barack Obama’s presidency, and the administration – under pressure to do something about alleged abuses in Bush-era interrogation policies – turned to a Florida senator to deliver a sensitive message to Spain: Don’t indict former President George W. Bush’s legal brain trust for alleged torture in the treatment of war on terror detainees, warned Mel Martinez on one of his frequent trips to Madrid. Doing so would chill U.S.-Spanish relations. [More here →]

OUR GREATEST EXPORT: WAR — Largest Military Budget Since World War II By Rick Rozoff

On December 22 both houses of the U.S. Congress unanimously passed a bill authorizing $725 billion for next year’s Defense Department budget. The bill, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, was approved by all 100 senators as required and by a voice vote in the House. The House had approved the bill, now sent to President Barack Obama to sign into law, five days earlier in a 341-48 roll call, but needed to vote on it again after the Senate altered it in the interim. The proposed figure for the Pentagon’s 2011 war chest includes, in addition to the base budget, $158.7 billion for what are now euphemistically referred to as overseas contingency operations: The military occupation of Iraq and the war in Afghanistan. The $725 billion figure, although $17 billion more than the White House had requested, is not the final word on the subject, however, as supplements could be demanded as early as the beginning of next year, especially in regard to the Afghan war that will then be in its eleventh calendar year.   [More here →]

Juan Cole: Top Ten Myths about Afghanistan, 2010

10. “There has been significant progress in tamping down the insurgency in Afghanistan.” [More here →]

Robert Fisk: WikiLeaks Exposed US and Hillary’s Hopelessness

“That Clinton should want her State Department slaves to play secret agents on the poor old UN shows what an utterly worthless institution the US State Department has become.” [More here →]

FORECASTS/ADMISSIONS/ASSESSMENTS OF WHERE WE ARE

From Washington’s Blog in NakedCapitalism.com

The following experts have — at some point during the last 2 years — said that the economic crisis could be worse than the Great Depression:

→ Washington’s Blog — The following experts have — at some point during the last 2 years — said that the economic crisis could be worse than the Great Depression:

How could that possibly be, when the stock market has largely recovered? (Let’s forget for a moment that the stock market rallied after 1929, but then crashed in a double dip). [More here →]

David Swanson: A Year of Fall and Decline

“The fall and decline of an empire can take many years, but certain “benchmarks” (as imperial courts have been known to call them) can measure the progress in one year alone. Take, for example, the year 2010.” [More here →]

Former NY Mayor Ed Koch is Not optimistic: Unfinished Business: The Great Recession

Looking back on 2010 and the  Great Recession, I continue to be enraged by the lack of accountability for those who wrecked our economy and brought the U.S. to its knees.  The shocking truth is that those who did the damage are still in charge.  Many who ran Wall Street before and during the debacle are either still there making millions, if not billions, of dollars, or are in charge of our country’s economic policies which led to the debacle.

Yes, in the recent mid-term elections, the American people did replace 63 Democrats with a like number of Republicans, but will that really change things for the better? Time will tell, but I doubt it. Neither do I see the Obama administration, with all its good intentions, succeeding in the areas where the public has suffered the most: jobs and home values. [More here →]

Simon Johnson, Baseline Scenario: Tax Cutters Set Up Tomorrow’s Fiscal Crisis

The truth is, the deal moved us closer to a fiscal crisis, just as the euro zone now is experiencing. Who will emerge on top in the U.S. version is harder to predict; at the moment, Republicans have the edge. But it’s not clear even they will be happy with what they wished for – an opportunity to enact massive federal government spending cuts. [More here →]

TRENDS FOR 2011: GERALD CALENTE OF THE TRENDS INSTITUTE

KINGSTON, NY, 28 December 2010 – After the tumultuous years of the Great Recession, a battered people may wish that 2011 will bring a return to kinder, gentler times. But that is not what we are predicting:

1. Wake-Up Call The people of all nations, having become convinced of the inability of leaders and know-it-all “arbiters of everything” to fulfill their promises, will do more than just question authority, they will defy it. The seeds of revolution will be sown.

7. Journalism 2.0 2011 will mark the year that new methods of news and information distribution will render the 20th century model obsolete. With its unparalleled reach across borders and language barriers, “Journalism 2.0″ has the potential to influence and educate citizens in a way that governments and corporate media moguls would never permit. [More here →]

MARCHING FOR JUSTICE IN THE CONGO

World Women March in Bukavu for Peace, Justice and Women’s Rights By Nita Evele, Congo Global Action

Thousands of Congolese women marched on the street of Bukavu, the capital city of the province of South Kivu on October 17, 2010 as part of the third World March of Women (WMW) to show their commitment to peace and security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Delegations of women from Africa, Europe, Middle East, North, South and Central America gathered in Bukavu to draw the world’s attention to the need to end the violence against women, promote and recognize women’s place and participation in rebuilding the DRC. [More here →]

Ron Daniels, writes from Haiti: Flawed Election Clouds Haiti’s Future

As I pen this article, the Electoral Commission in Haiti is still “recounting” the ballots from an ill conceived and flawed election which threatens to further impede progress towards building a new Haiti. The international community, including the United States, which is bankrolling Haiti’s reconstruction, seems at a loss for how to untangle a mess caused by their insistence on pushing for elections under almost impossible circumstances.

President Rene Preval was also very eager for the elections to proceed, especially since he felt confident that millions of dollars expended on his hand-picked successor Jude Celestin and the INITE Party would ensure victory and his role as Prime Minister or defacto President in the new government (Wikileaks disclosures simply confirmed what was commonly known for months; Preval was/is eager to have a Putin-Medvedev type arrangement to maintain his hold on power). But the election proved to be a disaster, and if the incredible mess created by errors, failures and fraud is not cleaned up properly, it will have a negative effect on an already bleak situation in terms of the effort to build the new Haiti. The election was ill conceived from the outset. [More here →]

Alas, so much is being ill-conceived.

IN MEMORIAM

NYT: Sun Hongjie, a journalist who was beaten into a coma this month in northwest China, died Tuesday morning, a colleague said. Mr. Sun was an investigative reporter for The Northern Xinjiang Morning Post. Colleagues declined to say whether he had been killed because of his reporting. Police officials said that Mr. Sun and a friend had argued, and that the friend had arranged the
assault.

BOROWITZ: IS HAWAII AMERICA??

Birthers Challenge Hawaii to Produce Statehood Certificate — President’s Birthplace Not Really American, Leaders Claim

KAILUA, HAWAII (The Borowitz Report) — Leaders of the so-called Birther movement followed President Obama on his Hawaiian vacation today to demand that Hawaii prove it is actually a U.S. state. Mr. Obama’s claim to American citizenship has rested on his birthplace being Hawaii, but the Birthers argued today that Hawaii’s claim to being part of America is far from a foregone conclusion. Speaking to reporters in Kailua, Birther leader Orly Taitz said that Hawaii cannot be considered part of the United States “unless it can produce an authentic statehood certificate.”

WATCH: JIMBO BROWN, CULTURAL DISCOVERY

Last night while “dining” at the neighborhood’s distinctive “Trailer Park” here in Chelsea, I ended up sitting next to Jimbo Brown, a Texan in exile who lived in Houston and now works at the nearby Dallas BarBQ restaurant. We started chatting and I discovered I was hanging with a cultural phenom, a published poet, performance artist and wordsmith extraordinaire.
He sent me the the link above which I am happy to share in the holiday spirit. WORD!

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